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Singapore
1 review
7 helpful votes
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This company is a total scam
February 24, 2020

Do not do business with these people, they are terrible and will steal your monies. Be warned they will bock your account for no reason then you will not be able to get your money back. Just use Western Union, easier and safer

Date of experience: February 23, 2020
Canada
1 review
2 helpful votes
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MIDDLE NAME LINE
February 23, 2020

Can u improve your app to have a specific line for MIDDLE NAME? I have used your app 3 times and 3 times I have to double send the money just because theres no middle name. Then you cannot amend the transaction so now I get double charged on my credit card. Why other apps like Remitly and Iremit can make this an easy transaction while you always make it a huge hassle for me considering you are charging me $11++ everytime for this kind of service? I'm sure I'm not the only one experiencing this kind of problem from you. Its not a complicated fix that you cannot manage and I hope u do it asap because you will be losing a lot of customers!

Date of experience: February 23, 2020
Georgia
1 review
8 helpful votes
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These guys are a JOKE!
February 7, 2020

I tried to register with them to send money to one of my contractors in Kenia who for some reason had no access to PayPal. They wasted my time and closed my account for absolutely no reason, telling me I didn't meet their mysterious "criteria". Hillarious)))) How do they even exist?
No explanations are given whatsoever! Don't even bother calling their support.

Date of experience: February 7, 2020
Thailand
1 review
8 helpful votes
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Avoid, Avoid. Blocked my account
January 18, 2020

Blocked my account, no reason given. Can not send to my partner. Referral credit not paid out. Hundreds of transfers on western union this never happened.

Date of experience: January 17, 2020
Australia
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Refund/Cancellation
December 23, 2019

Lost all failth in this company, I asked my son to send me money from his account with money drawn from my account. To cut a long story short the transaction did not go through althought the money had already been sent to World remit. Transaction took place on the 14th of December. Their refund mentioned 2-3 days on the text message send. Its now 23rd of December no sign of the money. I am now being told it can take up to 15day because its a manual process. I am stranded this was money meant for Christmas and now my family will go without because of poor service from world remit. 3200 dollars I cant come up with such a big amount in a short time. Very disappointed I would think twice before using this company again.

Date of experience: December 23, 2019
Illinois
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Either a scam or totally inept
December 21, 2019

I signed up to make a small purchase, less than $100, from Germany. After creating an account and giving my credit card info, I was asked for a front and back picture of my driver's license as well as a "selfie" picture. This done and email verification that all was good, 5 days passed. 3 days in I could no longer access my account via website and had to install the app. 2 days later, with the transfer pending, I attempted to log in only to find my account disabled. No explanation at all. I called my credit card company and told them to stop any funds from going to this ripoff company. I then proceeded to use Xoom and the funds were transferred within 48 hours. I am now left to worry what these people may do with a photo of my ID complete with signature. If you plan to use these worthless idiots, make sure you have good fraud protection.

Date of experience: December 20, 2019
GB
1 review
11 helpful votes
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SCAM COMPANY. AVOID!
December 16, 2019

YOUR MONEY
Transaction number: *******. Please do not trust this company, they will hold your funds and never reimburse you. I have corresponded them innumerable times regarding my refund as they did not transfer the funds to the recipient. To my utter dismay, they are disregarding my emails and they purposely keep terminating the line connection when enquiring about the refund over the phone or come up with utterly absurd excuses as to how their local partners are holding the funds and technical issues are affecting the refund process. Absolutely atrocious!. They claim that they refund will be processed within 7 working days, however I have been hearing different time frames from various customer representative, they are evidently lying as they do not intend to refund the money. If you are in the same situation as me then please take immediate action, I'm just about to report this to the action fraud police and my bank. There is no other way to get this resolved. I urge you to not use this transfer service, it's a scam.

Date of experience: December 16, 2019
Nigeria
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Gain lost funds, it actually works
December 12, 2019

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Date of experience: December 11, 2019
Angola
1 review
7 helpful votes
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Beware robbers
December 11, 2019

Made transaction for sending 500 Euros. 2 weeks later no fund transfer. Sent numerous complains. Worldremit never replied. Finally closed our account and never reimbursed our 500 Euros.

Date of experience: December 11, 2019
Virginia
1 review
10 helpful votes
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Don't Use if You Don't Have To
December 6, 2019

Yeah definitely not a viable alternative if you are trying to pay vendors or contractors because the platform is full of issues and is not business friendly.

After using World Remit for the past 8 months to pay our overseas writing team, today we were notified that our account was closed pending review. Our team is angry, they need to pay bills and feed their families.

Definitely would not recommend this company

Date of experience: December 6, 2019
Ireland
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Shady business
December 2, 2019

How this company is still running is beyond me.

I sent 1000 to the Philippines and despite being emailed a confirmation that the recipient received it on the day I sent it, it still hasn't been credited to that receivers bank account! It's day THREE since I sent it!

I emailed them about it today and they said that it has been 'paid' and that I need to send the recipient's bank statement. I bloody hope they'll fix this once I email them back.

But from the looks of other people's reviews here and on Facebook they'll have me waiting for months, years or forever to get that hard earned money back. I sure wish I read Facebook and Sitejabber reviews before getting swindled.

