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Fake ID Markets

Social Security cards run about $20, green cards about $70 and a California driver’s license between $60 and $250.

The price jumps up for higher-quality documents, such as IDs with magnetic strips containing real information — often from victims of identity theft.

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“You name it, they can make it,” said Los Angeles Deputy City Atty. Arturo Martinez, who specializes in fraudulent document cases.

From “Fake ID Trade Makes a Name for Itself” [link to http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-fakeid29nov29,0,7050443,full.story?coll=la-home-local no longer works] in the LA Times. Shockingly, supply seems to grow to meet a demand. Someone should study that.

3 comments on "Fake ID Markets"

  • Nikita says:

    green cards about $70
    Damn, and here I was paying $10K+ a year of non-resident tuition for nothing. (Well, I guess it helps that it was Other People’s Money.)

  • Jared says:

    You can also easily get a fake ID online at some place like TheIDShop.com
    There are also tons of places in big cities.

  • Eloise says:

    There are also tons of places in big cities…
    What about Montreal?

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