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

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325 points jemmyw | 1 comments | 30 Oct 25 22:41 UTC | HN request time: 0.205s | 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. tedeh ◴[31 Oct 25 02:02 UTC] No.45767580[source]▶
I can confirm that this is the exact method recommended in forums where people and businesses that meet adversity from banks on a daily basis (most of the time for completely legitimate businesses, sometimes not) congregate to share advice.

The point is to feed the compliance critters exactly what they want so they can tick their boxes without sticking their necks out.