[vinylweatherman]

Neteller have a FAR simpler method. They make a small payment to your bank account, say 33pence (or 33cents), and you then have to log in and type in the exact amount received into a "verify account" section. If you type in the right figure, your account is automatically verified. None of this messing about with bank statements, scanners, cameras, etc.

Moneybookers do have this internal messaging service, but from other postings about this, it seems to have been designed to be as inconvenient to use as possible, even though it would be more secure than email.

The limit of $1000 is far too low for the purpose WE use Moneybookers, online gambling, as I bet even the low rollers manage to move more than $1000 in a YEAR.

Neteller's advantage is that it is easy to get in touch with them. This is not necessarily the case with Moneybookers.

I also suspect a bit of bullshite here, since if this were REALLY down to EXTERNAL anti money laundering regulations, it would apply to ME too, and my NETELLER account - which it doesn't seem to. Looks far more like internal Moneybookers policy, and they seem to feel they have to hide behind a spurious "international anti moneylaundering law" to justify the inconvenience, rather than say it is their own policy.

These "international anti moneylaundering law" excuses are springing up everywhere as explanations for certain actions, yet NOWHERE does the law specify ANY specific action, such as having to upload bank statements when you exceed x dollars in y days. It is all about "know your customer", and surely if you have been properly verified once, you should REMAIN verified unless you make a change to your personal information. My PASSPORT is valid for TEN YEARS, yet Moneybookers seem to think an ID is valid for only ONE year - if it is good enough for international border control to verify everyone every 10 years, it should be good enough for Moneybookers.

None of this inspires me to open a Moneybookers account, in fact, the more I read about them, the LESS impressive they seem. It is a shame that Canadians are stuck with them since Neteller pulled out.