Originally Posted by RawAlex

The answer is very, very simple: Get ahold of the media. Have your friend's mom contact local TV, newspapers, perhaps regional office of AP or similar. Get the story out there.

Scream it from the highest mountains as needed.

Have her contact her local police and declare the fraud. Without a crime reported, there is no crime. Report it.

The contact Western Union in writing to show where the money went. Claim fraud to Western Union. Tell them the money went to the wrong place or is being applied by the company, so it must have been stolen, Make them work for it. Give them the police report number. Make sure they understand you are serious.

Contact USA today.

Contact the feds, report it through their online fraud reporting systems.

Contact your local senator and house reps offices as well. Write letters to anyone and everyone you can thing of. Make a stink.