My dad wants me to send passport information to his friend out of country?

Question

My dad wants me to scan the picture and VISA section of his passport and send it to a friend that's in another country. I didn't ask him why he wants to send it, but is there anything that can go wrong if I do send it to his friend? Could his friend misuse that information?

Answer 1

Yes, information such as this can be misused.  What if he doesn't get it.  Identity theft is huge.

Be careful.

Answer 2

Could be an "Advance Fee Fraud" or "419" scam.

Answer 3

He might want to use your dad info to get into the country.

Answer 4

Yes it can be used to do illegal things

and the first thing that comes to mind is that his friend can use it to try and get into the the country so would basically be identity theft so I think you should ask him why hes making you send that imformation and also inform him that he can get in trouble with the goverment

Answer 5

Not only could he misuse it, but it's considered illegal!

Tell your dad no, no, no, no and NO.