To top it all of, I literally have a flight to the Philippines in a few hours. What a damn great way to start the Christmas holidays.

Stay the hell away from this shady company. Avoid the unwanted stress and just personally send your money through a local money transfer business in your area.

Date of experience: December 2, 2019
New York
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
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Very Inconvenient
November 26, 2019

I tried sending money via worldremit on Sunday for a purchase and I followed all the instructions. Everything was good until I received an email stating that my transfer was canceled and my account disabled. I called my bank right away and they told me i had to wait since the transaction was still pending and it was the weekend. I decided to call Worldremit and I was on hold for less than 2 minutes. I spoke with Roxanne who assured me that my transfer was voided/canceled. Today is Tuesday and my pending transaction is no longer on my bank statement. After reading all the reviews, am just glad I got my money back.

Date of experience: November 26, 2019
GB
1 review
1 helpful vote
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WorldRemit friend referal code
November 25, 2019

WorldRemit give us both a £20 money-off voucher as a gift to be used on a transfer.

Here's how it use my unique referral code MAHESHIK2
Enter this code in the referral code box when they sign up for a WorldRemit account
Once you send at least £100 as a single or over multiple money transfers, we'll both be emailed a £20 voucher within 10 working days.

Date of experience: November 24, 2019
Maryland
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Sent an urgent money with Worldremit for a sick relative that needed to go to hospital on November 16,2019. Today is November 23,2019. Worldremit converted my money and has been sending me messages that they had "technical difficulty" sending this money. One of their agents confessed that they don't have a relationship with the recipient bank, yet they presented themselves as capable of transferring the money. That is a worst form of deception. Meanwhile, my relative had to borrow money from others at high rates to be able to go to hospital. As I write this review, Worldremit is still keeping my $434.66. I am looking to get to Court next week to get relief and redress. It's a scam, I would have given ZERO star if I had that option.

Date of experience: November 23, 2019
Hong Kong
2 reviews
11 helpful votes
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Don't believe the fake reviews
November 19, 2019

I put in a transfer and the very next day it was canceled without cause, I phoned worldremit to ask why and was told " I don't know", I asked if I could get my refund escalated because they have ALL of my money that was needed to pay a bill and to buy food and I was told MAYBE I will get it sooner then 7 days. My heart literally hurts for taking a risk on this company who now holds every single dime of my money and is now telling me to wait before I can have it back. Please, I'm begging all of you do not go with this company please save yourself the heartache i'm feeling right now.

Date of experience: November 19, 2019
Singapore
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Don't use worldremit
November 17, 2019

Very poor efficiency. I been spending hours on the phone to verify what seems to be a simple transaction. Waste of my time

Date of experience: November 16, 2019
Nigeria
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Bad experience with worldremit
November 15, 2019

A transfer was sent to me trice 900 and they sent me a message that the money is ready for pick up getting to the worldremit location for pick up, the agent said when she input the reference number is says something went wrong we cannot validate the reference number check if it correct and try again, my sender contacted them and they said the money was released to the recipient and they can make refund them self, see attachment and proof. What kind of service is this? It over 10 days now

Date of experience: November 15, 2019
Maryland
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I recently sent £3500 from my UK bank account o my US account at a US bank. It has taken over 10 days for WorkRemit to transfer the funds. This after asking me to provide a copy of my passport, they failed to complete the transaction, after alerting me twice that their payor partner in the US had completed the transaction and that my US bank was at fault for not showing the transaction. This triggered an investigation within my US bank. WR then emailed me to tell me that the details of my US bank account were wrong, this after I had sent them a copy of a canceled check. This is it is my contention that WR staff are involved fraudulent activity with the company and that this requires an official investigation by EU and US authorities. I have not received my funds and there is no indication that WR with either return the funds to my UK account or complete the delivery of my funds to my US account. There is rampant fraud and a lack of oversight within this firm. It should not be trusted and needs to be thoroughly investigated for stealing from clients.

Regards,
EVG

Date of experience: November 12, 2019
Texas
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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HORRIBLE - FRAUD - AVOID AT ALL COSTS
October 31, 2019

HORRIBLE - This is to the point of being considered outright fraud. I needed to send over $1000 USD to a contact in West Africa for immediate pickup. Vital timing. We followed online instructions to a T. It has now been 10 days, I have spent HOURS on the phone, exchanged DOZENS of emails, with WorldRemit people, including multiple escalations, and followed precisely every bit of instruction. WORLDREMIT still holds MY money, the recipient is unable to pick-up, they say it'll take ANOTHER WEEK to process a cancellation/refund. THIS IS A SCAM. AVOID IT. USE ANOTHER SERVICE.

Date of experience: October 31, 2019
District of Columbia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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HORRIBLE
October 10, 2019

THEY ARE CURRENTLY SCAMMING ME. THEY FIRST AUTHORIZED TRANSACTIONS THAT I DIDNT APPROVE OF AND THEY TAKE YOUR MONEY AND TELL U SOMETHING ELSE. STAY AWAY FROM THIS COMPANY

Date of experience: October 10, 2019