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    Default Epassporte UPDATE 9/7 - I got some answers

    Since this affects a lot of ppl and we have quite a few models on here I thought I would write a post for ALL to read.

    So I patiently waited until 10am est as yesterday was a banking holiday I knew epass business was closed. And called today.. Here is the update..

    There is a chance epass will not be carrying visa virtual cards anymore.. He told me that with what is going on that they are petitioning visa international for the accounts to be reopened due to the strict policies epass has it falls in line with the correct standards and reasons for it being closed so rapidly was unjust..

    I was also told that this is the reason epass has not transferred funds from the virtual accounts to the wallets is because they strongly beleive by the end of the week everything will be back to normal.

    However, in the case that its not funds will be tranferred to the wallets and it will be business as usual with out virtual cards. they will still be able to run with wires and banks etc..

    Hopefully this is a positive note that they feel so strongly that they have the right to reopen the virtual accounts. If not again i was informed that funds would just be transferred to the wallet.

    Hey hope this helped..

    Oh FYI I also asked why we hadnt received updates as to whats going on as it would make sence to keep us in the loop.. And his response was they have no news to really update so instead of creating confusion by sending an email they kept it simple.. So here is the update

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    Default Re: Epassporte UPDATE 9/7 - I got some answers

    They SHOULD update us, nobody likes to be kept in the dark. there should be an update everytime I log on.

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    Default Re: Epassporte UPDATE 9/7 - I got some answers

    Thanks for the update much appreciated!!!

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    Default Re: Epassporte UPDATE 9/7 - I got some answers

    Thank you!

    I really hope this is true that they will release funds soon, but if it is true and it is actually Epassporte and not Visa blocking access to people's money when they could have made it available, they have made a huge mistake. Would have been better for them to release funds and worry about
    getting the Visa cards working later - seriously, are they nuts?

    I knew not to trust them completely since they are not FDIC insured, but I liked the convenience and always withdrew all my $ as soon as it reached a couple hundred, so I only lost access to $60, but I can imagine how pissed off so many others are who had to do without their cash and have been put in a bind by these events.

    Even if they fix the Visa problem, the fact that access has been blocked for so long that should have been at least available to transfer to a bank account means I'll never use them again.

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    Default Re: Epassporte UPDATE 9/7 - I got some answers

    I agree ppg..this is bs
    I called them last night to find out when they may come to a resolution, the dude said in so many words he didnt know what was going on, told me when they did we would all be updated. I said I never get any updates from you, and I cannot continue to log into my account for nothing! I want an answer now and got a similar response as the above. I am just being a pain in their ass, I am calling my measely funds gone at this point and moving on, but I want some answers at the very least. I am dropping epass all together, wether I get my money or not!

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    Default Re: Epassporte UPDATE 9/7 - I got some answers

    I just heard a different story:

    " visa said in a statement that the bank of epassporte ask for the program to be suspended because of some irregularities
    u know what that means"

    Eg, the money isnt all there and someone may be going to jail over it.

    Heres a quote from the statement "“At the request of St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla National Bank (SKNA), on September 2, 2010, Visa blocked network access for prepaid cards issued by SKNA and operated by ePassporte.com to address certain program deficiencies.”

    And heres the link to it

    Seems more like Chris funded that movie with someone elses money

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    Default Re: Epassporte UPDATE 9/7 - I got some answers

    oh shit!!!

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    Default Re: Epassporte UPDATE 9/7 - I got some answers

    Well that doesn't sound good I want my epass back!

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    Default Re: Epassporte UPDATE 9/7 - I got some answers

    Jeez!!! I was thinking it was just a money laundering regulation issue and that maybe account holders were gonna have to send some id or something to epass for visa to give them the money but this is looking really serious now

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    Default Re: Epassporte UPDATE 9/7 - I got some answers

    "The Visa announcement seems to say that all SKNA-ePassporte Visa funds are available to account holders, and not just those in the ePassporte e-Wallet program, as was communicated by ePassporte CEO Chris Mallick late Thursday in his only statement thus far on the situation. "

    ........someone has some explaining to do !

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    Default Re: Epassporte UPDATE 9/7 - I got some answers

    The issue is simple...
    The patriot act was released last year, that required all companies like epassporte to keep a copy of our ids and social security numbers on file to comply with the law.

    Epassporte has not done this. I have had an account for 5 years and they just recently asked me to upload these documents in an email I received from them. I know me and a few other girls got a letter from them to upload our documents, such as id and ss, and we refused.

