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Before the days of prevalent computers and searchable databases, one would just take someone else's information to the DMV and get a real ID with their info.
by scurvy 9y ago
Before the days of prevalent computers and searchable databases, one would just take someone else's information to the DMV and get a real ID with their info.
- tyingq 9y agoIn the 70-80's, we made them with colored stock paper, hand-drawn seals, and rub on letters and border lines. You would make them much larger than the real deal, then take photos and reduce the size. That masked any imperfections. The back side was typically just text, so we could photocopy that. Insert the photo, and find a high end laminating machine. Oh, and fake a neighboring state ID so it's less critical to have it perfect.
- curun1r 9y agoYou didn't even need to use someone else's information, you could just use your own with a different DoB. Growing up, my "fake" ID was my passport. When I applied for it, they read my birth year wrong (I guess my 7 wasn't too legible and they thought it was a 2). I could barely pass for my own age, let alone 5 years older, but it worked most of the time. All my friends ended up using the flaw that I'd inadvertently exposed when their fakes got confiscated. It was just cheaper and more reliable to use an actual government-issued ID.