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We are pleased to announce that you can still find a reasonably-priced prepaid debit card that accepts multiple e-currency. With recent fraud by a well known debit card provider, recent closings of other debit card providers for various reasons, the unstable price spikes of gold making profit almost non-existant, debit card providers have been few and far between as of late.

However, there are at least three that we know of still in business and running strong. If you have a multiple e-currency prepaid debit card to offer, please be sure to visit http://www.gold-cards.net and be sure to list it and let us know about it.

Digital Wealth Global is pleased to announce the launch of the new Digital Wealth Global (DWG) Prepaid Debit Card. The DWG Card is a multiple e-currency international prepaid debit card. For a limited time, you can get the card for only $19.95, with FREE shipping and handling via U.S. Mail.

The DWG Prepaid Debit Card offers the following terrific benefits:

Comes with CVV2 Code and Date of Expiration For Internet

And Telephone Purchases

POS and ATM Daily Withdrawal $3,000.00

Valid At Over 1,300,000 ATMs Worldwide!

Daily Load Maximum is $10,000.00!

Maximum Card Balance Preload Limit $24,999.00

Multiple E-Currency Funding Load Fee Only 12% plus $5!

Only $19.95 plus activation

Add Actual Cost For FEDEX International Shipping!

Get your DWG Prepaid Debit Card now! Go to: http://www.dwgcard.com.

IGE Debit Card is another prepaid debit card that has been in business for the longest period of time, having weathered several storms of card platforms shutting down on almost a regular basis.

IGE has just announced its new IGE Prepaid Debit Card, which also lists for only $19.95. In addition, it offers the same features as the DWG Prepaid Debit Card listed above, and often has specials on its site.  Their site is http://www.igecard.com.

Ultimate Gold Card is the latest Prepaid Debit Card that allows funding via multiple e-currency funding. It is very competitive with the other cards listed above, and offers the same rates and benefits.  Their site is located at http://www.ultimategoldcard.com.

Please note that due to the recent spikes and fluctuations of gold, the funding rates are subject to change without notice.

Also, all three cards can be funded by traditional means as well as by e-currency. All three can be funded by Bank Wires, Money Orders, E-Gold, E-Bullion, Web Money, Pecunix and Liberty Reserve.

Virtual Visa Card – Some prefer the benefit of a prepaid non-reloadable debit card without the aggravation of keeping up with the plastic. For those, the Virtual Visa Card is the answer. They are located at http://www.virtualvisacard.net . One of the BEST benefits of a Virtual Visa Card is that your identity and total amount of possible loss is limited to the amount of the card. Many prefer to use virtual visa cards on the internet rather than to use their regular plastic credit cards. Their prices seem very reasonable, and the virtual cards have all the benefits of regular prepaid cards when it comes to online and telephone shopping. The complete selection and prices are posted on their website.

In a post 9/11 world, “due diligence” is constantly on the forefront—or at least we are expected to believe that. Although banks these days are preaching “due diligence,” it appears that at least one bank does not practice what it preaches. Monterey County Bank, based in Monterey California, http://www.montereycountybank.com that supports several card platforms for businesses providing prepaid debit card products for use on the internet and at atms, has missed the boat on “due diligence,” at the expense of those who entrusted it.

One of those businesses that it sponsors, Digital World Global Card, Inc., http://www.digitalworldcard.com , based out of New York, New York, is owned in full by sole shareholder Joseph Simon LaCroix, aka Joseph Simon, a convicted felon in the province of Ontario, Canada, according to Rowena McDougall, Senior Manager, Public Affairs, for the Financial Services Commission of Ontario (FSCO) .

On October 3, 2005 Joseph LaCroix, the sole officer and director of Digital World Financial, pleaded guilty to the charge of conducting the business of a loan and trust corporation without being registered in the province of Ontario. LaCroix was fined $50,000 and placed on probation for two years. As a condition of the probation LaCroix must pay approximately $2.2 million in restitution to depositors. Good luck on collecting that!

LaCroix also pleaded guilty to carrying on the business of insurance in Ontario without a licence and was fined $5,000. Seems Canada garners favor with criminals, as its criminal penalties certainly don’t seem to discourage crime.

