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I was wondering, how can I get money from someone anonymously? I want the method to be really simple for the other person to do.

Should i get a MoneyPak? Or a VISA credit card from here and have them bank deposit? or should get them to buy me a giftcard and then sell the giftcard for BTC?

I want to use the money to shop online on different websites.

i think currently there is no easy way to do it. oddly enough, it's still a bit of a struggle to even buy bitcoin, especially if you are computer/tech illterate. some may find it hard to believe, but there are many people in the world who struggle to even open a folder on a laptop (my aunt).

Their are heaps of ways... but its 2.57am and I have to get up for work in 3 hours... I'll post up some useful info when I get to work...
This post was just a place holder so I do not forget lol

spk soon.

Cool, I wanna see some useful info.


Not helpful.

Trade cash for BTC in person. Done and done.

well, of your questions, i don't thinking buying gift cards (at least for retailers) and turning them into bitcoins is a good idea.. gift cards lose a lot of value, and then you'd be paying for the transaction fees to get bitcoin as well. i'm not entirely familiar with moneypak, but i'd say the visa gift card is better.


he probably wants money internationally from someone.. it's not that easy.

I like Western Union / MoneyGram with a security question and "no ID". I believe there is a $500 limit to the no ID Tx in the US. Beware the customer service clerk will often be befuddled. Take this cash and load on any of the prepaid cards that can be used online. You must show ID when getting any of the "reloadable" cards. If you are shopping online, why not just use BTC to buy what you want, or use gyft.com and the like?

Use a trusted intermediary party to transfer the wealth. If you don't have a trusted 3rd party, you need to work on building a network of friends.

If you wish to shop online then gyft.com is probably your best bet.

It should be noted that shopping online is not anonymous as websites will store your IP address and if you were to buy a physical good then you would need to give it your address.

Thanks for the input guys. I gotta check on the "no ID" aspect of WU.

I have received money from WU, as small as $100 but they always asked for ID, I don't think there is such an option to do it without the ID, let us know what your research reveals but as far as I know all WU/Money Gram transactions are recorded but they claim to only release those to authorities if they ask for it, otherwise not.

to get bitcoins anonymously there are many ways like you can buy them with perfect money as they they do not need any kind of verification and most important you get bitcoins instantly

WU and any other money transmitter will always check your ID. They would have no other way to know for sure that you are in fact the person the money was sent to. It would also complicate their AML reporting. (what would stop you from having someone send you money on 100 different aliases?)