I earned a ban for life on Facebook. A few years ago, I made an account with just my first name and two letters of last. Less than 24 hours later, I was banned, and they requested my ID. So I sent it to them. I was shocked when they got back to me with information that my last name isn’t the same as on the account, and they can’t verify it.
Now, if I want to register a new account with a new e-mail and phone number, I also need to show my ID and get banned immediately.
In 2012 my PayPal account was deleted after one of my clients reverted payment after getting source material. After contacting PayPal and telling them that I would go to court with that. After just seconds, I was signed out of an account, and it was gone. Nothing was associated with my e-mail address... :-)
In the end, most likely every company does something like that. Maybe not on such a scale, but...
Now, if I want to register a new account with a new e-mail and phone number, I also need to show my ID and get banned immediately.
In 2012 my PayPal account was deleted after one of my clients reverted payment after getting source material. After contacting PayPal and telling them that I would go to court with that. After just seconds, I was signed out of an account, and it was gone. Nothing was associated with my e-mail address... :-)
In the end, most likely every company does something like that. Maybe not on such a scale, but...