@THEBAILOPAN TELEGRAM 0 ` BY BAILOPAN @THEBAILOPAN TELEGRAM 1 INTRODUCTION Maslow’s hierarchy of needs prioritizes our most fundamental requirements as basic physiological demands, physical safety, and then social belonging. Many have simplified this as food, s helter, and love. Many of my clients adapt this to anonymous purchasing options, a ghost address, and a clean alias. I should probably back up a bit here and explain some things about my career. I have worked with fraud and cyber - security for over ten yea rs. After the initial years, I spent four years focused on extreme privacy strategies as a major part of my business. I was concerned a lot about a growing phenomenon called “doxing”, which is the act of publishing complete personal details about a person online. This includes full name, home address, telephone numbers, family members, date of birth, social security number, and employment details I did not want to ever be on the receiving end of this, so I took action to remove all publicly available deta ils about me from the internet. I borrowed heavily from other privacy enthusiasts such as JJ Luna and was determined to perfect the art of personal privacy. My focus changed from removal of public information to intentional disinformation which caused con fusion to anyone trying to stalk me. Eventually, I developed complete solutions to starting over with a new life that could not be connected to the previous. Today, my primary focus is on extreme privacy and completely disappearing from public records. @THEBAILOPAN TELEGRAM 2 I will never share the exact details applied to my own privacy strategy, but I have executed numerous examples throughout the guide toward my own life. I always try to fail at a new technique while practicing against my own personal information before recom mending to anyone. I have definitely made my share of mistakes and I have numerous regrets when it comes to the techniques used to achieve this lifestyle. You will read many of them here. There was no textbook for this and I had no one to consult with befo re trying to officially disappear on my own. @THEBAILOPAN TELEGRAM 3 GHOST ADDRESSES Most privacy enthusiasts already have a United States Postal Service (USPS) Post Office (PO) box. This is a great layer of privacy for mailings in a real name that you do not want associated with your home. I have possessed many PO boxes over the past two decades, but I will never use one again. The requirements for obtaining a PO box have not changed much, but the residential enforcement has increased substantially. Po stal service form 1093 is required in order to obtain a PO box. This form explains that valid government identification must be provided, which seems acceptable in my view. Section four of this form is where I begin to get frustrated. This section requires your current home address, and this information must be verified by a postal worker. The verification is usually made via a delivery person who can confirm that the applicant receives mail in that name at the residence. In other words, you must receive ma il in your real name at your real address in order to obtain a PO box to receive mail. If you cannot obtain verification of this, you will not receive your box. This means that a homeless person cannot obtain a PO box, which seems to be an ideal need for t he service. Over the past year, I have seen enforcement of a confirmed home address at an all - time high. In 2018, I was assisting a friend with the purchase of a new home in a city with which she was unfamiliar. She needed a PO box in order to receive imp ortant documents and payments, and had not yet found a home she liked. The hotel where she was staying did not allow daily mail to guests. I entered the local post office and @THEBAILOPAN TELEGRAM 4 asked for an application to rent a PO box. The employee immediately asked if I ha d a local address. I advised I did not and that I was house shopping and will be here a few months while I decide. I was shot down right away and told I could not have a PO box unless I had a local address. I caved a bit and said that my local address is c urrently a hotel. No dice. This seems ridiculous, and is becoming a common result when I enter a post office. I have quit trying. Instead, I rely heavily on Commercial Mail Receiving Agencies (CMRA). A CMRA may be better known as a UPS store or a mom and pop style shopping store that provides mail boxes. These services will usually charge a higher fee than the post office, but the verification requirements are almost always less demanding. Additionally, the service is usually superior and there are less re strictions on deliveries from UPS, FedEx, and other services. You will still need to complete a USPS form within the UPS system, but the address verification is usually waived. You must provide the names of all people who might receive mail at this box. In my experience, UPS stores are not as strict about this as USPS PO boxes. I have never had a piece of mail in a random name refused at a UPS store, but this has happened often at the post office. If you obtain a UPS box, I highly recommend adding the name of a generic LLC to the list of potential recipients. LLCs will be explained later. This will give you an option to have packages delivered to your UPS box in the name of the LLC, or variation of it. In 2018, I opened over a dozen UPS store boxes. In ever y situation, the only identification shown was a passport and utility bill. The passport does not possess a home address, and the utility displays a former address which will no longer be accurate after a new home is purchased. In every scenario, the addre ss provided was not local to the area. I @THEBAILOPAN TELEGRAM 5 received no resistance from the staff, and walked out with a new box and key that day. A UPS box is not a ghost address. It is a very obvious commercial mailing address which will not pass for a