For more on LaCroix’s convictions, see the following:

http://www.claimsurvey.com/english/pubs/news/2005/20051007-digitalworld.asp

http://www.fsco.gov.on.ca/english/pubs/news/2005/20051007-digitalworld.asp

http://www.ontarioinsurance.com/english/licensing/ceasedesistorders/cdo-digitalworld.asp

http://www.ontarioinsurance.com/english/pubs/bulletins/mebulletins/2006/g-03_06.asp

http://www.sfsc.gov.sk.ca/ssc/files/enforcementorders/2002_enf/temporary/digitalworldfinancialinc(temp)feb27-02.pdf

http://www.sfsc.gov.sk.ca/ssc/files/enforcementorders/2002_enf/extending/digitalworldfinancialinc(ext)mar13-02.pdf

http://www.fsco.gov.on.ca/English/licensing/ceasedesistorders/cdo-digitalworld.asp

Now, less than three years later, LaCroix’s Digital World Global Card, Inc. was shut down on April 1, 2008, by Monterey County Bank after LaCroix has allegedly misappropriated the funds of its many cardholders. Those cardholders had put their trust in Digital World Card, Inc. as well as Monterey County Bank—after all, if you can’t trust a bank, who can you trust? To add insult to injury, LaCroix had his staff to tell cardholders that their accounts were being audited by the bank, implying that they had somehow done something wrong. His staff has since become non-existant. Calls to the company (866) 878-8020 go directly to voice mail, and are not returned. Calls to LaCroix’s cell phone (347) 853-4746 went unanswered.

It should be noted that apparently all of LaCroix’s resellers were left out in the cold. It should also be noted that the ONLY cards affected are those that have the name Digital World Global Card at the top of the card – No others. Funds were sent to Digital World Card, Inc. for the benefit of cardholders, and instead, went to the benefit of LaCroix. In reported cases, LaCroix even emptied funds already on cardholders cards!

LaCroix’s site, Digital World Card, Inc., still maintains its website at http://www.digitalworldcard.com . Do Not Order From This Site! Do not become one of his victims! If the bank backing your prepaid debit card is Monterey County Bank, do your OWN due diligence!

Please remember that Monterey County Bank merely shut his program down on April 1, 2008. They offered absolutely NO COMPENSATION for their cardholders whatsoever. Do you think they would feel the same if you owed them money?

Remember, Buyer Beware!

In a post 9/11 world, “due diligence” is constantly on the forefront—or at least we are expected to believe that. Although banks these days are preaching “due diligence,” it appears that at least one bank does not practice what it preaches. Monterey County Bank, based in Monterey California, http://www.montereycountybank.com that supports several card platforms for businesses providing prepaid debit card products for use on the internet and at atms, has missed the boat on “due diligence,” at the expense of those who entrusted it.

One of those businesses that it sponsors, Digital World Global Card, Inc., http://www.digitalworldcard.com , based out of New York, New York, is owned in full by sole shareholder Joseph Simon LaCroix, aka Joseph Simon, a convicted felon in the province of Ontario, Canada, according to Rowena McDougall, Senior Manager, Public Affairs, for the Financial Services Commission of Ontario (FSCO) .

On October 3, 2005 Joseph LaCroix, the sole officer and director of Digital World Financial, pleaded guilty to the charge of conducting the business of a loan and trust corporation without being registered in the province of Ontario. LaCroix was fined $50,000 and placed on probation for two years. As a condition of the probation LaCroix must pay approximately $2.2 million in restitution to depositors. Good luck on collecting that!

LaCroix also pleaded guilty to carrying on the business of insurance in Ontario without a licence and was fined $5,000. Seems Canada garners favor with criminals, as its criminal penalties certainly don’t seem to discourage crime.

For more on LaCroix’s convictions, see the following:

http://www.claimsurvey.com/english/pubs/news/2005/20051007-digitalworld.asp

http://www.fsco.gov.on.ca/english/pubs/news/2005/20051007-digitalworld.asp

http://www.ontarioinsurance.com/english/licensing/ceasedesistorders/cdo-digitalworld.asp

http://www.ontarioinsurance.com/english/pubs/bulletins/mebulletins/2006/g-03_06.asp

http://www.sfsc.gov.sk.ca/ssc/files/enforcementorders/2002_enf/temporary/digitalworldfinancialinc(temp)feb27-02.pdf

http://www.sfsc.gov.sk.ca/ssc/files/enforcementorders/2002_enf/extending/digitalworldfinancialinc(ext)mar13-02.pdf

http://www.fsco.gov.on.ca/English/licensing/ceasedesistorders/cdo-digitalworld.asp

Now, less than three years later, LaCroix’s Digital World Global Card, Inc. was shut down on April 1, 2008, by Monterey County Bank after LaCroix has allegedly misappropriated the funds of its many cardholders. Those cardholders had put their trust in Digital World Card, Inc. as well as Monterey County Bank—after all, if you can’t trust a bank, who can you trust? To add insult to injury, LaCroix had his staff to tell cardholders that their accounts were being audited by the bank, implying that they had somehow done something wrong. His staff has since become non-existant. Calls to the company (866) 878-8020 go directly to voice mail, and are not returned. Calls to LaCroix’s cell phone (347) 853-4746 went unanswered.

