New Account Requirements - ID Verification

[ralphrox]

Hello,

Recently I have been having some trouble creating ghost accounts as Amazon has been asking for a drivers licence or passport to verify the identity as part of the account application.

I have been looking for a way to bypass this but I haven't been able to come up with any kind of solution yet. What I did discover in my research was that there may be a pattern regarding Amazon's account verification requirements. I found that threads that were opened on this forum about this specific issue were clustered around certain dates.

5 threads were opened between July and November of 2017
2 threads in February of 2018
4 threads from June-July of 2018
2 threads opened today (02/20/2019)

I have opened 3 accounts in the past that have not required any verification;
December of 2016
September of 2018
December of 2018

I have also opened two different ghost accounts this week, both required ID verification.

Has anyone else picked up on what might trigger Amazon to implement the requirement of ID verification?

I can't wait till they switch back to the old way so that I can stock up on some new ghost accounts!

PS, this is definitely not a problem with account linking as all accounts have their own devices, IP addresses, Business addresses, CC ETC...

[ralphrox]

I'm pretty sure that the rules over in Europe are a bit different.
Over there they made it a rule to verify ID long ago while in the US they have been switching on and off

[Beautiful]

Its been pretty standard the ID + bank statement request for years.

The business license + utility request has only been recently introduced by probably 1-2 years

[ralphrox]

Originally Posted by Beautiful

Its been pretty standard the ID + bank statement request for years.

The business license + utility request has only been recently introduced by probably 1-2 years

As I did mention in my first post, I have opened my first three accounts without being asked for ID verification

[ibmcorp]

Made one recently and no invoice+utility bill request, seemed almost 100% on the other accounts before that

[ralphrox]

Originally Posted by ibmcorp

Made one recently and no invoice+utility bill request, seemed almost 100% on the other accounts before that

Did they ask for ID?