[crummasel]

...why some people do not do regular money transfers as we know in "the old world"
- usual bankaccount to bankaccount transfer (swift)
- or maybe paypal...

Instead people say
- moneygram
- western union

despite these systems are very uncommon in europe it feels somehow "suspiciously"

OK, i did it once with one of the Pelicans here SIDNEY E SMITH so i transferred money via a friend of mine living in the US and the result was somehow as expected: money payed with no goods and cut (unanswered) mail contact since 3 months now.

OK, my fault, i should not have done it. I was naive for shure.

Just again i had another pelican contacting me on another search. Again no evidence, no telephone number gut MONEYGRAM expected. And again a weird gmail mailadress.

Is that common?
Whats your experience?