What is a fraudulent second passport program
Generally, a fraudulent second passport program is passport program that has no legal of credible ways of obtaining a second passport for the applicant. Many fraudulent second passport programs may issue a second passport to the applicant but this will have no legal baring and generally results in the applicant losing their money.
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Fraudulent second passport programs explained
Fraudulent second passport programs are extremely common and many applicants, oftentimes unknowingly, engage with them. To ensure you do not fall victim to an illegal second passport scam, you should consult a professional consultancy firm to help you find an appropriate second passport program.
A fraudulent second passport program will typically take the form of a company based online that offers a deal ‘too good to be true’. Many of these fraudsters will offer second passports at an extremely low price, offering other convenience measures that seem unlikely to obtain a passport.
A fraudulent second passport program will typically operate in a number of illegal ways such as;
- Offering passports which are in fact stolen
- Issuing passports which have just had the photo changed
- The fraudsters will normally refrain from giving out contact details
- They many deliver your passport by courier which is again completely illegal
- Providing second passports which are invalid government supplied passports which would normally be destroyed
In some situations, fraudulent second passport programs will seek the assistance of a national from the country you seek a second passport in and ask the national to pose as a distance relative or actually adopt the applicant. Therefore giving the applicant official citizenship through birth right. Fraudulent second passports can also be obtained through the illegal act of bigamy.
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