You can't be innocent…the computer found you guilty. Your bank or broker will never tell you, but every transaction you conduct through a US bank or broker--deposits, withdrawals, credit card, currency conversion--creates a secret financial profile of YOU. The USA PATRIOT Act and similar laws actually require banks, brokers, car dealerships, jewelers, and many other types of businesses to spy on you. And none of these businesses are allowed to tell you they're doing it. If the computer software these businesses MUST use to spy on you triggers a "guilty account" alert, you'll never know until your assets are frozen or confiscated. The law makes it a crime to tell you if you're under suspicion. One mistake—-withdrawing too much cash, writing a check to the "wrong" person, etc.—-and you could be the next victim. Could your seemingly innocent account activity actually indicate that you’re laundering money? Or even worse, that you're a terrorist? The answer, sadly, is "yes." But you CAN fight back. It's perfectly legal to create international "lifeboats" of wealth and privacy that are practically invulnerable to snooping or confiscation. And The Lifeboat Strategy shows you exactly what you need to do to counter today's threats to wealth and privacy.

Synopsis

In 2006 alone, more than nine million Americans had their identity stolen and approximately two million were sued. And that's just the beginning of the threats you and your wealth face...threats of an intensity that would have been unimaginable only a few short years ago: * Web sites that permit anyone curious about your financial affairs to instantaneously identify any assets you own * "Data mining" software to analyze your personal and financial affairs to determine your credit-worthiness-but also made available to the government (without a warrant) to determine if anything you've done is "suspicious." * Laws like the USA PATRIOT Act that permit your privacy to be invaded and your property to be confiscated without proof of wrongdoing. But when it comes to dealing with these threats, you're on your own. Big Business and Big Brother want to keep you and your wealth in plain sight, to be profitably tracked and conveniently seized. But you CAN fight back. it's perfectly legal to create international "lifeboats" of wealth and privacy that are practically invulnerable to snooping or confiscation.And The Lifeboat Strategy shows you exactly what you need to do to counter today's threats to wealth and privacy.

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