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Day of the Jackal fraud

A method of identity fraud in which the birth certificate of a deceased child is used to obtain a passport or other official identification. This type of fraud is named for the novel of the same name, written by Fredrick Forsyth.

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  1. Has the Jackal passport scam had its day? - BBC News
    Sep 15, 2003 ... The Day of the Jackal revealed how crooks used the birth certificates of dead babies to obtain fake passports. Almost 32 years on, the loophole ...
     
  2. What is Day of the Jackal fraud? - BusinessDictionary.com
    Definition of Day of the Jackal fraud: In the United Kingdom, the use of a dead child's birth certificate to assume that child's adult identity and obtain a passport for ...
     
  3. The Day of the Jackal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    The method for acquiring a false identity and UK passport detailed in the book is often referred to as the "Day of the Jackal fraud" and remains a well known ...
     
  4. FACT BEHIND FICTION | The Day of the Jackal - Frederick Forsyth
    Arthur Hailey antagonist in the book – The Evening News, used the same method to procure a false identity (since then known as the 'day of the jackal fraud').
     
  5. What is Day of the Jackal fraud? - InvestorWords.com
    Definition of Day of the Jackal fraud: A method of identity fraud in which the birth certificate of a deceased child is used to obtain a passport or other official ...
     
  6. VIDEO: Frederick Forsyth's THE DAY OF THE JACKAL
    Oct 12, 2012... UK passport detailed in the book is often referred to as the "Day of the Jackal fraud" and remains a well known security loophole in the UK).
     
  7. Mortgage companies get death records to prevent Day of the Jackal ...
    Dec 22, 2008 ... Mortgage companies get death records to prevent Day of the Jackal fraud. Death records are being released to mortgage companies to help ...
     
  8. Schneier on Security: Buying Fake European Passports
    Dec 5, 2006 ... It is not true that a pre-existing 'day of the jackal' fraud can simply be rolled over - which is not to say that it will be impossible to do so.