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Western Union: dispute with a merchant through the bank

Report an error with a remittance transfer within 180 days of the promised availability date.

ACredibility A · last verified 2026-10-12 · 100% official or government sources
What does this mean?

Grade A (high: almost everything comes from official pages read directly). 100% of 34 sources are the organization's own pages or government sites.

All Western Union contactsOpen in the interactive directoryJSON

Collect

Steps

  1. Contact Western Union by phone, email or mail within 180 days of the date the funds were promised to the receiver. Give all five items from the evidence list.

    PhoneCustomer care (money transfers, cancellations, error resolution) +1-800-325-6000 Account holder only

  2. Send the same details in writing so you have a dated record.

    EmailError resolution and cancellation (remittance transfers) DFErrorResolution@westernunion.com

  3. Western Union must decide within 90 days and tell you the result within three business days after the investigation. If it finds no error, ask for copies of the documents it used.

  4. If the error is not corrected, send a written complaint to Executive Resolutions.

    MailCorporate complaint contact, Executive Resolutions Department Western Union, Attn Executive Resolutions Department, P.O. Box 6036, Englewood, Colorado 80155

  5. Complain to the CFPB, and to your state money transmission regulator listed on the complaint page.

    RegulatorConsumer Financial Protection Bureau +1-855-411-2372

More contacts for this issue

PhoneCustomer Care (US), as listed on the contact page and the complaint page +1-720-945-9350 Account holder only
MailError resolution (remittance transfers) Western Union, PO Box 6036, Englewood, CO 80155

Facts you can cite

Tips

If that fails, escalate

Go up one step at a time. Keep the reference numbers and dates from each contact.

  1. Customer service

    PhoneCustomer care (money transfers, cancellations, error resolution) +1-800-325-6000 Account holder only

  2. Written complaint

    MailCorporate complaint contact, Executive Resolutions Department Western Union, Attn Executive Resolutions Department, P.O. Box 6036, Englewood, Colorado 80155

    Western Union asks you to contact its customer service before you complain to a state regulator.

  3. Federal regulator

    RegulatorConsumer Financial Protection Bureau +1-855-411-2372

  4. State agency

    Your state’s financial regulator. Find it in the list of state agencies (also as JSON: states/<code>.json, for example states/ny.json).

    The complaint page lists the money transmission regulator for each state.

  5. Arbitration

    JAMS arbitration under the US terms. You can opt out within 30 days after a transaction by calling +1-800-325-6000.

Watch out

  • Most westernunion.com help and fraud pages render with JavaScript. The fraud hotline number and the fraud claim link appear as template placeholders to automated fetches.
  • The contact page chat has no direct URL. The agent must use phone, email or mail.
  • Online cancellation needs sign-in to the Western Union profile. Phone lines need the account holder.
  • Transfers can be held for identity verification. Only the customer can supply the ID documents.
  • Western Union pages list two different customer care numbers (+1-800-325-6000 and +1-720-945-9350).

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2. Ask your agent:

A merchant did not deliver, and I paid with my Western Union card. Use Escalate Anything to dispute the charge.

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