    There are probably thousands of other people who refused to upload this information. If epassporte does not get this information, they will never be in compliance with the law. I refuse to upload my information because it was not the terms of my account when I signed up, and now epassporte has done too little, too late. I doubt they will recover from this. I am prepared to say buh bye to the funds I have not been able to remove from my account. I have a feeling that if they do not have your documents on file, you will be forced to upload such documents to remove your funds if/when epassporte comes to a resolution.

    Ep ASS porte have not complied with these laws on time and now wea re all to suffer, it really has nothing to do with VISA, VISA will not do business with epassporte because they are not in compliance with these laws. IT IS ALL EPASSPORTES fault for not complying with these laws to begin with. Once the law was passed last year, they should have followed thru. They did not and have been now scrambling to get all of our information and documents. Well. I refuse to give them this info, I will cut my losses and move on

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    Quote Originally Posted by PrincessJenny View Post

    Seems more like Chris funded that movie with someone elses money
    MY thoughts EXACTLY! ....

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    Quote Originally Posted by cyberstripper View Post
    The issue is simple...
    The patriot act was released last year, that required all companies like epassporte to keep a copy of our ids and social security numbers on file to comply with the law.

    Epassporte has not done this. I have had an account for 5 years and they just recently asked me to upload these documents in an email I received from them. I know me and a few other girls got a letter from them to upload our documents, such as id and ss, and we refused.

    There are probably thousands of other people who refused to upload this information. If epassporte does not get this information, they will never be in compliance with the law. I refuse to upload my information because it was not the terms of my account when I signed up, and now epassporte has done too little, too late. I doubt they will recover from this. I am prepared to say buh bye to the funds I have not been able to remove from my account. I have a feeling that if they do not have your documents on file, you will be forced to upload such documents to remove your funds if/when epassporte comes to a resolution.

    Ep ASS porte have not complied with these laws on time and now wea re all to suffer, it really has nothing to do with VISA, VISA will not do business with epassporte because they are not in compliance with these laws. IT IS ALL EPASSPORTES fault for not complying with these laws to begin with. Once the law was passed last year, they should have followed thru. They did not and have been now scrambling to get all of our information and documents. Well. I refuse to give them this info, I will cut my losses and move on
    to that all i can say is if you are or were camming in the u.s and not paying your taxes on your camming money, or all your $ was always in epassporte account u should be careful because with ids,ss #,bank accts connected should this shit hit the fan as far as some fraudulent shit or illegal shit the i.r.s will b all over this shit. speaking that we just recently in a old post found that epassporte was technically a foreign bank...not just the ceo of epassporte could b anally fucked w no lube...
    still here.... just in another chapter..

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    Default Re: Epassporte UPDATE 9/7 - I got some answers

    Thank goodness I'm smarter than that...

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    this is almost one of those things were u should just fuck w u.s based shit.. i love and prefer direct deposit all day long..overseas companies dont follow the same rules here and no one can check w them nor force them to follow the rules simply cus their not over here...no offense just saying..
    still here.... just in another chapter..

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    Quote Originally Posted by bluexxxtasy View Post
    to that all i can say is if you are or were camming in the u.s and not paying your taxes on your camming money, or all your $ was always in epassporte account u should be careful because with ids,ss #,bank accts connected should this shit hit the fan as far as some fraudulent shit or illegal shit the i.r.s will b all over this shit. speaking that we just recently in a old post found that epassporte was technically a foreign bank...not just the ceo of epassporte could b anally fucked w no lube...
    You are correct. I run my business and do everything I can to stay within the requirements of the law. I simply refuse to submit the info because it was not part of the terms of epassporte when I signed up. I have recently signed up with a payoneer account, and have submitted all of my information to comply with the patriot act. Now that this has happened, I am sure paypal, epassporte, payoneer or any company like this will not allow anyone to sign up with any accounts without the required documents!

    Thankfully I would always pull my money out of my account when it was available, but unfortunately one site uploaded money the day before this happened. I was able to pull out my limit, but the rest had to stay and the very next day this happened. Unfortunately my default is the virtual visa, not the wallet, so I cannot pull the money out via bank wire either. Thankfully I got a majority of the money out and if I must part with the measely funds I do have on my account so be it!!

