So if the operator of the ID scanner isnt comparing the information, this can easily pass as a valid ID card.Īs long as the user compares the information on the card with the information in the machine, it will be a lot easier to see if the ID card is a fake or not. These are called scannable fake IDs, as they will scan in a machine but the information will not match what is on the card.
They then print different information on the cards themselves. Knowing that it is a lot more difficult to save the information on the cards magnetic stripe than it is to print it out on a blank card, fake ID makers often acquire pre-encoded cards in bulk. On several fake ID cards, the information on the ID does not match what is in the barcode.
The machine scans in this information and makes a record of it.