Site Pushes Forged Passports, Licenses

News Posted: September 01, 2010

McAfee researcher Francios Paget found a Russian site selling fake passports for dozens of countries, driver's licenses, and batches of credit cards.

The cheapest passport is for Azerbaijan and costs $870 (USD). A French passport costs $5,530. To get it, a customer must send the forgers personal information plus a signature and photo, according to Paget.

The balances on the credit cards range from $2,000 (USD) to $15,000 although Platinum cards guaranteed up to $50,000 are also sold on the site.

Source: eWeek Security Watch