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| My Ordeal With Skrill by Nobody: 3:08pm On Sep 27, 2018 |
Skrill just dashed my plans! Earlier this morning, I was reading a thread by Tabazz where he talked about his ordeal with Skrill. That thread dates back to 2016 and chronicled how frustrated he felt after Skrill suddenly closed his account. I had no idea I was to sip from the same cup of horror in less than 6 hours. Okay... Here's how it happened I decided to join freelancer.com to work after learning and honing my skills for a while. When I started earning and I wanted to withdraw, I received my first shock - Payoneer was no longer working with Freelancer.com. Okay, I decided to use PayPal but it turns out it would be a risk. As you know, PayPal doesn't accept Nigerians and the only option would be to create an account using another country's identity. Well, I thought about my options and it turned out that if I attempt to use PayPal, I would have to login which means the site would be able to access my PayPal details. That's risky since the details won't match. I don't like stress or risks, so I decided to opt for Skrill, and that's what led to this issue. It was only today that I discovered Skrill closes account at will (for no sensible reason), and also, that other users are equally frustrated with their poor customer service. So, I wanted to sell my Skrill funds only to see that I couldn't send funds to another Skrill account. I decided to contact support. Two hours later, I received the email as captured in the screenshot below. They withdrew $183 from my funds as administration fee. That's about 60k! Aren't these guys criminals?!! I didn't do anything shady with my account. I have only two transactions in my history so far: one from a client who paid directly and the other from the freelance company I work on. I must say, Skrill is a not an organisation worthy of patronage. It's obvious many others have experienced similar woes. Right now, my dilemma is how I can withdraw as they said I can only withdraw to a Nigerian bank account. I don't have a domiciliary account and I don't really know what do do. Those guys just want to ruin my day. Very saddening. Anybody with a similar experience? Anyone who can advise me on what to do? 1 Like 1 Share
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| Re: My Ordeal With Skrill by Nobody: 5:17pm On Sep 27, 2018*. Modified: 5:42pm On Sep 27, 2018 |
Donharrie:Thank you, boss. You lost $1,000? Those guys have gone nuts! Will my usual bank account be okay for the withdrawal? And have long does it take them to make the transfer of the remaining sum? 1 Like |
| Re: My Ordeal With Skrill by ponti93(m): 5:41pm On Sep 27, 2018 |
Next time use payoneer |
| Re: My Ordeal With Skrill by Nobody: 6:41pm On Sep 27, 2018 |
ponti93:I actually have Payoneer. Freelancer.com has removed Payoneer from its payment options. That was what necessitated my choice. 1 Like 1 Share |
| Re: My Ordeal With Skrill by ponti93(m): 10:39pm On Sep 27, 2018 |
Joseid:sorry... How long will it take if you used a PayPal to cashout |
| Re: My Ordeal With Skrill by Nobody: 11:42pm On Sep 27, 2018 |
Lol! I dumped skrill when I noticed charges were outrageous |
| Re: My Ordeal With Skrill by Efelee05(f): 3:18pm On Jun 10, 2019 |
Hi any help here? I don't know how to withdraw from freelancer. ponti93: |
| Re: My Ordeal With Skrill by ponti93(m): 11:38am On Jun 11, 2019 |
Efelee05:register for a skrill.com account or use wire transfer ($500 minimum withdrawal) |
| Re: My Ordeal With Skrill by lizzychom: 8:26pm On Jun 02, 2020 |
Those guys are thieves I will never use them again .just yesterday I withdraw 50$ from my binary account to Skrill bcox binary said I have to b verified bfor I can use other payment options and d only available one was Skrill.after that I send 10$ to another Skrill at and my remaining balance was 6.66$ instead of 39$ until now they have not replied my mail on y my remaining balance disappeared. |
| Re: My Ordeal With Skrill by SirWhiteFish: 8:43pm On Jun 02, 2020 |
Joseid:Please I was wondering if you could put me through on some skills I could also use to start working on freelance. Com |
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