chaturbate now requesting ID?
 

Thanks for being a Chaturbate affiliate advertiser. In connection with your latest payout request for a wire transfer, our bank that will be issuing the wire is requiring that we provide some identifying information for your account before the wire can be sent to you. In particular, we need to know your nationality and to have a photo ID on file that matches the payto name on your account. You can provide your nationality in response to this email, and you can use our age verification form https://chaturbate.com/accounts/age_verification/ to provide a copy of your ID, as well as a copy of you holding your ID next to your face. Please let us know if you have any trouble with uploading your ID, and we’ll provide whatever assistance we can.
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wtf?
a picture of ID held up to the face, what are they talking about?

'' as well as a copy of you holding your ID next to your face'' :1orglaugh

Internet bs ROFLMAO?
Tax id numbers OK.
Something is fishy here ...

it's insane, why the f**k do I need to do that as an affiliate?

For a Model Age Verification -- Understood.

If money is being wired to a bank -- that bank knows who you are (KYC).

im not a model, im an affiliate

I can understand for a model, they using a fake ID to perform

however, if the ID is in my name, and the bank account is in my name, it can be safe to assume that its my bank and ID

links pulled!

haha mainly a thread to see if anyone else has had this request

Maybe, they just don't like you? More fucking GFY drama...

I had to send ID's for my merchant accounts (one U.S. The other in Europe), as well as a photo of the front of my house, and photo of my work area in my office, so makes sense affiliates would send photo ID, maybe it deters money laundering?

Seems to be a thing now.

For anyone doing this, make sure you watermark the image (or hold up an extra piece of card or something) that clearly states the date and the name of the company you are giving this information to. This ties it to a specific verification request.

I bet there's some companies that keep these images insecurely, tucked away in an email archive somewhere. You don't want generic verification photos or documents falling into the wrong hands.

I don't care if they like me or not, I make money and them money thats all that matters

Getting a merchant account is another matter ...

I think there is a hidden reason here -- I don't know what it is.

What country are you in?

Could this be why?

I'm in United Kingdom, and have been a chaturbate affiliate since 2014

Nothing wrong with KYC and Chaturbate.

Except most BitCoin places don't serve Americans :( .

chaturbate pays also via paxum, why not getting paxum account and card?

easier, more convenient and not to mention cheaper than bank wire.

I would still then need to wire money to uk bank account anyway

Yes, its the "new thing" these days..

The UK is 'international'
Trump's USDOJ is fucking with porn? or is this just a general payment thing -- IDK

You are in the USA right?
You personally have encountered this with your USA based sponsors/payers that are MAINSTREAM or just porn or cams and dating?

Of course, the bank knows how many John Smiths have an account and how many of them live on Main Street.

of course, that ID story is OK, a person with the same name as you can have a account in the same bank branch, live two streets next to you and you may not even know it.

I did not receive that email.

Why would I have my money wired to someone else?

My banks know who I am.

I think it is payments by US entities/or persons to Foreign Persons -- in general.

For instance, now that I think of it, Western Union contacted me about verifying a foreign person's address to whom I send small money to occasionally. A couple of months ago. So, it may be just payments from Americans to Foreign nationals.

i got this message ,too, but cb told me to take a photo of my reversed ID as affiliater

reversed id?

They asked for me to hold a picture with my id. I sent it to them, but now the rep is telling me he needs a picture of me topless. I don't think I should do that.

If your a model, he has to verify your 18 :)

Oh ok, I guess I'll do it, but how will he know I'm 18 by my boob size?

The back of U.S. ID's have a barcode and identifying info to identify you. When I use Instacart to deliver booze to my door, they scan the back of my ID, not the front, to verify age, address, licence #, etc.

True indeed

I have not received that recently as an affiliate, but they made me send that over and over and over again, when I was attempting to do some BTS livestreaming of shoots. I finally just gave up.

Whenever a company starts doing that sort of thing connected to payouts, though, it makes me worry that they are about to go out of business.

In Chaturbate's instance, it may just be serious lack of organization and poorly trained outsourced workers organizing the paperwork, but the ID gambit and similar hurdles to paying what a company owes are usually serious red flags.

If it is only directed toward non US persons it is the US Treasury Department and FinCen.

yes, they thought first, i was an broadcaster/cammodel LOL

after days days days days and days, i spoke with steve,about my situation, and he helped me, for clear it

it´s good

I don't promote Chaturbate but know more companies are requesting shit. Think the days of those making under the table internet income is slowly fading away. Plenty of companies/ payment services reporting everything these days...

Court orders PayPal to give business account details to CRA - Business - CBC News

tax man is coming

It is common in mainstream. IF you want to get paid you need to submit an ID and a signed w8/w9 form.

If they are asking to see your ID held up to your face it is probably because they couldn't determine if it was truly yours.

I am a US resident with a TIN (tax identity number) and have furnished W9 's -- and have never been asked for photo id from any sponsors paying me.

This is about international transfers of money from the USA. Until I have personal knowledge otherwise.

National governments are fighting globalization -- and in the end -- they will lose IMHO.

I'm sure there is a lot of identity theft and tax evasion going on, they are trying to cover their ass. Call them up, talk to them.

when i subscribed 2 years ago or so, they already asked for that