[privacy] Unbelievable: In the UK, 10, 000 passports were issued to fraudulent applicants in 12 months

[Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah]

Date sent:      	Tue, 20 Mar 2007 22:48:21 +0000 (GMT)
From:           	Drsolly <drsollyp at drsolly.com>

> On Tue, 20 Mar 2007, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah wrote:
> 
> > Date sent:      	Tue, 20 Mar 2007 18:20:28 +0000 (GMT)
> > From:           	Drsolly <drsollyp at drsolly.com>
> > 
> > > On Tue, 20 Mar 2007, Cornali Remo wrote:
> > > 
> > > > 	
> > > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6470179.stm
> > > > 
> > > > An estimated 10,000 passports were issued to fraudulent applicants in 12
> > > > months, the Home Office has said. 
> > > 
> > > I'm wondering how they know that.
> > 
> > Maybe it's a fraudulent news story ...
> 
> There were an estimated 10,000 fraudulent news stories in the last 12 
> months.

I think that, if you'll check, you'll find that an estimated 10,000 news stories were 
issued to fradulent news agencies in 12 months.

Also, an estimated 10,000 messages were posted to fraudulent security mailing lists 
in 12 months ...

Going back to your earlier question about how they knew, the story didn't say they 
were *good* passports.  Maybe they knew all along ...

"No way we're letting you into the country with a passport from `Grate Brittin' 
and signed by `The Quoon.'"

(Sorry, it's been a long day ...)

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