Sending in fake ID for KYC

[jjigoku]

After reading the topic, I made the following conclusions. We shouldn't send fake documents, as we are breaking the law in this way. But the KYC check itself is also illegal, as it violates the basic principle of the crypto space - anonymity. But as a result, both things still happen.

Perhaps, the golden middle would be - if you're personally against giving out your personal info then find an anonymous service.
This way you won't break the law, and crypto services are not legal anyway no matter which one you'll use.

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[alani123]

After reading the topic, I made the following conclusions. We shouldn't send fake documents, as we are breaking the law in this way. But the KYC check itself is also illegal, as it violates the basic principle of the crypto space - anonymity. But as a result, both things still happen.

You might be breaking tha law but unless the harmed party opens a case, falsification of documents doesn't also mean automatic prosecution. At least not in all jurisdictions.
I think the worst case scenario is that the exchange ceases to offer services to the perpetrator. Perhaps if the false documents were also combined to an individual trying to defraud the exchange or service itself, then a case is more likely to be opened. But otherwise I don't see a realistic way that the "illegal" part could be that serious. Exchanges get fake KYC all the time. They only care about it once they're told about it because they can't "knowingly" accept it. But even then, all they do is close the account for trading. These users that had fake KYC might try all over again.

[Bes19]

Using of fake ID's is illegal but we are in the crypto world. I doubt if the project team would file cases to those who might be caught coz that would take a lot of time filing cases.
It is really scary to do KYC coz Identity theft nowadays are getting norm.

I saw some new exchanges offering a couple of dollars inexchange of your identification so beware don't fall for it!

[unusualfacts30]

Many projects and exchanges are required by law to provide kyc of their customer but there are people who don't feel comfortable with it. We don't know what third party will do with your personal data so everyone should be more careful with kyc in my opinion.

[jpnl0006]

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 has becomes a standard in the industry that people must undergo KYC and this information was not communicated to them early enough, Midway, they get such emails or even from telegram groups and having limited time to fulfill that obligation and they know that it is a strict policy, then they improvise in order not to loose their investments or award  they resort to those funny practises.

[lenovop-70]

Crypto and KYC are contradictory, how do we transact on the platform anonymously but on other side we must reveal our personal identity to people we don't know, this is a unique problem, we cant fight this because company need to make sure we are real or fake with KYC procedure.
Or if you dont want world know you, you can send fake ID but its not recomended, i think they are not check it deeply, thousands of KYC form in their desk daily.

[Phoenix_PROG]

I prefer not doing KYC at all instead of using fake identity, someone has that fake picture you used, it's like putting him or her at risk for saving your own ass, that's not something a good person should do

[Oppo57]

It is very difficult to determine who is joining KYC process with fake ID or who is joining with real ID. Those who fill out the KYC with the wrong ID need to be identified very quickly. I think the KYC process is very difficult in many bounties which is very difficult for us to fulfill.

[ryap12]

I prefer not doing KYC at all instead of using fake identity, someone has that fake picture you used, it's like putting him or her at risk for saving your own ass, that's not something a good person should do

Unfortunately we do not have the same way of thinking from these scammers. They only want to steal money from these companies. I am sometimes mindblown when 1 person gets to receive multiple rewards even though KYC was implemented. It is as clear as the day that the scammer have used fake IDs. I highly prefer a KYC were you are required to put a date and a picture of thyself holding the identification card. When I have free time, I usually check where the rewards I got from then checks out the other participants and noticed that most of the distributed rewards are being held into a single wallet coming from multiple wallets. It is fun to track wallets.

[nutriagrigia]

Yep it's not fair when someone pass the kyc using their fake ID. Seems the team were not verifying it whether is a fake or not. Better not to join a bounty that needs KYC, risky you know exposing your information to unknown person. We really don't know if they use it to scam people.

I think it's best not to join such a company because they may just sell your data on other sites and you may not make money in this campaign.

[iTradeChips]

I think I have only sent information to a project and all they want is an email address and a jpeg of my ID. I actually am aware that KYC is important for companies and not just any company, but a legitimate company that is regulated by our government agencies, and this project was from that company who is entering crypto. That was many years ago, and after I was told by many crypto enthusiasts at that time for me to give fake info, it was too late, I gave them an old drivers license. Old model and obsolete design. Since then I do not join any KYC anymore.

[Annamike]

I think I will go with KYC for top exchanges but for me to submit my details for kyc for an airdrop that will worth little or nothing, I will rather not do the Airdrop and majority of this projects requesting for KYC end up not doing very well as I have noticed

[Nancyo]

But come to think of it, why bother with a project you don't want to send your ID card to if sending them is a prerequisite to get your tokens or reward. I believe that it's ideal if you ain't going to do KYC for a project just stay clear off them

[pixie85]

Yep it's not fair when someone pass the kyc using their fake ID. Seems the team were not verifying it whether is a fake or not. Better not to join a bounty that needs KYC, risky you know exposing your information to unknown person. We really don't know if they use it to scam people.

Asking for KYC also isn't fair. What some exchanges like bittrex did with their KYC wasn't fair. They simply added KYC one day and if you had an account with them you were no longer able to withdraw your money unless you did KYC.

Taking clients money hostage and making them go comply with KYC rules is unfair.

I wouldn't send a fake ID but I also wouldn't use a KYC exchange.

[bct_ail]

Asking for KYC also isn't fair. What some exchanges like bittrex did with their KYC wasn't fair. They simply added KYC one day and if you had an account with them you were no longer able to withdraw your money unless you did KYC.

Taking clients money hostage and making them go comply with KYC rules is unfair.

Each user had received an email that Bittrex will introduce KYC.  You have had 14 days to do so or withdraw your funds.
All the major exchange will ask for KYC due to legal regulations. If you want to cash out in FIAT there will be not many options left in the future.

[bakasabo]

Asking for KYC also isn't fair. What some exchanges like bittrex did with their KYC wasn't fair. They simply added KYC one day and if you had an account with them you were no longer able to withdraw your money unless you did KYC.

Taking clients money hostage and making them go comply with KYC rules is unfair.

Same did crex24 exchange. You cant withdraw anything without passing KYC, but you can deposit anything without passing KYC he-he.
They did not hostage users funds, they announced one month before about obligatory to pass KYC. I think is enough time to move funds to other exchange, find and create online wallets or order and receive a hardware wallet.

In case you dont want to pass KYC - sell your exchange account together with an email. Maybe this will be a way out to get some funds back.

[raidarksword]

I support KYC for legitimacy check especially to claim bounty rewards or required by such exchanges but it's also bit a risky hence that's your identity that could also can be used by other people online if they have access to your submitted documents just like what happened to Binance kyc leaks incident. In order not to fall from this KYC process, it is best to filter airdrop and bounty campaigns that doesn't requires identity checks.

[timmmers]

We need a third party for KYC processes, a reputable company that will verify identities on most of the websites where ID verification is needed. Because it is absurd to give sensitive information to not reputable start-ups and new exchanges. 

[hrunya102]

I several times use fake documents to go to the bounty company, just took a photo of my passport and in photoshop carefully changed the data, first name and last name and different numbers, so that the scammers have only my face.

[bonjouros]

It is still fair, and if you are going to ask me why? Then the best answer to it is, you should gather your own resources to defeat the KYC then your problem is solve.

The same to those people who were able to successfully defeat the KYC process, they gather their own resources in order to defeat it even if we will say that they are cheating
but still they work hard for it. For us who have no resources, what we can do is to submit our real KYC data but if you don't like to submit your KYC then no one will force you.