Sending in fake ID for KYC

[hardly]

Good. KYC is a terrible thing to downfall on all cryptos. Because of it, i think there will be a big backlash one day, and one ICO will be found out to be selling/have their user's IDs stolen (if it hasn't occured already) it will happen soon enough. When big corporations can't protect your idenity from theft, what makes you think some two-bit ICO is going to? All they care about is your money, and as long as you comply, they don't give anything about you.

[rommelzkie]

Sending original IDs on KYC is a big NO NO for me. Just use a fake one its okay. But if you are going to register on Big exchanges like Bittrex, Binance or Bitfinex maybe you should send them your original ID for you not to have problems withdrawing your funds.

[Nilda]

I have no problem in giving my real ID cards for KYCs. Some people just watch too many movies. Only people  with multiple accounts are against this. What’s the worst thing that could happen to someone with a very low credit limit? Not getting paid because the ID sent was fake and got charged for falsification of documents.

[wiik]

I personally dont use my personal info in KYC . Simply becuase internet is a dangerous place to disclose your Personal Information . Some people can easily  use your name and ID to scam or do other illegal activities . So my advice to everyone is DO NOT send your personal information there  . There are a lot of ID on google . Thats what i do , thats what the majority of the people do actually . Tho some are wise enough to require a selfie verification , now thats the time you should think it twice , check their website and etc to make sure your info will be safe !

[Bobby park]

If it will be prove that the id is fake for sure your investment will be useless. You are luck if you withdraw your money with your fake id.
In short, it is a matter of gamble. If you send you complete identity, it may be harmful to yourself but if you will not send your real identity, you may not get your investment.

[xiaoxz]

I think some kyc is stupid, because there is no real technology to prove that you are the true holder of your id, as many people passed kyc by buying fake id.
There are a lot of ico, obviously going the flow, all they want is information about your id, but it does not seem to be asking you for the information is true.

[grindingitout]

I have no problem in giving my real ID cards for KYCs. Some people just watch too many movies. Only people  with multiple accounts are against this. What’s the worst thing that could happen to someone with a very low credit limit? Not getting paid because the ID sent was fake and got charged for falsification of documents.

I hope this guy was trying to up his post count with this one.  LOL 

If your for real you may want to watch just a touch of history.  Real history if you can find it.  Wow  that one kinda blows me away that someone could be this aloof. 

Either way of course you send in a fake id.  Why on gods earth would you send a real passport or government document over the internet?  That's just plain stupid.

[shinratensei_]

I just was brought up to speed on groups of people sending in fake/Photoshopped ID's by scanning public records to defeat the KYC process and it seemingly is very easy to do.  It appears that many people sent in fake documentation to the Bob's and Polymath KYC and had no hassles.  How do these companies verify people if all they have to go on is public information?  Did they even really check the ID's or were they simply collected the data?  How rampant do you think this is?  How many of us are complete fools for turning in our documents when others simply faked it.  Now they have our data and the people who faked it are still secure.

NOT FAIR.

They have only combined the document that has been sent to the team, and it's easy to be manipulated by those professional photoshoppers.
Not all of the participants are giving their true identity to the icos. Remember there is a chance for those people are using others identity rather than put one of their self.
KYC verification is having so many cracks

[JessF-38]

Anyone who has submitted their real information needs to make 100% sure you know the tax laws in your jurisdiction inside and out.  The government is looking for examples to scare the herd and you just sent your official id's into unknown places.  I would not attempt to be slick at this point.  You have outted yourselves and they know who you are.  I'm sure those KYC corporations are tied closely with .gov.

Photoshopers and people not sending in your papers...  well played you have utilized the key feature of crypto.

Imagine if they ever make crypto illegal and go after people and you sent in your damn passport during the FOMO stage.  Just wow.

[Didin]

privacy is the basic causes why cryptocurrency has been created
but, now i see a lot of project need to know the detailed informations about their investors or contributors with KYC verifications
and i hope there is no KYC verifications anymore in crypto world, and this is why people sending a fake ID for KYC verifications
so, you should understand the cause first my friend  

[amaydel]

My stand about KYC is that it's useless at all if and only if people behind a certain ICO is doing nothing to validate if the one sending the documents are really the owner. But that's nearly impossible to do since it's a heck of a job validating all KYC docs from thousands of participants.

[iryboy]

I just was brought up to speed on groups of people sending in fake/Photoshopped ID's by scanning public records to defeat the KYC process and it seemingly is very easy to do.  It appears that many people sent in fake documentation to the Bob's and Polymath KYC and had no hassles.  How do these companies verify people if all they have to go on is public information?  Did they even really check the ID's or were they simply collected the data?  How rampant do you think this is?  How many of us are complete fools for turning in our documents when others simply faked it.  Now they have our data and the people who faked it are still secure.

