Fake passport online?

Fraudsters, terrorists and miscreants of all sorts can now travel more easily across borders because they no longer have to pay big bucks to the shady passport maker down the alley. They can quickly find quality, affordable fake passports at several websites on the "dark web."

I looked on the dark web (hidden areas where criminals sometimes lurk) and found many sites offering bogus passports. I'll highlight two among thousands around the world.

One site contains small print that reads, "We are selling original UK Passports made with your info/picture. Also, your info will get entered into the official passport database. So its [sic] possible to travel with our passports. … You can even enter the UK/EU with our passports, we can just add a stamp for the country you are in! Ideal for people who want to work in the EU/UK." The cost is £2000 or 12.883 bitcoins.

Another site offers U.S. passports and even citizenship! The small print reads, "We offer bulletproof USA passports + SSN + Drivers License and Birth Certificate and other papers making you an official citizen of the USA! It will even work if you arent [sic] in the USA yet.

"How we do it? Trade secret! But we can assure you that you wont [sic] have any problems with our papers.

"We are shipping documents from the USA, international shipping is no problem. You can use your own name or a new name!