Automatic billing/charges from ePassporte

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danyvip
SitePoint Member

a litle bit late but will be usefull for others.
I use epassporte, i was very happy about finding them on the internet. very good service, no need to talk to no one.. everything worked flawless untill one day when they suspended my accoutn for 'unusual activity'.. on December 9th .. it passed a week from then, i called them 10 times or more.. in the last 2 days I sent about 10 emails and received no replies. Today I called again and they told me the processing time its 3 to 5 bussines days and I should receive an answer by tomorrow. The support its not the best you can get but I would be very happy if they'll sort out this sooner because I have a lot of money on the card and really need them since its Christmas already..

I'll keep you informed with all the updates..

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The ePassporte corporate headquarters are located in Curacao, Netherlands Antilles. Their sales an marketing offices are in Toronto Canada, and they have an office in southern California.

Their CEO is Christopher Mallick. Here is what I found out about him.

09-17-01 Article in Forbes Magazine, he is questioned about child porn. He later becomes involed with ASACP (Association of Sites Advocation Child Protection). I think that is to save face from previous actions.

Envolved in lawsuit for Antitrust violations and fraud with Mastercard.

U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals, August Term, 1999
(Argued: May 15, 2000 Decided: May 08, 2001)
Docket No. 99-9042
He was sued for securities fraud and negligent misrepresentation. His company lied about his past to make an investment look better to a potential investor. The investment went south from poor managment shortly after the investor came onboard.

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT
August Term 2000
Argued: March 19, 2001 Decided: July 19, 2001
Docket No. 00-7803
More of the same.
He was fired as CEO from a company called Paycom. The are one of the leading online credit card processing companies. He is let go for apparent poor managment and mishandling company assets, something to do with a LearJet and lots of money.

Mallick sues city of Los Angeles for harrasment while operating a dance club without the proper permit for dancing. He claimed racial harassment because his clientel were primarily african-american. That club eventually closed due to poor management.

I found too many websites to include that show that Mr. Mallick has been heavily involved in the online porn industry for a very long time. He has been a keynote speaker at several events for porn webmasters to learn how to better profit from their trade. He spoke a lot on how to avoid Visa chargebacks.

[5thStreetHog]

Point taken lol Your experience and others mean more to me than most of the "dirt",given my relationship to them is the same,but i hear ya.

[DrewOnTilt]

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The ePassporte corporate headquarters are located in Curacao, Netherlands Antilles. Their sales an marketing offices are in Toronto Canada, and they have an office in southern California.

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That alone may make them a not-viable long term solution for our situation. Neteller also had a U.S. presence, and look where that landed them!

[Roy6]

If you've withdrawn everything from Epassporte, they don't charge your CC for this renewal, right? Or do you have to close the account?