Opening A Private Offshore Bank Account for Gambling

Reply #5

time*treat — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 22:28:58 GMT

Canada has much less of a history of nationalizing things than Mexico (Canada just VATs the heck out anything that moves). At the moment, for easy conversion 1$US = 1$C, common language, and non-sticky-finger officials, there's no contest. That is, if your issue is just the CC/DC transaction restriction.

You could just use an International Postal Money Order to fund the account, and be done with it. No CC involved at all, that way. No extra bank account to report on. People should know tha... [ More ]

Reply #4

LANTERN — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 20:17:47 GMT

Gracias!

I don't know how safe or unsafe bank accounts might be for americans to have on Mexico and or Canada, but that might also be possible to do, but it would not be OffShore , just across the border.

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Go to the border open it, don't keep no more than $999 there at any one time, get a debit and or credit card from them, make sure that it is a good bank, maybe a national... [ More ]

Reply #3

time*treat — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 08:39:21 GMT

For protecting assets against frivolous lawsuits (a growing problem) and privacy, more people are setting up trusts. It's not so much as hiding , but about making inaccessible.

I want to be clear, and say this is not a receive-summons-on-Monday-set-up-trust-on-Tuesday type of thing. These things have to be old-and-cold i.e., in existence (long) before the trouble begins, because a judge can disallow a trust, under some circumstances.

If you own an estate - and die, your heirs may hav... [ More ]

Reply #2

LANTERN — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 07:53:18 GMT

Which better options

Reply #1

time*treat — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 07:37:25 GMT

... Mostly foreigners interested in ripping off an American with more money than judgement. They will happily set up an account for you ... then empty it.

Even with that obstacle surmounted, the matter of privacy is relative. That is, you have to answer the question; who are you keeping the account private from?

Nosey neighbor? Doable.

Nosey lawsuit? No. Not if you want to be able to use it. There are better options.

Nosey Gov't agency? See Nosey lawsuit .

Opening A Private Offshore Bank Account for Gambling

WSN1 — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 03:05:45 GMT

Is there someone that can assist me with opening a private offshore bank account that will accept my online gambling financial transfers. I live in the US