The "ID.ME" scam for identity verification
Use of foreign domains for domestic U.S. government services
Perhaps only a slight technicality but the domain is out-of-bounds for the full faith and credit of the United States and U.S. officials who see nothing wrong with Montenegran identity thieves at law in foreign courts.
The system at id.me otherwise appears identical or equivalent in functionality to login.gov. The top level domain ".gov" is used exclusively by the U.S. government online.
One secure login.
One curated marketplace.
Made for those who serve, ID.me helps you keep yourself safe while accessing benefits and discovering ways to save.
Special offers for those who serve
Savings mean great deals online. Here are our favorites for ID.me Members.
It's a foreign domain targeting U.S. military personnel especially with identity verification and related services and appropriate offers and relevant advertising. Go ahead. For example, you don't need to be a resident or citizen of Switzerland to open a Swiss bank account. But then tax season comes around and there's an array of obscure legal services you've never heard of before.
EuroDNS
.ME domain name - Montenegro
The .ME domain extension is the country code for Montenegro and was initially restricted to citizens, but now it’s open for us all to use! It’s a gccTLD (generic country code top level domain) which means that it no longer targets Montenegro exclusively. Google treats it the same as .COM with regard to SEO and indexing. ¶The .ME domain extension is now considered generic because users were registering the domain not only to target Montenegro but they were exploiting the word ME. …
We need to pull a CIA fact sheet on a Balkan county ruled by Orthodox bishop princes before establishing our personal identities ostensibly for the purpose of legitimizing our relationship with our own government.
I would recommend tracing that top level domain before you thump your chest and wave a passport at a foreign website to access U.S. government services.