Revolut verify ID email spam
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Background
Revolut Group Holdings Ltd, doing business as Revolut, is a British multinational neobank and fintech company that offers banking services for individuals and businesses. It was founded in July 2015 by British-Russian businessman Nikolay Storonsky and British-Ukrainian software engineer Vlad Yatsenko. As of 2025, the company operated in over 48 countries and caters to over 60 million retail customers globally.
[Incident]
When a customer of Revolut creates an account but doesn't complete the setup step of providing a government ID they will receive emails on the given address telling them to complete their setup in a pattern as follows[1]:
- 2 Emails 1 day apart from each other
- 2 Emails 2 days apart from each other
- 2 Emails 4 days apart from each other
A direct date of the incident is not determinable, as due to lack of sources it is unclear when Revolut started enacting this practice.
References
- ↑ "Revolut spams user with incomplete accounts". Reddit. 2026-03-27. Archived from the original on 2026-03-27. Retrieved 2026-03-27.
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