Observed arrival · 2026-11-03
Gearvigil: a shared fraud watch for AV rentals
A French-language service for audiovisual-equipment rental businesses to check people and equipment against shared fraud and theft reports.
- For
- French audiovisual-equipment rental businesses
- Worth noticing
- Searches accept a name, phone number or SIREN; the homepage says submitted reports are reviewed by its team.
Field notes
The interface is presented as one route for manual checks and another through a rental-software API. Its example response includes an incident type, severity, date, and masked phone hint, with the reporting company identified for follow-up. The site says reports are reviewed by its team and leaves the rental decision to the member. It also describes an identity-check flow using an SMS link and filmed document and face checks, while stating that those images and videos are not retained.
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