Heads Up
This morning I tried to top-up my Skype account with a UAE Visa card. I operate in the DIC area but use TOR anyway. I got a message back saying credit refused. They then went on to claim that it was due to either:
Not sufficent funds in credit card.
Using an anonymous proxy to access the internet.
Unable to support purchased with credit cards from certain countries eg Spain.
The first is not applicable, just checked and no big bills eminating from Nigeria.
Second - hmm I'm using TOR so possible.
Third, I'm (sadly) not in Spain and I have a two year history of purchases with a UAE credit card through Skype.
I had a look at the Skype forums and there seems to be a rash of similar incidents all around the world. I would be interested to see if anyone else in this part of the world has had a similar problem.
TOD