true residential address within systems that scrutinize this type of data. While most UPS stores advertise that they provide a residential address, this is mostly marketing. At a post office, they demand that you use “PO Box” within the mailing address, and a UPS store allows you to use your box number as “suite”, “unit”, or other possibilities. However, this does not fool big brother. If you try to open a new bank account and provide a PO box or CMRA box, you will likely be denied. If you try to use the UPS box on your driver’s license, expect failure. Practically every CMRA agency address has been identified within a database that is used by most fi nancial, government, and related institutions. The moment you place a CMRA address within a credit card application, it is flagged for review. Therefore, a simple PO box or UPS box is not sufficient for our needs. We need a true ghost address that appears like a residential location, allows us to receive mail sent to that address, and never requires us to physically be present at the location. We need a PMB. A Personal Mail Box (PMB) is much more than a simple PO box address. It provides you a true residen tial mailing address, which is often accepted by institutions that otherwise block CMRA and PO box addresses. It also allows the collection of mail and distribution to a second address of your choosing. It is basically your new permanent personal address f or any mail delivered in your real name. A PMB is a staple for everyone. It is also a vital step toward advanced privacy techniques such as obtaining proper @THEBAILOPAN TELEGRAM 6 vehicle registrations, drivers licenses, passports, and other identification documents. All of this will be explained in upcoming chapters. Most states have companies which will provide a PMB, but I only recommend South Dakota and Texas. I had previously considered Florida as a candidate for PMB’s, but I no longer feel that way. Obtaining a PMB is a sm all part of a larger privacy strategy which will be explained later, and I have had complications including Florida within that strategy. Therefore, I will focus on the only two states where I have continued success. South Dakota and Texas are very friendly to full - time travelers such as those who live in an RV or nomadic people who explore the world year - round. This has spawned a business opportunity for companies wishing to cash in on the needs of these travelers, such as mail service. This chapter will only discuss your mailing needs, while future pages will explain how you can take this to the next level. I encourage you to finish the entire guide before committing to a specific state or provider. I do not have much preference of one state over t he other for PMB services. Most clients choose the state that makes most sense for them geographically. Clients in the northwest and near the Rockies tend to use South Dakota while clients in the south or east choose Texas. Regardless of the state, I highl y recommend PMB services by a company called Escapees. Escapees is a Texas business, but they have a satellite option in South Dakota as well. The following will walk you through the steps I take to establish a new residential PMB. Download the Escapees M ail Service Agreement for the state of your choice from their website at escapees.com. The default service is in @THEBAILOPAN TELEGRAM 7 Texas, but they recently added a South Dakota option. At the time of this writing, the forms were at the following addresses. South Dakota : https://www.escapees.com/wp - content/uploads/2019/02/303w_mail_service_agreement_sd_0219.pdf Texas : https://www.escapees.com/wp - content/uploads/2018/11/303w_mail_service_agreement_tx_1018.pdf I encourage everyone to choose the lowest tier (CATEGORY A) of service plus the mail scanning feature. This allows Escapees to provide you with a unique PMB address which can collect and store any incoming mail, and be shipped to you practically any way desired. You can schedule mailings of all collected mail to any address, such as a UPS box or hotel. The scanning feature will provide an email with a digital scan of the envelope of all incoming mail. This allows you to be informed when anything important arrives that you want forwarded. Be sure to select the option to allow Escapees to sign for packages on your behalf. Part of this application is U.S. Postal Form 1583, which allows Escapees to accept and forward your mail. Most of this is self - explanatory, but I want to highlight a few important areas. Box 2 must include any names which may receive mail. Th is is not the time to be vague. You should include nicknames and maiden names. You should also include the names of at least one trust. Later, I will explain how to use trusts as a layer of privacy within ownership of assets. If you @THEBAILOPAN TELEGRAM 8 have no trusts listed, mail sent to those trusts might be returned. In my experience, if you have at least one trust title listed here, even if it has not been established yet and is different than the trust name you will later use, it increases the likelihood that you will rece ive mail addressed to any trust at that PMB. Box 8 requires a current home address. This can be any mailing address that you currently possess, and I have never heard of any verification process. Since I assume that you will be moving in the near future i n order to obtain true privacy, this can be your current home address. The instructions for Box 9 indicate that you must be a current Escapees member. This is not actually the case. You must first submit a copy of at least one government photo ID. I encourage you to submit a copy of your passport or passport card, as these do not contain a h ome address on them. The second required ID does not need a photo, but must have some type of unique number that can be tracked to you. This can include a military ID, Driver’s License, or AARP card. For most people, submit the driver’s license, especially if you will be moving soon to a new address. The form must be signed in front of a notary. The application will be rejected without this. Once the form is complete, and you have included some form of payment, it takes about a week to receive your welcome packet including your new PMB address and number. Note that credit card is accepted on the form, but please use a masking service as discussed later. Your new address will appear as one (or both) of the following. 