# Verify Identities During Self-Service Registration

DevFeed: [Verify Identities During Self-Service Registration](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/verify-identities-during-self-service-registration-43381.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://fusionauth.io/blog/identity-verification-before-registration>)

Author: Dan Moore

Published: 2025-07-24T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [FusionAuth Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/fusionauth-blog.md>)

Topics: [self-service](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/self-service.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Vulnerabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vulnerabilities.md>), [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>), [Users](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/users.md>), [JavaScript](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/javascript.md>)

Tags: [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [email-verification](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/email-verification.md>), [javascript](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/javascript.md>), [lambda](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/lambda.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [self-service](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/self-service.md>), [tutorial](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tutorial.md>), [vulnerabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vulnerabilities.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial explains how to verify a user's identity before allowing account creation through FusionAuth self-service registration and the Fideo Verify API. It covers registration flows, validation lambdas, and security risks such as fake emails, bot registrations, and identity fraud.

## Source excerpt

Learn how you can verify the user's identity before allowing them to create an account using FusionAuth self-service registration and the Fideo Verify API.