BATON ROUGE, LA – If scammers had you
pay them via Western Union, you may be entitled to get your money back. These
potential refunds are being made available through a $586 million settlement
between the Western Union Company, Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry, and
50 other attorneys general.
“Many in Louisiana fell victim to
Western Union-related scams, so I am thrilled they will now be able to recover
some or all of their losses,” said General Landry. “My office will continue to
work diligently to ensure the recovery process goes smoothly for all the
victims in our State.”
General Landry encourages consumers who
lost money to scammers telling them to pay via Western Union’s money transfer
system between January 1, 2004 and January 19, 2017 to file a claim at
www.ftc.gov/WU before February 12, 2018. Filing a claim is free, so General
Landry says consumers should not pay anyone to file a claim on their behalf.
While no one associated with the claims
process will call to ask for consumers’ bank account or credit card
information, the mailed claim form will ask for their Social Security numbers
so the United States Department of Justice may determine if money is owed to
the Federal Government – a required step before checks are issued.
Some Louisianans who have already
reported their losses to Western Union, the Federal Trade Commission, or
General Landry’s Office may receive a claim form in the mail. If you filed a
claim and do not receive a claim form in the mail, visit
www.westernunionremission.com or call 1-844-319-2124. Again, all completed
claims forms must be mailed back to the settlement administrator by February
12, 2018.
For more information on this claims
process, please see the infographic below or call General Landry’s Consumer
Protection Hotline at 1-800-351-4889.
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