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[–] 43 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

My elderly father recently fell for a Facebook imposter that pretended to be a family member and asked if their friend could contact him. The friend asked him to take a photo of his driver's license and text it to them, fortunately he doesn't know how. I've been wondering ever since what can they do if they had it? It doesn't have his social security number on it. His credit has since been locked and banks notified

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  • [–] 25 points 18 hours ago* (1 child)

    They can open bank or crypto accounts in his name, and then either overdraw the account or use it to move money from other scams in and out of this account, so the real scammers name is not attached to this account.

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