Fake Id's

Sam Barkas

March-1-04

Speech

Fake ID

Just like many college students, Dana and her friends decided to go to a bar one Saturday night. The problem: Not everyone in their group was old enough to enter. The solution: Use fake ID obtained through a friend. So Dana and her friends used fake IDs to enter the bar without a problem, or so they thought. Later that night, police raided the bar. Dana's ID was confiscated and she was later arrested.

It seems like everyone wants to be a different age. Many teenagers want to be either 18 or 21 so they can buy cigarettes or alcohol. And I'm sure everyone has heard their parents say they wish they were 18 again. For the most part people can't change how old they are, but by using fake identification, someone could pretend to be an age older than what they are. More and more people are using fake ID's.

There have been many new advances in technology in recent years.

Because of these advances, such as computers and internet, fake ID's are becoming easier to get, and their quality is improving. Not too long after states find ways of making ID's harder to duplicate, the counterfeiters are finding a way to make them. Fake ID's no longer consist of scratching an 8 into a 3. These advances make it hard to tell apart fake ID's from the real thing. Some websites sell fake ID's from $50-5,000. Selling fake ID's over the internet has increased greatly over the past few years.

The internet makes fake ID's readily available, but according to the article "Forged in Plastic" in Missoula, most underage clients buy phony driver's licenses from local manufacturers who use computers, scanners, laser printers, laminators, and special programs.

According to the San Diego Union Tribune An estimated 10 million fake ID's are confiscated each year. During spring break last year in Florida, 10,000 fake ID's were confiscated by using a handheld ID verification device made by Logix Company of Colorado.

There are different types of people who