It should be noted that apparently all of LaCroix’s resellers were left out in the cold. It should also be noted that the ONLY cards affected are those that have the name Digital World Global Card at the top of the card – No others. Funds were sent to Digital World Card, Inc. for the benefit of cardholders, and instead, went to the benefit of LaCroix. In reported cases, LaCroix even emptied funds already on cardholders cards!

LaCroix’s site, Digital World Card, Inc., still maintains its website at http://www.digitalworldcard.com . Do Not Order From This Site! Do not become one of his victims! If the bank backing your prepaid debit card is Monterey County Bank, do your OWN due diligence!

Please remember that Monterey County Bank merely shut his program down on April 1, 2008. They offered absolutely NO COMPENSATION for their cardholders whatsoever. Do you think they would feel the same if you owed them money?

Remember, Buyer Beware!

In a post 9/11 world, “due diligence” is constantly on the forefront—or at least we are expected to believe that. Although banks these days are preaching “due diligence,” it appears that at least one bank does not practice what it preaches. Monterey County Bank, based in Monterey California, http://www.montereycountybank.com that supports several card platforms for businesses providing prepaid debit card products for use on the internet and at atms, has missed the boat on “due diligence,” at the expense of those who entrusted it.

One of those businesses that it sponsors, Digital World Global Card, Inc., http://www.digitalworldcard.com , based out of New York, New York, is owned in full by sole shareholder Joseph Simon LaCroix, aka Joseph Simon, a convicted felon in the province of Ontario, Canada, according to Rowena McDougall, Senior Manager, Public Affairs, for the Financial Services Commission of Ontario (FSCO) .

On October 3, 2005 Joseph LaCroix, the sole officer and director of Digital World Financial, pleaded guilty to the charge of conducting the business of a loan and trust corporation without being registered in the province of Ontario. LaCroix was fined $50,000 and placed on probation for two years. As a condition of the probation LaCroix must pay approximately $2.2 million in restitution to depositors. Good luck on collecting that!

LaCroix also pleaded guilty to carrying on the business of insurance in Ontario without a licence and was fined $5,000. Seems Canada garners favor with criminals, as its criminal penalties certainly don’t seem to discourage crime.

For more on LaCroix’s convictions, see the following:

http://www.claimsurvey.com/english/pubs/news/2005/20051007-digitalworld.asp

http://www.fsco.gov.on.ca/english/pubs/news/2005/20051007-digitalworld.asp

http://www.ontarioinsurance.com/english/licensing/ceasedesistorders/cdo-digitalworld.asp

http://www.ontarioinsurance.com/english/pubs/bulletins/mebulletins/2006/g-03_06.asp

http://www.sfsc.gov.sk.ca/ssc/files/enforcementorders/2002_enf/temporary/digitalworldfinancialinc(temp)feb27-02.pdf

http://www.sfsc.gov.sk.ca/ssc/files/enforcementorders/2002_enf/extending/digitalworldfinancialinc(ext)mar13-02.pdf

http://www.fsco.gov.on.ca/English/licensing/ceasedesistorders/cdo-digitalworld.asp

Now, less than three years later, LaCroix’s Digital World Global Card, Inc. was shut down on April 1, 2008, by Monterey County Bank after LaCroix has allegedly misappropriated the funds of its many cardholders. Those cardholders had put their trust in Digital World Card, Inc. as well as Monterey County Bank—after all, if you can’t trust a bank, who can you trust? To add insult to injury, LaCroix had his staff to tell cardholders that their accounts were being audited by the bank, implying that they had somehow done something wrong. His staff has since become non-existant. Calls to the company (866) 878-8020 go directly to voice mail, and are not returned. Calls to LaCroix’s cell phone (347) 853-4746 went unanswered.

