That's what he is paid to do.

Think your waiter is thrilled to bring you are soup? What about you complaining a fly in your soup is doing the backstroke?

Again - that's what he is paid to do.

WTF are you talking about?? He started the god damn thread! It's the "official epassporte statement" thread. He cant be bothered to monitor it?

He wasnt receiving any abuse in the beginning. People seemed to be generally thankful he was providing updates. Then those updates started getting few and far between, he started ducking legitimate easy to answer questions, went MIA in his own threads, promised an update, posted a bullshit one, and apparently lied about when wires were processed/went out. Then when the abuse did start coming (brought on by his own actions) he states that "its too much to keep up with" and goes completely MIA.

MO will 'quit' soon if he hasn't already

This is a civil situation, not a criminal one. Stop talking about things you have no ideas.

Plus, people contacting FBI at this point are stupid. They can only freeze everything for months, if not years. Get a clue.

The last part proves Mallick does not do much more than a few hundreds thousands a year. How could he finance 30 millions for his movie, without having the epassporte business in the loan deal?

Chris comes off in interviews a well spoken man, one who has spoken English his entire life. That statement was not written by someone who has English as their mother tongue.

"We at ePassporte are as distressed as you, our valued cardholders, over an action that we did not see coming and as of today we still have received no good basis for it."


No good basis for it? Sorry but I simply refuse to believe he wrote that. I have worked with outsourced people long enough to recognize something written by someone who has English as a second language.

You sell/recommend press releases. Are you going to tell me that press release is professional and properly written. We get it, you love Chris Mallick, but come on. There are better ways to word a meaningless statement than that and I am sure there are several PR writers in this industry that could have easily created a well executed statement that said nothing but was 100% fluff that would have made people confident.

Things like
Our extensive meetings with all parties involved have led to some meaningful progress but the situation at this point is not completely resolved so we continue to work around the clock to get these issues resolved blah blah

The way I see it, anyone who is positive about this situation is in a state of denial. The situation is totally fucked up by now. And that is NOT because visa cards are blocked. It is because epassporte is hiding the true story and refusing to make a statement.

This kind of behavior hurts their business so much, that they are basically out of business by now. They have lost most (if not all) trust from their customers by being quiet and hiding. So why are they doing it to themselves? Because telling the truth would hurt their business even more. The truth has to be REALLY ugly if they are so afraid to tell it.

All the story about visa cutting them out was bullshit from the beginning. There would be totally no problem if only visa cards were blocked. A card is merely a key to access the account via ATM. If only the cards were blocked, you would be able to move your money between wallet account and VV account without a problem. You can't do that, because the account is frozen.

There is nothing positive about epassporte accounts being frozen and Mr Mallick hiding his head in the sand. It is more like the worst case scenario. It can't be good.

So, does anyone here have a contract with epassporte, so you would be able to sue them? Oh wait, your sponsor created the account for you, and they sent you the card without even knowing your real name? That will be a solid statement in court.

By staying positive you won't increase the chances of getting your money back. They will do whatever is more profitable for them in the end anyway. If it's more profitable to fuck everyone than to stay in business, that's what they will do.

I guess it's time to move on and start making back the money we lost.

the biz seems dead. oh well.

Here are some facts. These are facts.

1)Many Webmasters who have requested ACH withdrawls from their epass wallet have received their money.
2)Fact 1 creates the FACT that Epass is paying people out.
3)It is an absolute fact that repeatedly bashing Epass at this point does nothing but aggravate the situation which benefits no one.

Here are some conclusions.
As I've said before these conclusions can be drawn from the latest update-
1)Epassporte is working with the bank to payout all webmasters what they have in their accounts.
2)Epassporte will probably cease to exist after webmasters have been paid out, so another avenue like Payoneer will be needed to fill the void.

Is it possible that all webmasters will not be paid out?
Yes, but right now any uniformed conjecture is useless and counter productive.

Why Epassporte doesn't create a FAQ page?! (Last updated: xx/xx/xx at xx:xx)

It can be located directly inside the member area, answering 98% of the questions people ask every minute to Michael via emails and on forums.

That is simple management. I just can't get it.

Well put!

"Many" No. "Some" Maybe.

This thread is a great example why Chris and others don't waste time reading threads anymore.

I appreciate Chris writing the heads up and I can only imagine dealing with banks to be a real pain in the ass and this was completely out of their hands. I do trust our money is safe and this will be resolved. Sure waiting sucks; just be patient and go back to working on your fuckin' websites.

:321GFY

From 9-7 (3 days ago) Visa released their statement as reported here on AVN:

http://business.avn.com/articles/Vis...ts-411375.html

This sentence from Visa contains the truth if someone had the inside scoop:

"At the request of St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla National Bank (SKNA), on September 2, 2010, Visa blocked network access for prepaid cards issued by SKNA and operated by ePassporte.com to address certain program deficiencies."

1) "Visa blocked network access" - So that is certainly true.

2) "to address certain program deficiencies" - This is the million dollar question. What were the program deficiencies?

