How to Send Money Anonymously
There is modesty in sending money anonymously, particularly when you're sending it to a loved one who needs financial support but is too embarrassed to ask for help. Many people make anonymous donations for charity purposes to avoid recognition. In addition, sending money anonymously helps cut down the junk mail by preventing your name and contact details from being added to mail lists.
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Instructions
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Create an anonymous e-mail ID that doesn't reveal your name. You will need this ID for signing up for services through which you can send money. A generic name like "Anonymous Donor" or something similar is usually appropriate.
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Send your money through PayPal. PayPal is an online money transferring company that lets you send money to other people using e-mail IDs. You can create the account using your anonymous e-mail ID and send money to other person's e-mail account. Register for a new PayPal account and add funds to your new account from your bank account or credit/debit card. While sending the money, you can add a personal message to the recipient notifying him that this isn't a scam and that you're just a concerned, anonymous friend. PayPal will send the money to the recipient and will guide him on how to transfer the funds to his bank account. If you do not wish to send money using this method, then go to Step 3.
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Send money through Western Union or Xoom, two money transferring companies. You can sign up on their websites, transfer the money online using bank account or credit/debit card, and select the delivery method that delivers the money to the recipient's doorstep. Both Xoom and Western Union give you a number of delivery options. For instance, you can have the recipient pick up cash from a company's agent, deposit funds directly to his bank account (which will require you to provide the recipient's bank particulars), or have the cash delivered at the doorstep. If you really want to remain anonymous, the last option is the most appropriate one.
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Tips & Warnings
If you want to make an online money donation for charity purposes, visit the three websites in Resources below. These websites support charity and allow people to make donations anonymously.
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As usual, bad advice from E-How. It should be called "Error How". PayPal does NOT offer any methods of sending anonymous money. The advice given about setting up a paypal account with an anonymous email sounds sensible, except that creating a PayPal account requires your name. OK... you can give them a bogus bogus name. but if you do, you're not going to be able to move money into the account, unless you also have the same bogus name on your credit card or bank account (not likely). And Paypal WILL verify your identity before allowing the account. So in any case, the notification of "You've Got cash!" that comes to the receivers email account will show both the email and the actual name of the sender. So in this case, getting the anonymous email account won't help. RANT: PayPAL Could make anonymous donations possible, they just don't do it. RANT #2: It would be nice if sites like this did some FACT checking!
