Minnesota

Re: Why would you do that?
MN_GentleMan 1087 reads
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I recently sent a request for verification with an agency, and after two weeks they responded asking for more information.  Apparently full name, phone number, work and personal emails, and TER membership with whitelist aren't enough.  They also wanted a DL picture AND electric or phone bill.  Wow.  I haven't hobbied in a while so my references are older, but really?  I've been able to set up meetings with great providers with just a phone number or email address.  Maybe it's just that my respectful nature shows when communicating with independent providers :)

Needless to say, I won't be going through the agency in question unless they decide that they're happy with the information I provided.  What do all you guys and gals expect for screening these days?  PMs welcomed in addition to thread posts.

Elvis.Powers 9 Reviews 523 reads
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2 / 9

I'd be curious to know which agency this is, PM me if you want.

vorlon 119 Reviews 593 reads
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3 / 9

So no way would I give them even more.  They already know who you are and we have seen any number of agency busts where we heard that all that client info fell into the hands of LE.

GaviaImmer 453 reads
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4 / 9

I will give my first name, P411 ID (not even a member anymore), TER handle, hobby phone # and hobby email and that is it.

Anything more and I am looking somewhere else and no, I won't show my ID at the beginning of a date. I learned a long time ago that in this business, you can't trust anyone regardless of what they say. I have seen too many careers, relationships and lives ruined because at some point the trust gets broken and then it is too late to put that cat back in the bag. The only person I trust is myself

thehills 480 reads
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5 / 9

Even if the fuzz don't seize all that information in a bust, a prosecutor will get his or her hands on it. The agency's lawyer would  likely tell it to turn over the client info voluntarily to get a better plea deal. I never would've done that.

MN_GentleMan 497 reads
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6 / 9

I'm not too concerned.  I haven't actually used the agency in question, and my request was for verification only-not booking or any questionable communications.  Plus, the agency supposedly doesn't keep all of the information after verification.

MN_GentleMan 432 reads
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7 / 9

I gave dedicated hobby phone number and email address in this instance.  From now on I think those two, first name and TER info is enough, as you say.  I've never been asked to show ID, but I wouldn't have obliged that request in the past, nor do I intend to in the future.

vorlon 119 Reviews 414 reads
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8 / 9

I would not count on that being true.

kcmn 5 Reviews 444 reads
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9 / 9

I believe this request is common for verifiers. For P411 I gave drivers license, phone bill and they did a work phone verification. I decided to trust them because they are based in Canada, they are commonly used in this area and I felt it was safer then giving each individual provider verification information. It seems to me that LE forcing a Canadian company whose business requires privacy to give up records, assuming they don't destroy them as they say, is very unlikely. I think it is a far more common senecio that LE gets information from a local computer, phone or whatever was confiscated as part of an investigation. That being said you should not give anything you are not comfortable with.

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