A thief made a poor choice when he used a picture of Brad Pitt to create a fake ID
A thief used a picture of Brad Pitt to create a fake ID
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'Brad Pitt' identified in ID theft

Thief makes unfortunate choice for fake ID photo

Matt Chapman, vnunet.com 30 Jun 2006
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A thief in the United Arab Emirates made a poor choice when he decided to use a picture from the internet to create a fake ID. 

The salesman from Jordan created the ID to scoop a £12,500 cash advance that had been unclaimed for three months at the exchange bureau where his brother worked.

Unfortunately, although he knew the name of the person who was supposed to collect the money, the image he chose from the internet was that of Brad Pitt

When questioned about the picture the salesman said that he didn't know who it was.

See also:

Hackers stole victims' official Korean ID numbers to register hundreds of thousands of Lineage accountsOnline games giant faces potential $230m lawsuit  02 Mar 2006
South Korea's online gamers are plagued by identity theftAlmost a quarter of a million fake accounts created in South Korea alone  21 Feb 2006
Home OfficeGovernment accused of inflating figures to push ID cards  02 Feb 2006
Identity theftExisting laws not offering sufficient protection, warns pressure group  07 Sep 2005
Identity theftAnother blow to ID cards  05 Sep 2005
Experian-Gallup report warns of growing danger  04 Aug 2005
Houses of ParliamentPart of the problem, not part of the solution  01 Jul 2005

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