Illegal migrants are buying fake UK passports & driving licences for £5,000 before they travel to Britain
ILLEGAL migrants are buying fake UK passports and driving licences before they travel here.
The scam helps them to get jobs illegally in Britain and evade police detection.
National Crime Agency bosses have been alerted by a Sun on Sunday probe to dodgy British firms offering “click and collect” fraudulent papers for £5,000.
Migrants buy them, then pick them up after arriving by boat or air.
One ad promised they could get a full driving licence and pass “theory and practical certificates without exams”.
Another firm, operating from Swinton, Gtr Manchester, offered “original guaranteed” UK passports for £5,000.
The adverts have appeared on platforms such as Instagram, Facebook and X.
Migrants can use the fake documents to make bogus applications to remain, or secure a job illegally — with most employers unable to spot the forgeries.
The NCA said: “False identity documents remain a key enabler of organised immigration crime.”
Ads were taken down after they were reported to Facebook and Instagram’s owner Meta.
Tory MP Sir Alec Shelbrooke said: “Perhaps if migrants saw, on the same social media channels as these adverts, that they would be immediately deported they would think twice about parting with thousands of pounds.”
People smugglers are also flogging £6,000 package deals to Albanians by offering Channel crossings that include a house to rent and “simple work”.
TikTok said it had removed those ads and directed would-be customers to anti-trafficking charities.
Meta said: “Fraudulent activity is not allowed on our platforms and we remove ads and accounts which violate our policies.”