Sending cash overseas in the post
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Hi,
I have to send a large sum of money overseas (Romania) and thinking about sending it special delivery through Royal mail, I know you can get cover for up to £2500 if sending within the UK but is this also possible when sending abroad?
If not can anyone suggest an alternative, it has to be sent cash unfortunately.
Normally I just transfer the money across but its not possible this time.
Cheers
I have to send a large sum of money overseas (Romania) and thinking about sending it special delivery through Royal mail, I know you can get cover for up to £2500 if sending within the UK but is this also possible when sending abroad?
If not can anyone suggest an alternative, it has to be sent cash unfortunately.
Normally I just transfer the money across but its not possible this time.
Cheers
JCKST1 said:
Hi,
I have to send a large sum of money overseas (Romania) and thinking about sending it special delivery through Royal mail, I know you can get cover for up to £2500 if sending within the UK but is this also possible when sending abroad?
If not can anyone suggest an alternative, it has to be sent cash unfortunately.
Normally I just transfer the money across but its not possible this time.
Cheers
Special Delivery is not available outside the UK. You can send it via courier but all that I know of won't insure cash.I have to send a large sum of money overseas (Romania) and thinking about sending it special delivery through Royal mail, I know you can get cover for up to £2500 if sending within the UK but is this also possible when sending abroad?
If not can anyone suggest an alternative, it has to be sent cash unfortunately.
Normally I just transfer the money across but its not possible this time.
Cheers
If you're incapable of working this out yourself I'm wondering how this whole issue turns out... I'm suspecting not well. Is it half price iPhones or similar
If you're determined to do it get a load of random business contracts or paperwork. Get a couple of shrink wrapped magazines or sales brochures. Open one of those up, money inside. Cover it with a sheet of a4 paper and iron it closed. Then use DHL or Fedex or a genuine courier for it. I used to have to send cash abroad quite a lot (low 4 figures mostly) and never lost a single one doing it that way. The full package is going to look completely uninteresting and even if they open it up they're not going to be able to look inside the magazine or broochures that are sealed. Its just one of a million sets of contracts or tenders or whatever, worth zero to anyone other than the genuine receiver.
If the other side is going to scam you, its not really going to matter though.
If you're determined to do it get a load of random business contracts or paperwork. Get a couple of shrink wrapped magazines or sales brochures. Open one of those up, money inside. Cover it with a sheet of a4 paper and iron it closed. Then use DHL or Fedex or a genuine courier for it. I used to have to send cash abroad quite a lot (low 4 figures mostly) and never lost a single one doing it that way. The full package is going to look completely uninteresting and even if they open it up they're not going to be able to look inside the magazine or broochures that are sealed. Its just one of a million sets of contracts or tenders or whatever, worth zero to anyone other than the genuine receiver.
If the other side is going to scam you, its not really going to matter though.
Edited by KFC on Wednesday 29th April 18:50
Yep, I and many others used to buy drugs (personal use) using WU - and I suspect that was the most "legal" end of the wedge.
Always got told that if they phoned you to ask what it was for, you should say "Translation services for a website".
Always given a different name to send it to as the WU people got suspicious of one collector.
Probably much worse nowadays, this was 10 years ago or more.
Always got told that if they phoned you to ask what it was for, you should say "Translation services for a website".
Always given a different name to send it to as the WU people got suspicious of one collector.
Probably much worse nowadays, this was 10 years ago or more.
DCS01 said:
just have to watch out for the money laundering laws in operation in this country and western union has a very bad rep, in certain countries,for the wrong people to end up with your money.
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