# The Know Your Customer (KYC) process

**KYC (Know Your Customer)** is a process of verifying users' identities, required to meet legal and financial regulations. KYC protects platforms and their users from financial crimes, such as money laundering and terrorism financing.

If your passport is from a restricted country, you won't be able to complete KYC, even if you live elsewhere.

Restricted jurisdictions:

* Afghanistan
* Central African Republic
* Democratic Republic of the Congo
* Cuba
* Guinea-Bissau
* Islamic Republic of Iran
* Iraq
* Democratic People's Republic of Korea
* Libya
* Mali
* Russia
* Somalia
* South Sudan
* Sudan
* Syrian Arab Republic
* Ukraine
* Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
* Yemen
* Belarus
* Myanmar

More information here: <https://openloot.com/terms-of-use>

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