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...identity theft still begins off-line, often in such low-tech ways as a criminal sifting through garbage to find an unwanted preapproved credit card. But once an ID theft is under way, the Internet can make the work considerably easier. A particular problem: fast-proliferating websites that sell fake...
...fake-ID seller who helped an identity thief run up $30,000 in false charges to Charles Glueck, a Metarie, La., dentist. After Glueck lost his wallet, the man who took it went online to get a driver's license with his picture and Glueck's identity. He then used that license to get 15 credit cards in Glueck's name and started charging. Glueck was shocked to learn later from police that the website had not broken the law because when it shipped the driver's license to the thief, the license was marked for "novelty" use only. "Once...
...earth do you do that? Various surveys have shown that determined minors have a relatively easy time getting their hands on liquor, even if it's not kept in their own homes. They find adults who will buy it for them, or they use fake IDs, which today are widely available on the Internet...
...Pope John Paul II in Manila and a plan to plant bombs on U.S. airliners flying out of the Philippines. Plagued throughout his terrorist career by clumsiness, Yousef managed to set fire to his apartment just a week before the Pontiff's arrival, and police found timing devices, 12 fake passports and a business card belonging to bin Laden's brother-in-law, Khalifa. There is no evidence, local police sources say, linking Abu Sayyaf to these failed terrorist attacks. Nevertheless, Abu Sayyaf claimed credit for the June 1995 bombing of a Tokyo-bound Philippine Airlines flight, which police believe...
...plenty of time and money earning genuine degrees. The Education Ministry hopes to set up a national computer database by the end of this year that will help prospective employers determine whether the university degrees of potential hires are authentic. Beijing's latest antipiracy crackdown is targeting manufacturers of fake certificates. A raid this year in Shanghai's Qingpu district netted 1,000 fake drivers' licenses, 1,050 fraudulent diplomas and a cache of forged car and motorcycle plates. Children, too, are in on the game. In the northeastern city of Changchun, vendors loiter near school grounds, enticing students...