316 Villa Dr. #143 Box Elder, SD 57719 @THEBAILOPAN TELEGRAM 9 101 Rainbow Dr. #143 Livingston, TX 77399 One benefit to using the Escapees South Dakota option is that you actually receive two mailing addresses. The South Dakota address can be used later for a driver’s license and vehicle registration while the Texas address can be used as a traditional PMB. This comes at a cost. Every piece of mail that must be forwarded from South Dakota to Texas, before being forwarded to you, extracts $1.00 from your postage balance. If you plan to eventually obtain a South Dakota driver’s license, vehicle registration, or business license, you should choose the South Dakota option. If not, choose Texas. If you plan to eventually obtain a Texas driver’s license, vehicle registration, or business license, you should choose the Texas option. If you like the idea of having two ghost addresses in two separate states for the same price as one, South Dakota is for you. You can now begin changing your mailing address for anything important to you. This includes your banks, brokerage firms, credit cards, and anything else that does not care that you reside in a new state. At this point, you are not a resident of South Dakota or Texas, you simply possess a mail forwarding service. As you update your mailing address with various institutions, they will begin to report this change to the major credit bureaus and data mining companies. Consider filing an Official USPS Change of Address form at your local office. Choose the “Permanent” option and list all of your household members. This allows the USPS to intercept mail coming to your current home and forward it to your PMB. Please note this cannot be reversed, so consider your options carefully. @THEBAILOPAN TELEGRAM 10 Within a month, your credit report will likely show this new address, as will premium services such as LexisNexis and CLEAR. This is desired. We want your name associated with this new ghost address. We want your trail to start throwing people toward a mail receiving company instead of a physical location where you reside. This is just the first step, but a big one. From this point forward, you should give out your new PMB address in situations when you would have otherwise given a PO box or home address. Exceptions to this include your current driver’s license, vehicle registration, and insurance. We are not there yet, but this will be explained later. Think of your new PMB as a PO box that happens to be far away from you. When you receive a notification of new mail, and want to have it sent to you, it is time to consider your mail forwarding strategy. Mo st people who use this type of service are not privacy - minded. They simply have the mail from their PMB sent to their home, a friend’s house, or another address with associations to them. I urge you to consider a more private option. I never have my PMB ma il forwarded to any address where I actually reside. This may be overkill and paranoid, but for good reason. Someone can simply call the PMB provider, request to schedule a mail delivery on your behalf, maybe posing as your wife or husband, and politely as k where the previous shipment was delivered, which will lead to your address being revealed. If you travel constantly like I do, sending your PMB mail to a hotel is ideal. It is a temporary location that will not be applicable to you long term. @THEBAILOPAN TELEGRAM 11 This can g et tricky if you stay in hotels under an alias. If you use your real name, this is fairly simple. Earlier, I explained a CMRA option, such as the UPS store. These are great for receiving your PMB mail. If you choose this route, I encourage you to find a s tore located a town or two away from your residence. Getting too close could reveal more information about your home than you desire. This provides a safe storage area for your mail. Let’s recap our current situation. You have a box at a UPS store under y our real name. This is located fairly close to you and is a place you can have any mail sent. You also have a PMB that collects important mail in your real name and forwards to your UPS box. This can be used for situations that typically block CMRA service s, such as banks and credit cards. These are the only two addresses where any mail should be delivered in your true name. While these may not seem like the traditional ghost addresses used in previous decades, they are much more powerful. In 2012, I posse ssed a ghost address in the southwest portion of the United States. It was a physical structure, somewhat abandon, but could be used for official purposes. Eventually, the building was sold and I no longer have access to it or any mail sent there. Any shar ed building services disappeared, leaving me stranded. There are niche communities that have much more intense options such as mail drops in storage closets or back rooms with dedicated street addresses. However, these are quite expensive and only best use d short term. A PMB is a permanent solution that includes benefits unavailable within other privacy - tailored services. Next, we will use this address on your vehicle registration and driver’s license. It will @THEBAILOPAN TELEGRAM 12 become your confirmed physical address, yet you will never step foot at the location. NOMAD RESIDENCY I originally hesitated placing this chapter so early in the guide. It is extreme to say the least. However, the strategies defined in