When I was a newbie and was first asked for a verification my hands went wet, my face went pale and I was close to falling down from the chair:) I had no idea how to do it, but luckily I was explained. From that time I time to time update my verification:)
The pain is... I see that 80% of people who have problems are from countries close to mine of directly from mine. It makes me thinking about general national tendency:(