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    yeah i usually take my money out that day. hell w the card i instantly went to atm till i found out it works in stores then i just took care of stuff then..i need money now so waiting a wk mayb for it to get to my bank account sometimes just wasn't possible.. luckily ive been in school and moving so haven't had time to work..

    im wondering why if visa says acct holders should be able to access their accounts and money..wtf is epassporte freezing the accounts...unless i read that link wrong..
    still here.... just in another chapter..

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    Well visa say is bank who asked them to stop cards, and epass said is visa who stopped card to bank, this is sure scary to hear they bounce ball each other.

    Cam sites have money frozen in visa virtual too, the owner of webcams.com have more than $200,000 frozen in it he was telling in a forum, he said he can pay the models the same as "is not all my savings there in epass", other said a quarter million locked and someone posted screenshot with 9 million dollar in visa virtual unsure if is true or not but it could be, as big sites loads million's in epass every 2 weeks to pay thousands models a thousand dollar each, do your math, what's in it if is frozen at start of month.

    Of course if money will be not unlocked (we all hope no), some cam site who was unlucky enough to have quarter million or a million there, may collapse depending on its situation, and so not pay even minutes in private that their models are earning this and next week. My models already asked me how much I had frozen in epass - this is just concern they fear I will write a statement of delay of pay then disappear or so being broke by funds frozen in epass. Some models even stopped work in sites they think may not pay, I've already added western union and payoneer in pay methods (WU at big % fee like 10% however) so they're not afraid to stay online at my site.

    ok I not mean is probable epass booms and no funds available anymore ever, is worst event like 2012 world ends - but you have to consider this does not affect just cam girls epassporte's, but also site's, and no one knows who has the million's locked and who has small $$ locked, webcams.com guy said how much in forum but for example I will not tell and I don't think any other will esp. who has a million there (also to not look like idiot to keep it in epass, or to not have models and affiliate quit him thinking he'll collapse and no pay anyone more).

    No I have not a million locked - I wished I move this per 15 days period, my site not that big yet lol - but well I can say to pay models in time this pay period I had to take quite some cash from my personal account in place of epass frozen, as sure made webcams.com guy and several others, and if I had need of a million to pay models and frozen the million in epass, it would have been a problem really, at least for me - but even a rich guy who has several million in bank, will take his million to just pay models, or blame epass and skip the whole payout period to all models, as there will be many models wishing to work the same as blame epass?

    Hope really epass funds will be unlocked as both visa and epass says (only debate is if atm cards will work again it seems - there no statement from anyone that epass eats the money of ours, could them?), however this should be a lesson how the system is unstable and how you'll need always to save cash (either you're cam girl or site) for when these shit things happen (before of epassporte there was other biller and cards who paid I've lost money in couple of these events in past 5 or 6 years).

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    Default Re: Epassporte UPDATE 9/7 - I got some answers

    Sometimes when things are really bad, you have to turn to comedy to maintain some sense of sanity

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ix6Sc42thu0

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    Quote Originally Posted by PrincessJenny View Post
    I just heard a different story:

    " visa said in a statement that the bank of epassporte ask for the program to be suspended because of some irregularities
    u know what that means"

    Eg, the money isnt all there and someone may be going to jail over it.

    Heres a quote from the statement "“At the request of St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla National Bank (SKNA), on September 2, 2010, Visa blocked network access for prepaid cards issued by SKNA and operated by ePassporte.com to address certain program deficiencies.”

    And heres the link to it http://news.avn.com/articles/Visa-Is...ts-411375.html

    Seems more like Chris funded that movie with someone elses money
    aarrgghhhhh that makes total sense! im so mad!

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    Quote Originally Posted by BellaBellini View Post
    Sometimes when things are really bad, you have to turn to comedy to maintain some sense of sanity

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ix6Sc42thu0
    This is even more funny (at least for who has not to pay bills out of epass $$) guy who go at epassporte office asking for money back:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLUU41enZQA

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    Default Re: Epassporte UPDATE 9/7 - I got some answers

    Good grief. So they basically said they don't know anything, still.

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    Default Re: Epassporte UPDATE 9/7 - I got some answers

    Yeah that was all bullshit. Why make a big fuss about a statement today when they basically had no new information for us.

    We have no idea how long it will take for them to unfreeze the money but I'm pretty sure very few people will do business with epassporte again and they will go out of business in the next few months.


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    Default Re: Epassporte UPDATE 9/7 - I got some answers

    Well, I got two wire transfers yesterday from my wallet, so that's working fine...just the Visa stuff is stuck.


    One SMALL piece of good news.

    B.

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