Verification Process Although it may seem nice and easy to have an automated and instantaneous signup process, there is always the possibility someone may want to use another avater name that is not their own (possibly yours) to set up an account. In order to prevent this we have a verification procedure. You will receive some simple instructions upon application. Among other things, one of the steps we take to verify it is really you is... We will contact the IMVU user via IMVU message at the avatar name provided at signup. No accounts will be set up using that avatar name until we receive a reply that it was a genuine request. All additional forwarding accounts must be verified the same way. Please make sure your account settings are not set to "Friends Only", at least during our signup process as that will prevent us from contacting you on IMVU. No account setup or payment information will be processed until we are sure that the avatar name in the application is the avatar that desires the account. Thank you for understanding this security procedure.