Hetzner Asking for Passport for New Account? Just Me, or Everyone?
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Then go to buy a storage box, and I get this;
> Our automated system check indicates that your account information has an increased level of risk. Please choose one of the following verification methods:
And you can pay 20 EUR up front by PayPal, or hand over your passport (fat chance!)
Is this genuine, or does everyone get this and it's a fake reason?
(I've signed up to pay by bank transfer, so I'm also wondering why they don't ask me for pre-payment by bank transfer. As it is, no way on God's clean earth they get a passport, and I'm not on Paypal, so will try to use a friend's, but seems my second try to board Hetzner train also bounced.)
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