NOT FAIR.

It is up to you if you want to risk your investment. ICO and investor countries are important while investing. Some countries have really strict laws.

[klixion]

Instead of sending a fake identification during a KYC verification.  Why not just avoid it in the first place?  There are many projects out there and there's no need to FOMO in one requires a KYC, or just wait until it is listed on an exchange and buy then.  There's a good chance you might end up buying them cheaper than during the ICO.

[newinbtc]

I agree that it's easy to submit FAKE IDs.
However, I agree with the rest of the comments stating they it's risky / stupid to submit your real ID. Internet is huge, so no way in the world they would know you are sending fake ID (they might check your IP though if they are suspecting you, but well, VPNs are everywhere). Honestly, I missed the polymath airdrop before, kinda pissed actually because it's worth more than 300$ now lol.

Still, never ever submit your real ID!!

I agree to not to submit real ids , but when you have invested more than 10,000 USd in a project you are interested and your account gone frozen due to this reason what will you do at that time.

sending fake kyc documents is illegal here in my country. you can submit real id if you know about company and that company located in your country , if its International company then its little bit difficult to judge the bad guy , sending documents to exchange is ok because it connected to our bank accounts but for the projects its little bit difficult

[sambestli]

It's not safe to use real identity information.I would choose a trusted person to help me invest.

[Haunebu]

Anyone who has submitted their real information needs to make 100% sure you know the tax laws in your jurisdiction inside and out.  The government is looking for examples to scare the herd and you just sent your official id's into unknown places.  I would not attempt to be slick at this point.  You have outted yourselves and they know who you are.  I'm sure those KYC corporations are tied closely with .gov.

Photoshopers and people not sending in your papers...  well played you have utilized the key feature of crypto.

Imagine if they ever make crypto illegal and go after people and you sent in your damn passport during the FOMO stage.  Just wow.

I agree with you here. I cannot comprehend the fact that so many people are willing to hand over their personal details and sacrifice their privacy and anonymity through the KYC forms which is seriously crazy. I have never handed any of my personal details to any corporation until now and I will maintain this in the future too since I value my privacy and anonymity in the crypto world.

The people who are photoshopping their forms are using their brains and there is nothing wrong in that. More and more ICOS are asking members to fill in KYC forms which is not good and such campaigns must be boycotted if you ask me.

[Snaic]

Some of my friends actually found different copies of documents on the Internet and sent them as their own when checking KYC and this copy was immediately taken. That is, the company ICO, which required this information, does not have the ability to verify the information provided and compare it with copies of the submitted documents. Generally, the ICO company does this as a rule, because regulatory bodies require it in turn. Therefore, when such information and copies of documents are formally provided, this campaign is satisfied with this.

[Maren]

Anyone who has submitted their real information needs to make 100% sure you know the tax laws in your jurisdiction inside and out.  The government is looking for examples to scare the herd and you just sent your official id's into unknown places.  I would not attempt to be slick at this point.  You have outted yourselves and they know who you are.  I'm sure those KYC corporations are tied closely with .gov.

Photoshopers and people not sending in your papers...  well played you have utilized the key feature of crypto.

Imagine if they ever make crypto illegal and go after people and you sent in your damn passport during the FOMO stage.  Just wow.

I agree with you here. I cannot comprehend the fact that so many people are willing to hand over their personal details and sacrifice their privacy and anonymity through the KYC forms which is seriously crazy. I have never handed any of my personal details to any corporation until now and I will maintain this in the future too since I value my privacy and anonymity in the crypto world.

The people who are photoshopping their forms are using their brains and there is nothing wrong in that. More and more ICOS are asking members to fill in KYC forms which is not good and such campaigns must be boycotted if you ask me.

Hey, if sending your IDs is so bad why can you buy 5000 IDs for like 100 bucks? There is very little that can be done even with your full ID and nothing that will hold in a court of law in any developed country, afaik

I agree that KYC is against the most fundamental principles of crypto, but if you want mainstream adoption you have to accept some sort of control and regulation, as the powers that be won't just allow everyone to evade taxes, they have a lot of idle hungry hands to feed

[The Cryptologist]

Those ICOs really don't care if it's fake because they won't really do it if there was no ban after all. They just need evidence that they are following it and it's not their obligations if they have received those fakes ones.

[munareal]

Sending fake id cards for KYC is a wrong thing to do. If you do not want to do KYC  then do not partake in the dealings. Doing that only confirms that crypto users are fraudsters and confirming what the main stream society beliefs of the crypto world.