If I have a money order that was never cashed, can I retrieve the full amount of the money order?
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Take it to where you got it.  Make sure you have everything that came with it (copy/receipt).
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did someone steal your money?
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Use E-bay.  There are at least some steps you can take on e-bay to recover your money through paypal.  But if they aren't reported they will continue.
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The claim information is on the back of the stub.  If you don't have the stub, go to the place that you purchased it and ask them to write down the info. for you.  \nKeep in mind that if will be extremely difficult to prove that the money order is yours, or that it really exists, without the stub.
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call the bank. tell them you had no record of anything, see if they can give you some info on it.
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Dear (whomever you want to address it to - manager etc)\n\nRegarding Acct#__________________\n\nI believe my account has been debited without my knowledge and I would like you to investigate the debit of $____________ which occurred on (date).  Please explain why this amount was deducted from my account and if done so improperly, please credit my account. I can be reached at______________.\n\nCordially,\nSign your name
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It's simple, you just take the amount of money to a bank or the post office (I think the post office has a limit as to how much they'll do the money order for, and the bank will probably charge you more in fees).  They'll charge you a fee, and write you up a little slip of paper that looks like a cheque with the amount you paid on it.\n\nYou just fill out the details on the money order and it's all done!
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I don't the the question is about criminal liability although clearly if it was percieved you were involved in the fraud knowingly you could face charges.\n\nThe money can be taken back from your account at any point, as it may go several weeks / months before the cheque is discovered to be counterfeit. (i.e. whenever the account holder gets his statement and spots it, rings the bank and they trace the account into which it was paid from the document handler line on the back). At that point you will lose the money!\n\nMost of the Banks are wise to the number of forgeries out there, as are companies in the IT sector receiving large orders from Nigerian businessman, who then pay with a UK cheque! \n\nIf ever in doubt get your bank to check it out for you. They are your best hope.
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Start with talking to your bank. They can find out the account where the money was transferred into.\n\nThey may also be able to give you some advice as to how to proceed from there.
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Please BEWARE...Do NOT cash any money orders for them!\n\nHere is a quote from a site I found talking about how a man was charged for changing money orders and getting others to cash them.  Here is a quote from the site that I am attaching the link for below:\n\nSuch an altering scam, which inspectors call "raising," works because the people who change the denominations are getting more sophisticated and have better printers and scanners, said Inspector Smith, a spokesman for the services' Fort Worth division. The scammers, who also counterfeit the orders entirely, sometimes collect the money by using people they encounter on the Internet or in "lonely hearts club" chat rooms, he said. They persuade a person to cash the orders at banks – where not all tellers recognize the telltale signs of fraud, such as discolorations, missing security watermarks and ink bleeds. "They are looking for people who are easily duped," he said, speaking generally and not about Mr. Emuagbonrie. \n\nI hope this info helps you and causes you to be extra cautious and even possibly pass the persons info who contacted you onto autorities.  It is VERY illegal.\n\n:-)
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You can contact the division of lost property within your state.  They will usually have listings of found money and procedures for how you can get the money. I would not pay any agency to do this work as it generally free from the state.
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It should give you the whole total before you finalize the transaction.  Amazon is very reliable, we purchase from them all of the time.
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Money Orders can take up to six months for the company that issued it to verify it.\n\nYou're on the hook for the money.\n\nThis is an old scam.
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I used to work at several bank in the customer service.  You simply call up and ask if your particular check will clear.  They will not give you the balance but can give a "yes" or "no" concerning funds.
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If I understand correctly - after not receiving payment for an ebay item you sold, and going through the procedure, you then got the late money order.  So you either have been paid twice, or you have the item and the payment. Is that right? \n\nAnd you are wondering if Western union or USPS could "get you" for casing the money order.  The answer is "No."  It isn't their problem.  If the situation is as you described, the person who sent you the money order could legitmately "get you" i.e., sue, attempt to get Ebay to do something -- but Western Union etc don't have grounds to do so.  And I suppose the guy who sent the order won't know that you eventually got it.  So feel free to pocket it, if your conscience is no problem.
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Yes, but they'll charge you for it.  Click 'Withdrawl" once you get to your account and it will tell you all the details.
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You buy it there and fill it out on your own time.\n\nHow do I buy a money order?\n\n\n\n\n\nYou can buy a money order at a bank, savings and loan, money-order company, or the U.S. Post Office. You pay the amount of the money order plus a fee. As the payer, you write your name and address on the right side of the money order, and the name and address of the payee on the left. Money orders usually have a carbon copy, which you should save as proof that you bought the money order.