Recently, the WKBW has made a report regarding the situation with the fake IDs in New York. They have timed it to fall, the beginning of the first semester in state colleges and universities. The main message of the report is to stay away from fake IDs, because of the serious legal consequences: criminal charges and possible identity theft. As Chris Jacobs, who is a clerk at Erie County administration, has stated, that anyone trying to order a fake ID via the Internet and providing his name and other details online, is putting himself in danger, literally “rolling the dice”. Governor Andrew Cuomo has issued a warning, according to which any student who is looking for a fake ID is at risk of becoming a victim of identity theft. This is not uncommon: during the last year, the New York DMV has become aware of several dozens of identity theft crimes, and most of the victims were the students with fake driving licenses, ordered those from Asian companies (particularly, Chinese). Not
A package sent to an American student from China is suspicious by its nature. Why would a 19-year-old freshman order something like a bead bracelet, a photo frame or a teapot from an unknown company in China? Not because the good has its own value, for sure. It has become a kind of initiation ritual to order a fake ID from Asian region for any student who wants to have fun with his older friends, senior students or even his peers. E-mails and websites of fake ID producers are handed from older students to their younger friends like a sacral key to an adult life. It is hard to find the origin of that information; the company also changes from college to college, from university to university. The one thing that they have in common — some students have already purchased fake ID from that company, and it worked for them. When underage drinking and even possession of alcohol has become illegal, and the age limit was set to 21 years in most states, the fake ID has become a top-priority