If You Were Sent a Text Message from The Western Union Company, You May Be Entitled to a Payment from a Class Action Settlement.


UPDATE: On October 5, 2020, the Court issued the Final Order and Judgment. Settlement award checks to the claimants that filed a timely and valid Claim Form mailed on October 26, 2020. A copy of the Final Order and Judgment is available here.


A federal court authorized this website. This is not a solicitation from a lawyer.

A settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit alleging that The Western Union Company (“Western Union”) sent text messages to wireless telephone numbers without prior express written consent of the recipients in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, 47 U.S.C. § 227 (“TCPA”). Western Union denies the allegations in the lawsuit, and the Court has not decided who is right.

Settlement Class Members who submitted timely and valid claims by the deadline of November 25, 2018, were entitled to a share of the Settlement Fund.

Your legal rights are affected whether you acted or did not act. Read the official Notice carefully.

YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS AND OPTIONS IN THIS SETTLEMENT:
SUBMIT A CLAIM FORM
(November 25, 2018)
Submit a Claim Form seeking cash payment.

Give up your right to be part of another lawsuit, arbitration or proceeding against Western Union for the same legal claims resolved by this Settlement.

The deadline to file a claim was November 25, 2018.
DO NOTHING Get no benefits.

Give up your right to be part of another lawsuit, arbitration or proceeding against Western Union for the same legal claims resolved by this Settlement.

These rights and options—and the deadlines to exercise them—are explained here.



NOTICE: This website provides a summary of the Settlement and is provided for informational purposes only. In the event of any discrepancy between the text of this website and the original text upon which it is based, the text of the original document shall prevail.


Questions? Contact the Settlement Administrator at 1-877-841-8156 or by email at info@WesternUnionTCPASettlement.com

Important Dates

  • Settlement Class
    All Persons in the United States who received one or more text messages sent by or on behalf of Western Union between March 12, 2010 and November 10, 2015, so long as that person falls within one or both of these categories: (1) the person obtained a Western Union online account and did not enroll in the Western Union loyalty program; or (2) the person conducted an online transaction with Western Union without authorizing Western Union to send a text message, and then received a text message stating that the intended recipient did not retrieve the money transfer.
  • August 31, 2018
    Final Approval Granted
  • November 25, 2018
    Online Claim Filing Deadline
  • November 25, 2018
    Postmark Deadline for Claim Filing