It should be noted that apparently all of LaCroix’s resellers were left out in the cold. It should also be noted that the ONLY cards affected are those that have the name Digital World Global Card at the top of the card – No others. Funds were sent to Digital World Card, Inc. for the benefit of cardholders, and instead, went to the benefit of LaCroix. In reported cases, LaCroix even emptied funds already on cardholders cards!

LaCroix’s site, Digital World Card, Inc., still maintains its website at http://www.digitalworldcard.com . Do Not Order From This Site! Do not become one of his victims! If the bank backing your prepaid debit card is Monterey County Bank, do your OWN due diligence!

Please remember that Monterey County Bank merely shut his program down on April 1, 2008. They offered absolutely NO COMPENSATION for their cardholders whatsoever. Do you think they would feel the same if you owed them money?

Remember, Buyer Beware!

In a post 9/11 world, “due diligence” is constantly on the forefront—or at least we are expected to believe that. Although banks these days are preaching “due diligence,” it appears that at least one bank does not practice what it preaches. Monterey County Bank, based in Monterey California, http://www.montereycountybank.com that supports several card platforms for businesses providing prepaid debit card products for use on the internet and at atms, has missed the boat on “due diligence,” at the expense of those who entrusted it.

One of those businesses that it sponsors, Digital World Global Card, Inc., http://www.digitalworldcard.com , based out of New York, New York, is owned in full by sole shareholder Joseph Simon LaCroix, aka Joseph Simon, a convicted felon in the province of Ontario, Canada, according to Rowena McDougall, Senior Manager, Public Affairs, for the Financial Services Commission of Ontario (FSCO) .

On October 3, 2005 Joseph LaCroix, the sole officer and director of Digital World Financial, pleaded guilty to the charge of conducting the business of a loan and trust corporation without being registered in the province of Ontario. LaCroix was fined $50,000 and placed on probation for two years. As a condition of the probation LaCroix must pay approximately $2.2 million in restitution to depositors. Good luck on collecting that!

LaCroix also pleaded guilty to carrying on the business of insurance in Ontario without a licence and was fined $5,000. Seems Canada garners favor with criminals, as its criminal penalties certainly don’t seem to discourage crime.

For more on LaCroix’s convictions, see the following:

http://www.claimsurvey.com/english/pubs/news/2005/20051007-digitalworld.asp

http://www.fsco.gov.on.ca/english/pubs/news/2005/20051007-digitalworld.asp

http://www.ontarioinsurance.com/english/licensing/ceasedesistorders/cdo-digitalworld.asp

http://www.ontarioinsurance.com/english/pubs/bulletins/mebulletins/2006/g-03_06.asp

http://www.sfsc.gov.sk.ca/ssc/files/enforcementorders/2002_enf/temporary/digitalworldfinancialinc(temp)feb27-02.pdf

http://www.sfsc.gov.sk.ca/ssc/files/enforcementorders/2002_enf/extending/digitalworldfinancialinc(ext)mar13-02.pdf

http://www.fsco.gov.on.ca/English/licensing/ceasedesistorders/cdo-digitalworld.asp

Now, less than three years later, LaCroix’s Digital World Global Card, Inc. was shut down on April 1, 2008, by Monterey County Bank after LaCroix has allegedly misappropriated the funds of its many cardholders. Those cardholders had put their trust in Digital World Card, Inc. as well as Monterey County Bank—after all, if you can’t trust a bank, who can you trust? To add insult to injury, LaCroix had his staff to tell cardholders that their accounts were being audited by the bank, implying that they had somehow done something wrong. His staff has since become non-existant. Calls to the company (866) 878-8020 go directly to voice mail, and are not returned. Calls to LaCroix’s cell phone (347) 853-4746 went unanswered.

It should be noted that apparently all of LaCroix’s resellers were left out in the cold. It should also be noted that the ONLY cards affected are those that have the name Digital World Global Card at the top of the card – No others. Funds were sent to Digital World Card, Inc. for the benefit of cardholders, and instead, went to the benefit of LaCroix. In reported cases, LaCroix even emptied funds already on cardholders cards!

LaCroix’s site, Digital World Card, Inc., still maintains its website at http://www.digitalworldcard.com . Do Not Order From This Site! Do not become one of his victims! If the bank backing your prepaid debit card is Monterey County Bank, do your OWN due diligence!

Please remember that Monterey County Bank merely shut his program down on April 1, 2008. They offered absolutely NO COMPENSATION for their cardholders whatsoever. Do you think they would feel the same if you owed them money?

Remember, Buyer Beware!