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This person clearly knew the risks. And what's the harm? It's not like he was visiting your country.

by thats_cute 10y ago

jkot 10y ago
That passport has an owner. It could come from robbery... and identity theft is nothing nice...
- smcl 10y ago
  Since you're Czech you probably know that "Ferredo Nesterova" is not a Czech man's name, so I suspect it was never a real passport.
  - JorgeGT 10y ago
    This is like saying a "Javier Fernández" cannot be a British citizen because it is not a British man's name. And he specifically says (00:40) that the passport digitally contains a different picture, of maybe the real owner.
    - smcl 10y ago
      Nope, it's much simpler (and I wouldn't make that judgement). Male Czech having a feminine surname ("-ova") probably wouldn't happen. Edit: you updated your comment with the bit about the picture so it looks like I ignored it even though I didnt. He's speculating, we have no idea on the origins of the passport.
      - JorgeGT 10y ago
        Fair point (here in Spain males and females have sometimes the "son of" surname). But I think that he's trying to say that the smuggler has warned him that the passport contains the biometric data of someone, so when scanned a different photo will pop up (you can see the electronic passport symbol in the cover). Probably the forger has just altered the name and picture on the paper, but can't tamper with the microchip that contains the data of the real owner.
  - jkot 10y ago
    Some of my relatives have similar non-czech name. And he said himself on video that passport has some owner. Is there some other way to get valid passport number?
    - smcl 10y ago
      Which do you mean, not-traditionally-Czech name ("Javier") or mixed up gender surname?
- devy 10y ago
  Passport theft / identity theft have been very common in many countries like Thailand. The missing MH370 had surfaced a lot of those identity theft incidents. [1] [1] http://www.interpol.int/News-and-media/News/2014/N2014-038 http://www.interpol.int/News-and-media/News/2014/N2014-038
spacecowboy_lon 10y ago
There is a European arrest warrant.

This person clearly knew the risks. And what's the harm? It's not like he was visiting your country.

jkot 10y ago

That passport has an owner. It could come from robbery... and identity theft is nothing nice...

smcl 10y ago
Since you're Czech you probably know that "Ferredo Nesterova" is not a Czech man's name, so I suspect it was never a real passport.
- JorgeGT 10y ago
  This is like saying a "Javier Fernández" cannot be a British citizen because it is not a British man's name. And he specifically says (00:40) that the passport digitally contains a different picture, of maybe the real owner.
  - smcl 10y ago
    Nope, it's much simpler (and I wouldn't make that judgement). Male Czech having a feminine surname ("-ova") probably wouldn't happen. Edit: you updated your comment with the bit about the picture so it looks like I ignored it even though I didnt. He's speculating, we have no idea on the origins of the passport.
    - JorgeGT 10y ago
      Fair point (here in Spain males and females have sometimes the "son of" surname). But I think that he's trying to say that the smuggler has warned him that the passport contains the biometric data of someone, so when scanned a different photo will pop up (you can see the electronic passport symbol in the cover). Probably the forger has just altered the name and picture on the paper, but can't tamper with the microchip that contains the data of the real owner.
- jkot 10y ago
  Some of my relatives have similar non-czech name. And he said himself on video that passport has some owner. Is there some other way to get valid passport number?
  - smcl 10y ago
    Which do you mean, not-traditionally-Czech name ("Javier") or mixed up gender surname?
devy 10y ago
Passport theft / identity theft have been very common in many countries like Thailand. The missing MH370 had surfaced a lot of those identity theft incidents. [1] [1] http://www.interpol.int/News-and-media/News/2014/N2014-038 http://www.interpol.int/News-and-media/News/2014/N2014-038

spacecowboy_lon 10y ago

There is a European arrest warrant.