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A change of address led to our Wise accounts being shut down

(shaun.nz)
325 points jemmyw | 1 comments | 30 Oct 25 22:41 UTC | HN request time: 0.211s | source
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zhivota ◴[31 Oct 25 01:03 UTC] No.45767271[source]▶
The right solution here is to take the telecom tax invoice, edit it in a PDF editor to say Telecom bill, and send it back.

The process is stupid enough that this will work 95% of the time. Is it fraud? No, not really, I'd argue. You're just conforming the document to an arbitrary standard, but all the relevant details are factual, not fraudulent.

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1. thedanbob ◴[31 Oct 25 01:07 UTC] No.45767294[source]▶
That was my first thought as I was reading. Of course, I imagine almost every serious business would be extremely uncomfortable doing something like that. On the other hand, if the alternative is getting your account closed anyway, there's not much to lose.