How to see a fake passport?

In any transaction, the signing of any treaty first things we face - is the passport of the parties, participants in the transaction.

How could I not become a victim of fraud and forgery in time to see this document?

The first thing I would like to point out is that we - the people who do not work in law enforcement - are unable to determine exactly forged passport or not. This can only make an expert. One must distinguish between types of printing and signs of changes, we need optics to make it all look at high magnification. Simple as a man who does not have such knowledge, may inspect the document and only suspect changes that should cause concern.

Thus, the most common types of fraud:

1. Mechanical. There may be a delete pages, change their content - with the help of chemicals, cleanup, scraping.

2. Changing the contents of the document. This correction letters, digits, free graphs possible to make recordings, which should not be there.

3. Replacement. Refers to the replacement of photographs and plates.

What do I need to pay attention during visual inspection of the passport:

1. Inspect passports under different angles of illumination. Check that all pages, glossiness of the paper. Please note that there are no changes in color and texture of the paper, which leave chemical substances.

Should alert: colored spots, stains, oiliness, glossiness increased in certain places (perhaps with further cleanup was buffing the page), ruffled fibers pages.

2. Inspection of records in the passport. Please note that all details and complete person, signatures and seals. In addition, we must remember that your passport is filled with special ink, which have a special luster. Do not forget that on the cover page should not be the inscription "USSR".

What should be alerted: signs of stroke letters, numbers. Different structure of the ink. The absence of an embossing pictures. By the way, it makes sense to look at the picture itself (and he is a man). Recall that the subdivision code and the numbers on the round stamp must match.

3. Check lists of passports. Compares the series and number on each page, with a number and a series on the first page.

What should be alerted: the lack of two-color threads (pages 10-11), entries are irrelevant graphs (eg, children are not recorded on pages 16-17), the different structure of the paper, signs of processing chemicals, the lack of lamination, explicit or implicit discrepancy photos Apparently the image, different size pages.

These are the main symptoms.

I draw your attention that the passport with improper form (torn, crumpled, very tacky), you are entitled to ask for change before the transaction. Notary Public or state authorities may not accept it. In addition, the passport must be replaced upon reaching 20 and 45 years.

And most importantly - friends, do not hesitate to consider, check your passport. Necessary. Agree, better than a hundred times to review, reverse, and even smell the document than to write a statement to the appropriate authorities.