I can remember years back when processing payments on the internet
was an herculean task. We tried all means to get this done with little or no
success - it was indeed frustrating if you are from this part of the continent
- Africa especially Nigeria.
Paypal actually dealt with us, funds were lost, means of livelihood severed when the
Paypal ban hammer swings due to IP address change. We devised various means of
solving this payment problem but all were temporal as sooner or later the
restriction will surface. Our local banks' cards did not pass this litmus test,
we had to resort to domiciliary account opening which was also a daunting task.
We go out of our ways asking favours from friends in Paypal accepting
countries. So many people were duped or ripped of their hard earned money. At a
point we resorted to other e-currency payments platforms like Liberty Reserve,
etc. available back then.
