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DineroSeguro money to colombia

Hi,
I am sent money to my fiance last week with the USPS Sure Money (dineroSeguro) service. I read about it on here and thought it was a good idea. However she went to bancolombia yesterday and they told her that her confirmation number is too long? I double checked and she has the right confirmation number. I called BanColombia, and Davivienda as well and they sound like they have never even heard of DineroSeguro. Is this USPS service legit? Or whats going on, has anyone ever sent money this way before? I would appreciate any help. I am going to check w/ the postal service tommorow if this doesn't work soon.

Thank you in advance

By glicerina on Nov 21, 2005, 20:44 in Friendly Talkzone.

utopiacowboy says on Nov 21, 2005, 21:18:

Yes, it's legit. I have used it to send money to Mexico but never to Colombia. The recipient had no problems getting the money in Mexico.

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glicerina says on Nov 21, 2005, 21:23:

Hmm you just tell them the confirmation number at the participating institution and the confirmation number right ?

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utopiacowboy says on Nov 21, 2005, 21:32:

Yes, she gives them the confirmation number to get the money. You may have to go back to your post office to get this straightened out. I think the Mexicans are much more familiar with this service than the Colombians are. She may be dealing with a bank branch that has never dealt with this before.

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glicerina says on Nov 21, 2005, 21:34:

Ok thanks, yes im thinking they might not be as familiar with the service

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utopiacowboy says on Nov 21, 2005, 21:40:

I know one time I gave my girl friend the wrong number - what I thought was the confirmation number. So when I gave her the other number she was ok. Do you have more than one number? Give her them all.

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glicerina says on Nov 21, 2005, 21:43:

oooh Yeah theres a couple more numbers on here.... Finance number.. transaction number.. among other numbers.

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utopiacowboy says on Nov 21, 2005, 21:47:

Yeah, the first time I did it, what I thought was the confirmation number was not so she couldn't get the money. I gave her every number I had then and she told me later which one worked.

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glicerina says on Nov 21, 2005, 22:02:

Do you remember how long it was? Or what it was called on the reciept?

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utopiacowboy says on Nov 21, 2005, 22:13:

It was a pretty long number. I don't have any of the old receipts. Give her all the numbers you've got and make sure she goes somewhere where they've done this before.

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YTO SAN says on Nov 21, 2005, 22:16:

Money Gram I personally use Money Gram online to send plata to Colombia, very fast and secure, and the money is available after only 15 mins. I've never got issues with them. Good Luck trying to straight that out at USPS.

YTOSAN

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glicerina says on Nov 22, 2005, 00:50:

YTOSAN i might just have to use that service if i dont get this working, i thought about it but went with this becuase its only $10! we'll see though, thanks for the suggestion

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calipro says on Nov 22, 2005, 04:45:

Sending cash to Colombia. I have used "Ria Envia" to send money to Cali. You can pick it up at Cambios Country or BanColombia which ever is giving the best exchange rate at the time. It's relatively cheap. I think it cost $5 bucks to send $200 and the exchange rate was good also.

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utopiacowboy says on Nov 22, 2005, 05:57:

Muchas gracias, Mario! It's been years since I used it so I couldn't remember where the hell the confirmation number was. I know I did have some problems with the number the first time I used it.

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glicerina says on Nov 22, 2005, 11:51:

Banks participating The first time they told me Bancolombia had the service available. I called today and that wasn't the case. They told me Davivienda, Granahorrar, & BBVA. We're going to give Davivienda a shot.

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Mexicano Americano, Y muy Pronto Tambien Colombiano ; )

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