Thread: U.S. Gov't Flags Names???

Hi,

Don't really know how to say this but..........

Apparently I've been flagged by your lovely government, and was wondering if any other Canadians have experienced this?

I would assume I've also been on the radar of Canada if the U.S. has done this.

As a result of this I now have NO access to any U.S. financial institutions.

Also, as a result anybody wishing to make a decent offer on my websites I'll sell including the affiliate tags. Time for me to leave this business ASAP!

Oh boy

Can you please explain what "flagged" means?

Not allowed any U.S. financial contact, unless I fax a Birth Certificate (passport), DL, and another document I'm yet to receive.

My name came as an exact match to something the U.S. has submitted to financial institutions.

All my accounts in the U.S. are frozen till I appeal.

That´s some pretty gloomy stuff! I wonder if my name is on some list. Maybe I should go and buy myself one of those fancy orange fully body suits. Save the US tax payer some money.

I am relatively certain that our friends at the Treasury Department are sending lists to all financial institutions of online gambling processors and banks. IE Neteller, ProcCyber etc. If you check your bank records they will show each incoming ACH from Neteller with a reference of NT. I bet all banks will be asked to check and flag the accounts of any and all clients who have received wire transfers and ACH transfers from the master list.

Using that data they will now have a list of all their customers who have been receiving or sending ACHs and Wire Transfers from the targeted list.

It's simple, effective and easy to run with their existing data.

I don't think you have been "Flagged" by the US Government. It's probably basic info the Government needs before they do a transaction on a foreign national. I wired some $$ to Romainia for PHP work done on my site 8 months ago and I had to do the same thing. Nothing Gambling related, just basic protocol. Ya the Dept of Treasury can get a list of i-net ACH transfers, but how are they to distinguish? Neteller et al. does alot more then just gambling.

Neteller et al. does alot more then just gambling.

Oh really. You wouldn't happen to have a few links to non gambling merchants who allow Neteller as a payment method?

I have never seen them at any retailer or service provider online that I have shopped at.

It would make me a lot more confortable if I saw them at some retail sites. Does anyone know of any?

Exactly Professor.

I've tried to talk to them about becoming a merchant and they won't even respond to me.

I had a friend who wanted to be a merchant to sell services to gaming affiliates and they told him "we only work with gaming operators".

So, I'll pay anyone $10, via neteller if they can find a non-gambling neteller merchant!

Here is what they say about it:

http://content.neteller.com/content/...nessupdate.htm

We applied and were denied for the same reasons also AmCan