this chapter can play a strong role throughout the remainder of this book. If the information you are about to read seems too complicated or inappropriate to your life, I completely understand. It is not for everyone. However, I ask that you stick with it, as many techniques discussed later do not require you to become a “nomad”. Traditionally, a nomad is a person without fixed habitation. It is a person who is always on the move and wandering from place to place. Throughout history, food sources and weather were reasons to be nomadic. Today , it may just be the most private option you have. If you are homeless, have no assets, and can fit all of your belongings on your @THEBAILOPAN TELEGRAM 13 back, the nomadic life can be very easy to implement. I doubt that is your scenario. Fortunately, you can become an official nomad and continue your normal life with assets, credit, government identification, and a traditional lifestyle. Think about retirees that adopt the recreational vehicle (RV) lifestyle. They head south in the winter and back north in the summers. They are always on the move and do not often possess a traditional physical residence. What state do they live in? Who issues their driver’s licenses? How do they get their mail? The nomad life is easier than ever, and you can establish a great level of privacy by executing your personal nomad strategy. This life is not for everyone, and selling your home to buy an RV is not required. Before I proceed, I should take a moment to acknowledge situations where this strategy is not appropriate. If you are a government employee living in California, but plan to become a legal nomad in Texas , it just will not work. If you own a home in your name in Illinois, are employed full - time in Illinois, and have children in a public school in Illinois, you will face problems. In ea ch scenario, your Texas driver’s license or state identification will not fly. If you are in a similar situation, don’t worry. There are many more privacy strategies in the coming chapters. I want to start here because it is by far the most powerful option The previous chapter explained the use of a PMB as a “ghost address”. These are basically mail drops that will forward any items to you at any other address you provide. These allow you to give out an address that is not actually associated with your ho me. I specifically recommended the service Escapees with a presence in Texas and South Dakota. Previously, I @THEBAILOPAN TELEGRAM 14 only focused on the mail receiving aspect of a PMB. This option can also be used to obtain a driver’s license, register to vote, or renew a passpor t. You can use these addresses for official government documents or official government identification. There are many steps we need to take, and it won’t always be easy. However, the final outcome will provide a lifetime of privacy. Think about the numbe r of times you are asked for identification. Every time you check into a hotel or rent a vehicle, the name and address on your identification must match what was provided the date is financially paid for the information. Your name and home address then app ear in data mining company databases and eventually on the people search websites on the internet. Becoming a nomad eliminates much of this risk. In almost every state, you are not allowed to display a PO box as your address on your driver’s license. Stat es which do allow this demand to know your true physical address and share that information with other entities. If you become a legal nomad in Texas or South Dakota, your PMB address is what appears on your driver’s license and practically every other doc ument associated with your name. This PMB address is a physical location which you will never visit, but it will be your official residence. This may be the first task that you scoff at, but I assure you it is completely legal. Thousands of people are alre ady on the nomad bandwagon. I have spent five years trying to identify the best method of accomplishing this, and I believe I have perfected the execution. First, you must be in a situation where a specific state other than Texas and South Dakota does not have rights to you as a resident. In the spirit of extreme privacy, I will assume that you are ready to relocate, leave your current residence behind, and embrace the idea of extensive travel. @THEBAILOPAN TELEGRAM 15 The most common type of client in this situation is escaping a n abuser and unsure where he or she will make a permanent home. This person knows that leaving behind the current state of residence is mandatory. Nomad residency can be a temporary or permanent solution. I have had clients who use this as a transition tow ard permanent residency in a desired state. I also have many clients that are still “nomads” today. Next, you must choose the state of your future residency. As you will read, there are many considerations before committing to a specific state and its rules. Every situation is unique, and your best option may not be my desired solution. Please read this entire chapter twice before making up your own mind. While you can reverse any actions you take, it will be inconvenient, expensive, and unnecessary. Le t’s compare some key details of each option in the following two pages. SOUTH DAKOTA Vehicle Tax : South Dakota has a 4% vehicle excise tax, but no other sales tax to pay when purchasing a vehicle. Vehicle Registration : South Dakota vehicle registrati on fees are based on the year of your vehicle. The renewal month is based on the first initial of your last name. Vehicle Inspection : South Dakota does not require vehicles to be inspected for safety or emissions. @THEBAILOPAN TELEGRAM 16 Vehicle Insurance : Liability and full co verage vehicle insurance is fairly low, but not the lowest in the country. South Dakota is traditionally lower than Texas. License Fees : A new driver’s license costs $28 and only