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(09-04-2014 10:54 AM)BallsDeep Wrote:  

How is your passport alone getting you ID thefted?

A passport with a copy of your credit card, sure, but your passport alone has little info on it.

Full name, birth date, and possible home address (if you filled it in) is a pretty big chunk of personal data.

In some countries all you need is a passport copy to open up an account. Let's say a bank manager is corrupt in sketchy SEA country. They can potentially open an account with your name and use it for all sorts of shady transactions ie. money laundering. Or the can use it to try and do pulls from your legitimate accounts elsewhere.