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Inside Secret Facebook Groups That Offer Fake Aadhaar Cards

“Fake Aadhaar available…Ib [Inbox] for deal,” reads one of the posts on a Facebook group.

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“Fake Aadhaar available…Ib [Inbox] for deal,” reads one of the posts on a Facebook group “Help for Friends – Advertising Deals”, or as its over 7,000 members call it, “HFF”.

“Fake Aadhaar available…Ib [Inbox] for deal,” reads one of the posts on a Facebook group.

HFF is a secret group and does not come up on Facebook search results. You need an invitation to join it.

“Fake Aadhaar available…Ib [Inbox] for deal,” reads one of the posts on a Facebook group.
“Fake Aadhaar available…Ib [Inbox] for deal,” reads one of the posts on a Facebook group.
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The group is a close-knit circuit of individuals buying and selling all sorts of things. However, amidst deals violating Facebook’s terms and conditions, we stumbled upon an issue even graver – people offering to manufacture Aadhaar cards.

In the screenshot below, one of the members can be seen asking others to “inbox” him if they want Aadhaar cards. He claims that the ID proof will be “1001% working”. He also makes a post offering “fake Aadhaar cards for Facebook verification”.

“Fake Aadhaar available…Ib [Inbox] for deal,” reads one of the posts on a Facebook group.
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Another member claims that he has at his disposal “many” PDF files of Aadhaar cards. He wishes to know at what price he will be able to sell them. One of the members advertises his stock of 100 Aadhaar cards as “loot loot loot”, selling them for Rs 150 each.

“Fake Aadhaar available…Ib [Inbox] for deal,” reads one of the posts on a Facebook group.

There are also offerings of PAN cards in the group.

“Fake Aadhaar available…Ib [Inbox] for deal,” reads one of the posts on a Facebook group.
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The collage below captures several others offering fake Aadhaar cards.

“Fake Aadhaar available…Ib [Inbox] for deal,” reads one of the posts on a Facebook group.

However, this bargain is not one-sided, as supply is only created by demand. In the screenshot below, members can be seen willing to purchase fake Aadhaar cards as long as they “look real”.

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“Fake Aadhaar available…Ib [Inbox] for deal,” reads one of the posts on a Facebook group.

One of the members also asked for Aadhaar data, which he claimed wasavailable a few days back. He wrote, “I am willing to pay good money to anyone who has it.

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“Fake Aadhaar available…Ib [Inbox] for deal,” reads one of the posts on a Facebook group.

There was another Aadhaar-related demand that came to our notice – editing. In the screenshot below, one of the members is looking for someone who can edit his date of birth in his Aadhaar card. “Bas real lagna chahiye,” he writes.

“Fake Aadhaar available…Ib [Inbox] for deal,” reads one of the posts on a Facebook group.
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We discovered a substantial demand for Aadhaar-related editing work for various purposes.

“Fake Aadhaar available…Ib [Inbox] for deal,” reads one of the posts on a Facebook group.

Recently, Alt News published another story about a closed Facebook group that goes by the name “Sharing is Caring – Advertising Deals”. Our detailed report disclosed the inner workings of its 18,000-odd members who regularly buy/sell Facebook pages, Instagram accounts and more.

Help for Friends is more close-knit than Sharing is Caring (SIC) but has a lot of the same members as SIC. Just like in SIC, deals on Facebook pages dedicated to politics, army, girls, actresses and cricket and more are made on HFF too.

“Fake Aadhaar available…Ib [Inbox] for deal,” reads one of the posts on a Facebook group.
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Fake Aadhaar Card Deals On Sharing Is Caring

Deals on fake Aadhar cards are not limited to HFF. We stumbled upon deals related to Aadhaar in the SIC group too. The screenshots below are from SIC. If you look closely, some of these names appear in the screenshots of HFF posted earlier in the article.

“Fake Aadhaar available…Ib [Inbox] for deal,” reads one of the posts on a Facebook group.

However, post Alt News’ story, the admins of Sharing is Caring seem to have become more vigilant about what sells in the group. One of them posted new rules as per the need of time, which now penalise (temporarily ban) members making deals on Aadhaar cards or any government ID proof and fake government offer websites, among others.

“Fake Aadhaar available…Ib [Inbox] for deal,” reads one of the posts on a Facebook group.

There is a reason why groups like SIC and HFF keep their status closed or secret, as the members are well aware that their dealings are often illegal. As this issue comes to light, it becomes pertinent that necessary actions are taken against these groups.

(This article was first published on AltNews and has been republished with permission.)

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