The terms and conditions on most of these sites say that buyers purchase with the understanding they won't use the documents for unlawful purposes, and the seller supplies them with the understanding that the documents are for 'novelty and entertainment purposes only.' Ha! These caveats are intended as defenses against any prosecution.

Some even offer buy-one, get-one free services! A quick trawl shows websites that offer to replace wage slips, tax documents, bank accounts, utility bills, identity cards and passports. A Google search on 'novelty id' or 'replacement bank accounts' reveals millions of results.

After all, victims - who are criminals themselves - aren't going to report their activities to the authorities.īut you don't need to go to the dark web to find such services. No doubt some of the scores of fake-passport sites are fraudulent traps. 'Information on how to send us required info (scanned signature, biometric picture etc.) will be given after purchase.' 'We are shipping documents from the USA, international shipping is no problem. 'How we do it? Trade secret! But we can assure you that you wont have any problems with our papers. passports and even citizenship! The small print reads, 'We offer bulletproof USA passports + SSN + Drivers License and Birth Certificate and other papers making you an official citizen of the USA! It will even work if you arent in the USA yet. … You can even enter the UK/EU with our passports, we can just add a stamp for the country you are in! Ideal for people who want to work in the EU/UK.' The cost is £2000 or 12.883 bitcoins.Īnother site offers U.S. So its possible to travel with our passports. Also, your info will get entered into the official passport database. One site contains small print that reads, 'We are selling original UK Passports made with your info/picture. I'll highlight two among thousands around the world. I looked on the dark web (hidden areas where criminals sometimes lurk) and found many sites offering bogus passports.

They can quickly find quality, affordable fake passports at several websites on the 'dark web.' Fraudsters, terrorists and miscreants of all sorts can now travel more easily across borders because they no longer have to pay big bucks to the shady passport maker down the alley.

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