Were they just new regs in which case Epass did nothing maliciously or intentionally wrong. Or are the deficiencies internal to Epassporte and "breakdowns" within Epassporte.

Thus, New Regulations being implimented or Current Regulations being broken? OR a combination of both?

Would think that if it was just new regs then why not just tell everyone what's up. However, if they broke regs, then I would understand the quiet.

So that does not look good but, also does not conclude they broke any current regs.

Either way it could be assumed that after the deficiencies are "addressed" and met, Visa may flip the switch back on. But that can only be assumed.

What were the program deficiencies? That is the million dollar question.

Think webmaster care about "broken regs" - not as long as they are paid.

Governments, banks and card companies may care about broken regs, but since this is so public now there is now way to hide deficiencies from the government(s) - not even the banks or card companies if Epass want to continue a relationship with them (or forge new ones).

Usually a "deficiency" means they are not up to snuff somehow. Hence I still think it is a process of "deficiency upgrades" we are seeing and Epass will be back. But that is only my assumption.

With this week coming to an end and with no further time frame given. (this is the most disturbing) I find myself doubting that it is just a system "deficiency" upgrade more and more.

But for the sake of those with large money at stake I am trying to stay positive.

Anyhow that's my 2 cents for today. My best to everyone needing their epass money now. Hopefully soon.

little question why he is making this next movie "Exxxit: Life After Porn (2009) (post-production) (producer)" ? weird shit. Don't tell me this movie will be also based in his personal life like in Middle Men.

http://www.google.com/profiles/ChristopherMallick

and another shit that i just found

http://www.bankinfosecurity.com/podc...?podcastID=722

again the more i read the worse it get

"Visa hasn't said for how long the suspension will be, but Debra Geister, senior director of AML and compliance services at LexisNexis' risk solutions, says there is buzz on the blogs "that this action is based on the recently released credit card guidelines."

Gwenn Bezard, co-founder and research director at Aite Group, says he's not so sure that this move by Visa is necessarily related to the new pre-paid card guidelines. "I don't see them related," Bezard says. "Visa does take action against its members at different times, imposing fines or even shutting various members down," he says.

Institutions should be on top of this issue and carefully review their programs, says Geister. Any prepaid programs that a financial institution is underwriting (especially in light of the new CARD ACT regulation) should be viewed as an extension of their AML program. Institutions should make sure they understand the programs, systems and detection capabilities that are in place in any third-party programs such as ePassporte. "Making sure that the financial institution has review of programs, identified risks and performed audits of those programs is a good idea in these situations," she says.

If a financial institution or merchants were to receive a transaction through ePassporte.com or the ePassporte Visa, given Visa's statement, they would be blocked through Visa, Geister says. The purchaser should be directed back to SKNA or ePassporte to get their funds back, "But it sounds like these cards will not be accepted on the Visa network."

Exactly. Mr Mallick is the boss. He is in charge of a lot of people's money.

After a guy toils in the field all week he doesnt want to hear BS on pay day.

Which REALLY should have been today Epassporte. And if NOT then at least tell the people in the field a time frame WHEN they will get paid.

Mr Mallick deserves ALL the shit he is getting from every single person owed money.

The buck stops with him. You want the big bucks, you take on the big responsibility. That is how it works.

It's no diff than if I built a bunker out of plutonium and all my friends and others deposited their cash, gold and silver with me for safekeeping and lets say a 1% of value annual fee.

Guess what. It is no longer party time for me. No more "smiles and assholes" all day for me.

I suddenly got a huge mountain of responsibilty on my shoulders. I am now a rich man BUT, I have RESPONSIBILITY.

No "Maybe" - They are Absolutely getting paid. Read the posts.
Confirmations now of wires being sent- Shap just posted a new thread, check it out.

Wow, just wow.

Appreciate Chris writing the heads up :1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

Good times.

i am fucked.

http://ist1-4.filesor.com/pimpandhos...Untitled_m.jpg

:Oh crap

a least you read the emails :thumbsup

Chump change. :1orglaugh:1orglaugh

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Its funny how everyone complains about the fact that epass didnt communicate well.. they respond to that saying that THEY have no news and actually communicated and then BAM everyone is now on their case about posting the same thing.. MAKE UP YOUR MINDS.
I was one of the peole that informed them to keep us updated and they now do and you jump on them for not having an answer give them a break im sure they are a lot more pissed then any one of us could be about what happened.

is it over yet?

Go back to first grade and learn to read. Did you wear a helmet and class and ride the small bus?

Shap has so far received NOTHING.

MOST LOOKING FOR THEIR MONEY HAVE RECEIVED NOTHING.

http://www.40inchass.in/gfy/epass.jpg

My money is in motion I guess...

New article found!
 

I found new article about SKNA and Epass!

http://www.thestkittsnevisobserver.c...ntroversy.html

I don't fucking understand what is this Patricia Wilkinson, SKNANB executive manager in marketing talking about :(

old news....

:Oh crap:Oh crap damn, what's the story behind this? is this real?

Sorry then