Originally Posted by
reclusive46
If it was an in person transaction, they would have likely required a copy of the magnetic stripe data. If it was done online, then it is possible.
Slightly off topic, but assuming it was in-person, that does answer the question I had about whether the Verifone PIN pads at Western Union (at least the one by my house) had chip enabled. On the other hand, I guess they could have forced fallback too but considering that you have to talk to someone there to be able to run the card in the first place, that might not be too likely.