-- At 11:48 PM 9/13/98 +0200, Anonymous wrote:

Found this: http://offshorehaven.nu/banking/index.html no idea whether a trap or a jewel.

Looks a whole lot more promising than the EUB (which turned out to be a classic take the money and run operation) The web site is not in the US, which shows that they are serious. Latvia is a pro capitalist, anti communist government. (I regard the US government as anti capitalist and soft on communism), The government sees itself as presiding over an economy that is still basically socialist, even though they have transformed far more rapidly and radically than most of the former Soviet Union, in particularly they have transformed far more radically than Russia. On the other hand, many of the facts that one would need to know in order to know how safe your money is are simply not made available. In particular the web site does not mention the banks name. Oh wow. That does not inspire confidence. They write: Q. What is the name of the Bank? A. This is the typical question asked by "wannabes" and competitors. Our firm does not disclose the name of the Bank until confirmation of the payment of our fees is received. The Bank only wants to deal with people interested in opening and operating such accounts. If the information provided by our firm does not satisfy you, then it definitely means that you are not interested in opening an offshore bank account. Well actually it means that any sane person would regret handing over their money as soon as they discover the name of the bank. Some time ago a bank in Russia opened. Its name was "Fuck you" in Russian, spelt backwards. The bank soon disappeared, with the depositors money. What is "fuck you" in Latvian? --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG 5f1OaRdJKerB2Mx0HCiBWPBIAzs9ziDsmpdrl/m1 4cfQ2P6hHFL6HZHebpSnhsUfLL4PwuUmFSRu6dP+9

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