Hi All...
Maybe this will shed some light on it? I got this e-mail today!
Verotel has been processing VISA and MasterCard transactions
for more than six years now. As an Internet Payment Service
Provider, we have to comply with the latest demands
from the card companies. These demands are mostly
related to protecting the brand names 'VISA' and
'MasterCard'.
In line with these demands, we have to inform you about
important changes related to the websites you are reselling
content for.
As of yesterday, the acquiring banks we are working with,
do not process any transactions anymore of websites
that are related to underage models. Even if the models
are fully dressed and are not involved in any sexual
explicit behaviour, these websites do infringe on the
brand names of the card companies.
An underage model is every model (male or female),
that is under 18 years of age, and/or any model
over 18 years of age, but pictured as an underage model.
In addition, the words 'lolita' and/or 'little' are
not allowed in the domain name anymore.
In line with these demands, we have suspended the accounts
of all webmasters, that have sold this kind of content in
the past. Webmasters might shut down their website
and its members entrance. Their subscribers might
complain about the fact that they cannot
enter the website anymore and will contact their issuing
bank to get their money back. Verotel and its acquiring
banks, carry the full chargeback risk of the transactions,
occured in the last 6 months.
In order to ascertain this risk, we have secured the
amounts you made with reselling for these websites,
and we have put your reseller account to suspended.
We will therefore not release any funds until six months from now.
That means that you will not receive any payments
until at least October this year. Your account stays
reachable with the Verotel Control Center for future
updates and information about your payments.
If your reselling for underage model websites volume
is only a small portion of your total business, then
please contact us for a review of your account. You
can email to
[email protected] for assistance with this.
We regret that we have to inform you about this, but
this is a step made by the card companies over which
we do not have direct control.
With kind regards,
Verotel Management
I guess they are taking a stand on these underage sites, even non nude ones...
Denny