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People want to make money online because it holds the promise of being financially independent. There’s this unspoken understanding that once you reach a certain level of success, your internet marketing empire just runs itself. You travel the world and have your Indian virtual assistant deposit your checks into your offshore bank accounts.

There’s nothing illegal about having an effective structure which any body should go to. At least for now. While Hollywood has created a scene where those who bank out of the country are briefcase-carrying criminals or guys in Tommy Bahama shirts flying prop planes onto tiny island landing strips, nothing could be further from the truth. Your government doesn’t want you to move money to another country because it makes it more difficult for them to tax.

Websites that offer to open an offshore banking account in some foreign tax shelter for a specific amount of fee. Most of these would promise to open the account in jurisdictions where there is a demand-supply gap. Not all of these are scams and many of these would save you a lot of time and effort from your part in the preparation of correct documents.

Because offshore banks offer multiple currencies to bank in, you can also choose your interest rate. While rates in the US are near zero, making savers suffer, rates in Australia and New Zealand are much higher. The governments there didn’t play the race-to-the-bottom game that their western counterparts did. Banks both in Australia, and those offering Australian dollar deposits, routinely offer near 5% interest rates on savings – even short-term savings – at a time when you’re lucky to get 0.75% in an online account in the US. If you want to branch out to an emerging destination like Mongolia, you can earn up to 15% on your money.

This isn’t the first time I’ve been confused by spam. Throughout my time on the Internet, I’ve unsuccessfully attempted to grow my phallus with pills, I’ve been swindled by Canadian pharmaceuticals, and I’ve lost more money to hot farm action than you can shake a stick at. But this, this is the last straw. You can do what you will to me, fair Internet, but leave the Prince out of this. He’s a fair, focused man, and deserves none of this.