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I saw a tweet about this from Maximizing Money – Western Union is running a promotion currently that will give you a $20 Amazon gift card if you are a new Western Union customer and send at least $50
You’ll also get a $20 gift card for each friend that you refer (up to 5). This is my referral link – if you sign up through this link, fill out your name and email address, and you’ll get a promotion code via email.
If you use that promotion code to send a Western Union transfer of over $50, we will both get a $20 Amazon gift card. Fees depend on how you pay and how the receiver gets the money. It looks like a $5 fee to send money with a credit card that goes to the receiver’s bank account – so it’s definitely a money maker.
IMPORTANT WORD OF WARNING: Reader Jason lets us know in the comments that many credit cards will classify a Western Union purchase as a cash advance, so you’ll want to be careful there.
The link to sign up is here – feel free to leave your own referral links in the comments.
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Keep in mind that this will most likely post as a cash advance if using a credit card. Still may be a money maker, but not as simple as pasting $5 to get 20 amazon$.
Thanks for the words of warning – I’ve edited the post to include that.
Thanks! Used your referral.
Just completed this deal. I’d appreciate it if anyone uses my referral link – https://goo.gl/ZANuwT
Feel free to use my link: http://refer.westernunion.com/r/url?l=fiv9&i=19d9a6cc59ac8bfc2837aaaa0057570d