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ebay's new selfie verification by "veriff"
 

Recently, I heard ebay started rolling out ID verifications via "VERIFF" (selfie + ID verify)

These verification requests are usually paired with a 1st page bank statement..

Would be interested to hear how others have bypassed this :help:

Any input is always appreciated!

Re: ebay's new selfie verification by "veriff"
 

I'd advise against discussing it since this is the first place eBay checks when looking for security flaws on their platform.

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Could say that for every thread though eh

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Phaz0rz is right. Ebay might come snooping around here to find out what they need to improve.
We will come up with ways to bypass the issue, just a matter of time. But as far as I’ve noticed, its selectively required. Only if they flag your account..

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yep i saw people speculating it happens with new accs, nope its when an acc is flagged or when you sell high valued products that they deem as "risky"

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It's a big problem. Everything is pretty tightly locked down these days anyway but there's been so many times where someone discovers some brilliant loophole, brags about it here.. and then it's gone within a few days.


In terms of SEO this forum is huge.

Re: ebay's new selfie verification by "veriff"
 

yep true, but then i think to myself, with e-commerce in general, they cant be 100% sure about everything either way, all they can do is follow regulations to the best of their abilities.. surely will always be a way.

Re: ebay's new selfie verification by "veriff"
 

US ebay account must pass selfie verification

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Yep worked for me! :bounce:

Re: ebay's new selfie verification by "veriff"
 

This is not a requirement when creating a new account, like others mentioned this happens when their bot doesn't like some activity and deems it risky to eBay.
In general terms ebay don't suspend accounts for nothing, they have a stricter security filtering using Akamis security algorithm, they don't want risky sellers and fraudulent buyers returning to their platform. Oftentimes they refund out of their own pocket when a transaction goes wrong, under their seller protection.

At the moment it is still easy to make stealth accounts for UK but they now almost always request ID for them at some stage.

Re: ebay's new selfie verification by "veriff"
 

you think IP plays a part?? or major part?
just got hit with one

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I got a plug that makes id's and does selfie verification himself so I'll keep y'all updated if
I pass the verification

Re: ebay's new selfie verification by "veriff"
 

Sweet - best of luck.

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Yes do keep us updated, a lot of people are watching this space.

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So is ebay would be good to maybe not post publicly about it

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That's right.

Unless your sticking to selling cheaper items, this will always be the case.

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It's to do with seller activity, mainly with higher valued items.

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if you use stock photo for high risk,high price new items,eg the latest iphone

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They've been doing some form of this since 2023. Eventually it will be a mandatory common practice for everyone to sell on the internet. If we took a time machine back 10 years we were still using Paypal. In 10 years from now a lot of changes will happen I have no doubts.

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I do not doubt this either.

That being said, there will always be a workaround.

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Another one of my eBay accounts which is 3 months old just got hit with the ebay selfie + bank statement ,I'm curious what caused it, I did change my ip address so I don't know if that flagged it

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I tried and failed the veriff selfie verification but I think I know why, because my guy that did the selfie verification for me with the information he created was signed in on vpn ip when he did the selfie verification and then 2 mins later I got a message saying that couldn't verify my identity