About

TokenWorks

We’re on a mission to protect businesses with ID scanning technology for age verification, fake ID detection, and fraud prevention.

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Team

Our amazing team of ID verification experts

Jessica Simms

Product Manager

Jessica Simms

Product Manager

Jessica Simms

Product Manager

Jessica Simms

Product Manager

Jessica Simms

Product Manager

Jessica Simms

Product Manager

Fighting identification fraud since

1998

Who we are

Founded in 1998, Tokenworks Inc. (IDscanner.com) protects businesses from underage access and fake ID fraud through cutting-edge ID scanners that instantly verify age and detect fraudulent identification documents.

With over 25 years of expertise in smart card and token-based systems, we've built our reputation on delivering durable, high-quality ID scanning and fake ID detection solutions that help retailers, bars, nightclubs, casinos, logistics and shipping, dispensaries, and other age-restricted businesses stay compliant while streamlining their operations—embodying our core principles of design in durability, quality, and value while doing it once and doing it right.

Meet our founder - Charles

You Focus on Running Your Business. We’ll Guard the Door.

Every transaction, every customer interaction, every busy night, you shouldn’t have to worry about whether the IDs you’re seeing are real. Age and ID verification isn’t just about compliance, it’s about protecting your reputation your customers, and your business. how. We make age and ID verification effortless and reliable, so you can focus on what you do best.

TokenWorks

The meaning behind our name

The name TokenWorks reflects our deep expertise in token-based authentication systems. These systems use various card technologies—such as smart cards, magnetic stripe cards, barcodes, or contactless cards to securely verify an individual’s identity for payments, access to products, or services. While the specific card technology may differ (e.g., RFID for contactless or barcodes for driver’s licenses), all rely on a token as the core mechanism to prove user authorization. The term “Token” captures this universal principle across our solutions.

The “Works” in our name evokes the image of a foundry or factory, a place where innovative ideas are forged into reliable, high-quality products. Together, TokenWorks conveys our commitment to designing, building, and delivering cutting-edge token-based systems that empower businesses with secure, compliant, and efficient identity verification solutions.

To·ken – (tkn)

  1. Something serving as an indication, proof, or expression of something else.
  2. A distinguishing feature or characteristic.
  3. Something that signifies or evidences authority, validity, or identity: The scepter is a token of regal status.
  4. A piece of stamped metal used as a substitute for currency: subway tokens.

Works – (wûrks)

  1. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) A factory, plant, or similar building or complex of buildings where a specific type of business or industry is carried on. Often used in combination: a steelworks.
  2. Internal mechanism: the works of a watch.
    The output of a writer, artist, or musician considered or collected as a whole: the works of Shakespeare.
  3. Engineering structures, such as bridges or dams.