~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SANDY SANDFORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C'punks, On Thu, 26 Dec 1996 troubled@mailmasher.com wrote:
I saw a posting on alt.privacy a couple of days ago from 100022.1345@compuserve.com (Mark Mage) advertising the availability of what he called "the safest kind of bank account legally available", something called "an anonymous 'Sparbuch'" account in Austria. ... I'm not at all familiar with Austrian banking law or this type of account. Would someone tell me if this is worth checking into further? 'Mark Mage' says these accounts usually cost $200 - $400 to set up, but he's asking "considerably less".
The trouble with sparbuchs is that they are legally available only to Austrians. The answer to this given by promoters is that since no ID can be required of Austrians and the passbook is in essence a bearer instrument, the law cannot be enforced. As far as I can tell, though, one would really need to handle one's business through an Austrian to keep from having to answer embarrassing questions. In addition, I personally would not do business with Mark Mage. S a n d y ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~