DENVER- The Federal Trade Commission is alerting consumers who lost money to scammers who told them to pay via Western Union’s money transfer system between January 1, 2004 and January 19, 2017, that they can now file a claim to get their money back by going to www.FTC.gov/WU before May 31, 2018. From January 1, 2004 to August 30, 2015, Western Union received 9,043 fraud complaints from Colorado consumers for losses totaling $10,868,502.35.