needs to be renewed every five years. The renewal fee is also $20. You must physically respond to the DMV to renew. A South Dakota driver’s license can be renewed once by mail without physically being present in the state. Jury duty : If you register to vote, you have the potential of being called for jury duty. South Dakota is ve ry understanding of full - time travelers and offers an exemption from jury duty. Concealed Carry Permits : South Dakota’s resident permit is honored by 30 other states and is valid for four years. You must be 18 years of age and the cost is $10.00. A tempor ary permit is issued within five days of the date of application. Within seven days of the issuance of the temporary permit the sheriff will submit the application to the Secretary of State who issues the official permit. If you are a PMB holder rather tha n a permanent resident in South Dakota, you must spend at least 30 days in the state before applying for a concealed carry permit. Under the South Dakota Sunshine Law concealed carry permit information is not considered public information. Many people for whom concealed carry is an important factor have decided against using South Dakota. Because South Dakota issues permits to persons 18 years of age and older, their permit is not recognized by many states. Further, many full - time nomads have no desire to s pend thirty consecutive days in the state in order to @THEBAILOPAN TELEGRAM 17 meet the letter of residency requirement before submitting their concealed carry application. State Income Tax : None TEXAS Vehicle Tax : Texas has a 6% vehicles sales tax. They also charge $90 if you bring in a vehicle that was previously registered in another state. Vehicle Registration : Texas vehicle registration fees are $50.75 yearly, regardless of year manufactured. Vehicle Inspection : Texas requires every vehicle to have a yearly safety inspection at a cost of $14.50 annually. If the vehicle is new, a two - year inspection can be obtained for $23.75. Some counties also require a free yearly emissions test. This will require having the vehicle in the state at least once per year. Vehicle In surance : Texas liability and full coverage vehicle insurance is about the average for the country. Of the two states that I considered, it is the highest. License Fees : A new driver’s license costs $25 and only needs to be renewed every six years. The re newal fee is also $25. A Texas driver’s license can be renewed once by mail without physically being present in the state. @THEBAILOPAN TELEGRAM 18 Jury duty : If you are called for jury duty in the county of your official residence, you will not be exempted solely because of your traveler status. A letter to the court identifying your current location (city and state) may excuse you, but there are no guarantees. Concealed Carry Permits : Texas’ resident permit is honored by 38 other states and is valid for four years (the initial permit expires on the first birthday of the applicant occurring after the fourth anniversary o f the date it was issued). You must be 21 years of age, the cost is $140, and the processing time is 60 - 180 days. Under Texas’ Public Information Act state offic ials are allowed to confirm the names of individual concealed carry permit holders. Nomads that demand the ability to legally carry a concealed weapon may find Texas a more appropriate state for domicile. State Income Tax : None I have assisted clients wi th nomad registration through both Texas and South Dakota. Both are fine options. South Dakota will be a bit easier overall, but requires you to visit the state on occasion. Texas will require annual visits, but that may be a more pleasant experience. The process is very similar with both states, and I will explain every detail of each. Let’s start with South Dakota. The first step is to gather all of your documentation from your PMB provider. If you chose Escapees, collect your receipt for your PMB and th e documentation acknowledging your PMB address. Make sure that you selected the South Dakota option during your registration and ensure you were issued a South Dakota PMB. Hopefully, you have already changed your address with your bank, and you have a mont hly statement (either digital or mailed) that displays this new address. Have a copy of @THEBAILOPAN TELEGRAM 19 this statement. Overall, you want at least two pieces of documentation that confirm your name and PMB address. Next is the biggest step. It is time to go to South Dako ta. Make sure that you spend the night upon arrival at a hotel in Pennington County, the county of your PMB address. When you check out of the hotel, be sure to obtain a receipt from your stay, and ensure that your name and PMB address appear on the receip t. If your spouse, partner, or family member is also becoming a nomad, make sure they each have their own receipt with this same information. I have found most hotels will edit the name and address on the receipt any way you wish. They are very familiar wi th this process. Next, visit the department of motor vehicles (DMV) in Rapid City. You can make an appointment online which may prevent long waits. In my experience, there is rarely much of a crowd. Explain that you are there to obtain a driver’s license as a nomad. They will know what this means and the scrutiny will begin. Have your hotel receipt, previous unexpired driver’s license, and second form of identification ready. This can be a passport or certified birth certificate (I would bring both). Also , have either your original Social Security card or a 1099 tax form stating your name and SSN. Have a Residency Affidavit printed and completed. At the time of this writing, a copy can be found at https://dps.sd.gov/application/files/2815/1085/4078/ResidencyAffidavit. pdf The following page displays this document. The content in brackets, ([) and ( ]), displays e xplanations about each section. You should be able to