You must pay for the transfer in cash. There is a fee range. Each transaction has a unique money transfer control number. It makes it easier for collection of funds if the recipient knows the number. The recipient will be able to pick up the funds within a few hours.
Proper identification is required.
For a worldwide list of agents and procedures, see Western Union MoneyGram is a competitor of Western Union and works in the same way. It has 26,000 agents in more than 120 countries. The MoneyGram website is easy to navigate. Included is a useful feature that calculates the cost of sending a certain amount of money to a specific agent in the country of your choice. U.S. Money Orders can be cashed in banks or post offices in most countries around the world.