By: Mark Herpel

Mark Herpel — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 01:30:50 +0000

I like Me-Gold. Mr. Soleiman provides a GREAT service and it’s top rated. I’d use them today if needed in fact I recommended them just yesterday to a friend. I’m not 100% sure where the operators sit as they type on their PC, however they currently seem operated out of Dubai not Iran. At least the US money transfers go through Dubai.
Some time back they were on Kish Island because we called them occasionally. I thought they moved to Dubai when e-gold closed all the Iranian accounts in Nov. 2006 http://www.digitalmoneyworld.com/e-gold-closes-all-iranian-accounts/ but their web reflects the Kish Island address as late as Feb.-March 2007. I’m not 100% sure when the business addy changed. All direct Western Union transfers are out of Dubai and they have offices there. Plus, this is a very international industry of customer, I doubt that a lot of their business is with the US anyway.
This is a great post you have put up. That is amazing two US customers were caught and fined as your blog states. However, I’m not shocked, I’ve called them on Kish Island from the US not thinking twice about it. In today’s world, this is an Internet business and as far as customers are concerned, Me-gold IS right next door.
I think that most Net businesses, like e-gold, just ban the country IPs so no one from there can log in…(without a proxy).
Mark Herpel
editor@dgcmagazine.com

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