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by thepumpkin1979 2902 days ago
op is not the Venezuelan behind the service, explained here[0].

[0]https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17512031

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that makes it even more suspicious.

The venezuelan in question, could just use any other freelancing site or a service like fiverr just like any other venezuelan or person from another country.

There is countless way to get paid even if you are Venezuelan living in venezuela, you can normally have a paypal account and use tons of others services like neteller, paxum, payoneer, etc, etc.

I am just warning everyone to be carefull if they feel the need to help the person behind this site in a different way, the site looks like a really smart idea but please be sure that its legit :)

http://whois.domaintools.com/cointotranslate.com is showing: Registrant State/Province: Florida Registrant Country: US

Registered today with GoDaddy.

If you inspect the source, you'll see javascript from www.unbounce.com, which charges a minimum $79/month for marketing. Minimum daily wage in Venezuela is $0.26/day according to https://panampost.com/sabrina-martin/2018/01/04/new-monthly-...

It seems like you know your away around getting paid in the country, any chance you can get in touch and explain it to them? I wish I could, I'm also Venezuelan but I left in 2010 so I have no idea.
Having a paypal account with an Venezuelan adress allows you to receive payments and to spend the USD of those payments within the paypal network (any site that takes paypal payments).

You can also have other services like payoneer, paxum, skrill, neterller, etc...

Plus, as you should know since you are expat, around 20% of the population has left the country so everyone knows or have a close family/friend who is living outside who can perfectly handle payments for a person in need to receive payments.