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06-16-2012, 07:02 PM
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#1 | | Captain Happy Bubble is my Homeboy
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| A safe way to receive money via online?
Hi, I need to receive some money from my friend who is from Asia. She wants to use online banking to send me the funds, but I am not comfortable sending her my bank account # and information by e-mail. What is a safer method of receiving the funds?
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06-16-2012, 07:04 PM
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#2 | | RS.net, helping ugly ppl have sex since 2001
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Why don't you call them and tell them your account info over the phone then?
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06-16-2012, 07:13 PM
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#3 | | NOOB, Not Quite a Regular!
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she can send you a wire transfer but it depends on how much it is b/c there are costs for receiving wires. Check with your bank and see what information is needed and see how much it costs to receive a wire. If its a large amount then wire would be safer but if its a very small amount then don't waste your time.
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06-16-2012, 07:34 PM
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#4 | | I contribute to threads in the offtopic forum
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western union is good enough, $9 or so to send, probably same to receive
if not, paypal?
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06-16-2012, 07:52 PM
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#5 | | I bringith the lowerballerith
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Is your friend in China or other asian countries? In China, it would be best to wire money over, there will be roughly $25 CDN of fee to send on their side, and $10 in fees on your side to receive. Any major bank in China used to send, will arrive in Canada less than 3 days, so its not too bad. If you feel unsafe about giving your current bank account, if you can always open a new empty bank account and send them the numbers. They can't really do much with it.
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06-19-2012, 03:45 PM
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#6 | | I bringith the lowerballerith
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Bank Wire is probably the safest.
The above poster is pretty much dead on about the fees. Will cost your friend $ to send and will cost you $ to receive.
Even if you gave out your bank account info to your friend they wouldn't be able to hurt you or do anything bad with it.
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06-19-2012, 05:44 PM
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#7 | | MiX iT Up!
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If you trust the person, western union / money gram all work.
Alternatively, she can send funds over to my account and we will go to the teller and get cash.
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06-21-2012, 03:33 PM
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#8 | | Even when im right, revscene.net is still right!
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Interac e-mail transfer. She just has to put in your email address, no banking info. You click the link in the e-mail and redeem the money transfer when you log in to your online banking system.
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06-21-2012, 10:47 PM
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#9 | | I bringith the lowerballerith
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Originally Posted by Jassanova  Interac e-mail transfer. She just has to put in your email address, no banking info. You click the link in the e-mail and redeem the money transfer when you log in to your online banking system. | Not possible from China. That only works within Canada.
Trust me, I am working in China now and I've thought of many ways to get money to Canada.
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