In an unexpected twist, scam artists have found a way to bypass Binance’s famous know-your-customer (KYC) protocols – by pretending to be from Narnia.
It seems that the key to avoiding the tight grip of Binance’s KYC requirements is to come from a place that doesn’t technically exist. Our correspondent, Schmimi McBimBim, caught up with one such scammer for an exclusive interview.
“I was really struggling to get my fake identification sorted,” explained the scammer, who requested to remain anonymous. “I tried all sorts of things – photoshopping my passport, borrowing a friend’s ID, even dressing up in a fake mustache and glasses. But nothing worked.”
That’s when the scammer had a brainwave. “I thought to myself, what if I could go somewhere that wasn’t on any map? No one could prove I wasn’t from there, right?”
And that’s how the Narnia scam was born. By pretending to hail from the magical land of talking animals and never-ending winter, the scammer was able to bypass Binance’s requirements with ease.
“It was surprisingly easy,” said our source. “I just had to sprinkle a few magic words here and there, and they never questioned my identity again.”
Of course, there are risks associated with pretending to be a resident of a parallel universe. Many skeptics have already pointed out that there is no possible way that Narnia could exist, and that anyone claiming to be from there is clearly lying.
But our scammer wasn’t worried. “If they call me out on it, I’ll just tell them I came through the closet,” he said with a wink.
It remains to be seen whether other crypto-savvy scammers will follow suit and start claiming to be from fictional locations. But for now, it seems that Binance’s KYC protocols have a new and unexpected weakness.
