Many have come across a situation when a close friend, acquaintance or relative asks to urgently transfer money from Megafon to Megafon, but there is no terminal or communication center nearby. For such cases, the operator has provided special services that allow you to quickly transfer money from your account to the number of another subscriber who is a client of the same mobile network. All of them differ in the transfer method, commission charged and money limits, which allows the subscriber to choose the most optimal option.
Transfer money from phone to phone Megafon: "Mobile transfer" service
If you need to transfer money from Megafon to Megafon in order to replenish the account of a friend or relative, then you can use the simplest and fastest way - the Mobile Transfer service. To do this, you should:
1.check the balance of your number by dialing * 100 # to make sure you have money in your account. It is impossible to make a transfer if the account has less than 30 rubles left.
2. dial the USSD command * 133 * the amount of the required transfer * the Megafon number to which you need to transfer money #, while the phone number is indicated in any format (for example, * 133 * 180 * 9881235271 #).
3. after sending the command, a message with a unique code should be sent to the phone, asking to confirm the money transfer and indicating the number to which the request must be sent. After completing this operation, both subscribers should receive a message that the transfer was successful.
When transferring money, the Megafon operator charges the following types of commission:
- 5 rubles from each transfer, regardless of the amount - for subscribers of the Moscow branch;
- 5-15 rubles (the amount depends on the transfer amount) - for subscribers of other branches;
- 2-6% of the transfer amount - if you need to transfer money between Megafon branches or a subscriber of another operator.
You can transfer money from Megafon to Megafon on the territory of Russia to all numbers, except for corporate ones. Also, legal entities and subscribers who are on the credit settlement system cannot use the "Mobile Transfer".
There are also restrictions on the amount of the transfer:
- the minimum payment is 1 ruble;
- one-time maximum payment - 500 rubles for numbers of one branch (but not more than 5000 rubles during the month) and 5000 rubles for clients of different branches and subscribers of other telecom operators (but not more than 15000 rubles during the month).
The Megafon operator is allowed to make up to 5 money transfer operations per day.
With the help of the "Mobile Transfer" service, every subscriber can transfer money from Megafon to Megafon, since this service is connected by default, and only in some regions of Russia it is necessary to order it. To do this, send a free SMS to number 3311 with the text "1".
Megafon: transfer money from number to number - "Money transfer" service
Another affordable way to transfer money from Megafon to Megafon is to use the Money Transfer service by sending an SMS. To do this, you need to send a message from your mobile phone to the number 3116 with the following text: a ten-digit phone number to which you want to transfer money - a space - the transfer amount (for example, 9991112345 160).
Using this method, you can transfer money to the numbers of all operators not only in Russia, but also in countries that are part of the CIS, while the commission for the operation performed is 8.5% of the amount to be transferred.
The maximum payment that can be made using the Money Transfer service differs significantly from the amounts of the previous method and is:
- one-time transfer - 5000 rubles;
- daily transfer - 15,000 rubles;
- monthly payment - 40,000 rubles.
If the money transfer was made using this service, then the subscriber who received the money has the right to spend it only on mobile communications and will not be able to transfer it to a third party or withdraw it to a bank card.
"Money transfer" on the Megafon website: transfer money from account to account
Those who have constant access to the Internet can transfer money from Megafon to Megafon using the service of the official website. This requires:
- go to the section of money transfers on the Megafon website using the link money.megafon.ru/transfer/phone;
- order access by entering a ten-digit number in the appropriate field on the page that opens;
- after receiving the password in the form of an SMS message, enter it into the cell and click "Enter";
- on the page that opens, indicate the amount of payment and the number of the recipient of the money, consisting of ten digits, and then click "Transfer funds".
After the completed operations, the money will be transferred to the addressee within a few minutes. As a commission, the operator will take a fee of 8.5% of the amount to be transferred.
Since the payment is made within the framework of the "Money Transfers" service, the transfer limits and restrictions are identical to the conditions described in the previous method.
