Google now lets you receive AdSense payments through Western Union. Yay, no more potential for check fraud!

It’s been a while since I wrote about avoiding AdSense check fraud, when I covered Google’s secure delivery option. But spending $24 to receive an AdSense check direct via DHL is simply too much for publishers who are just starting out. What if you’re “only” earning $30 a month?

Yes, you can just ask Google to hold your payments until you earn enough money to make the $24 seem insignificant. But, this means you’ll have to wait a bit until you can enjoy the fruits of your new media labor.

By receiving money through Western Union, you can get your monthly AdSense earnings securely, no matter how small. All it requires is a trip to your local remittance center and a government-issued ID to prove your identity.

Of course, this comes with its own set of security risks: you pick up $10,000 (the maximum you can received through WU) and get mugged on your way to the bank! And what if someone successfully pretends they’re you, claiming the money using your name? Granted, this is hard than fraudulently cashing a check, but it’s still possible.

There is one way to really cut down on the potential of fraud, and that’s to receive money via wire transfers. Imagine, with your AdSense payments routed directly to your bank account (at nominal cost by the way), it’s just a simple matter of checking our account balance to see if you’ve received your AdSense earnings—which you can do online!

Google of course let’s you do this through PayPal; another reason why that service should be fully available in the Philippines., but only in certain countries; that convenience should be available here in the Philippines!