How to send money Anonymously

Sometimes it may happen that you want to help someone out with some cash. But they may not be ready to accept it as a gift from you either. You know that they are really in need of money and you can help them out. And you want to do it anonymously so that they won’t know it is you who has helped them out. So how can you send money to someone anonymously without the fear of getting caught?

Methods to Send Money Anonymously

There are many methods to send money to someone anonymously. The easier one being, just drop some cash in an envelope at the door. This will work excellent if your friend stays at a place near to you. Of course there is a potential risk of getting caught while dropping the envelope at the door.

Try to be smart enough to do it at a time when the chances of getting caught are nil. May be during night when your friend is asleep. But make sure that it doesn’t get into other hands. Because you just can’t ask your friend ‘Did you receive any money in an envelope?’! That will ruin the entire plan.

Not satisfied with this plan? There is yet another method to make such anonymous payments. You can go to the friend’s bank and deposit some money over the counter. To make this happen you need to know his account number in advance. Or I guess if you are lucky enough, the bank employee can look up it for you since it is a deposit of few hundred dollars.

This is very safe because there is no fear of getting the money lost. Also the money that you give can be used anywhere at any time. Directly depositing in the bank seems to be the best option for the recipient. Surely not for you though. You have to physically go to the bank and deposit the money. If you really want to make your friend happy you will be ready to suffer that pain.

You can also gift your friend any of the gift cards from VISA, MasterCard or American Express. This too has the risk of dropping the cash at the front door. If it gets into the wrong hand anybody can use it, making your money getting wasted.

Another way to do this is sending them a cashier's cheque. A few banks like Wells Fargo lets you send cashier cheques without the remitter information.

How to Send Money Anonymously Online

Now most of the money transactions happen online. So obviously there are many options to send money anonymously online too.

The best method is buying gift cards from Amazon. You can email a e-gift card to your friend from Amazon.com. There are more options like print a card or mail it by post. You can choose a mode which is convenient for you and the recipient.

Another online method is to send him a pre-paid visa card. You need to order for one online and specify your friend’s name as the recipient. It will be delivered by post at his door step and he can use the card for shopping or withdrawing cash from ATM.

If these do not help, use PayPal to create a fake account with a pre-paid card. Send money to your friend's account using this card. For that you need to register yourself with some fake name at Paypal.com and use it to send money to your friend.

Other method is to use virtual credit cards. Virtual Credit Card is a prepaid & non-reloadable card that works like a real credit card. It can be used at web sites, online merchants, internet shops & web stores over the internet where payment by credit card is accepted. You can order for one online for your friend. You don’t need to provide your name or address there making it suitable to make anonymous payments.

Easiest & Best method to Send Money Anonymously

Having told all these methods there is a best possible way to send money anonymously. It is to send a money order. Yeah, one with the “From” field vacant. The only risk with this is that if the receiver tries to track back you might get caught. Of course there are some ways to get over that too.

Go to some crowded place say a big town or city. Buy a money order from a post office there and post it to your friend. So even if they want to trace the sender it will be difficult. Getting caught will be an embarrassing situation. Hence do this very carefully.

What are Benefits of Sending Money Anonymously?

To those who are still wondering why someone would really want to make any anonymous payment, there are plenty of benefits that will explain it.

Recipient won't know you (Obviously!) – if you want to help someone who is in dire need of cash but is not accepting from you because of ego, then sending money anonymously is the best way to lend a helping hand. They can use the money and won’t know that it is you who have helped them.

Your financial information will stay secure – If you want to pay for something but you are not very much pleased by the seller, then you can make a safe payment using the anonymous payment methods.

What can be a better benefit than making your friend happy? - You will be happy that you paid some one and you really do not owe anyone.

Send Money Anonymously to someone whom you don’t know

Now what if the person whom you want to send money is not your friend? May be you want to do it as a donation for a charity organization. If you want to send some money to charity and don’t want to reveal your identity the best way to do is to send a money order without your name on it. This is the best way to send money to a friend of friends’ too. Or to your colleague with fragile ego, who is urgently in need of money but is not accepting any cash from you.

Don’t you feel that sending money to someone anonymously has turned simple now? Do it for the needy and make them happy!