Web site offers scam press cards, IDs

THE UK mag for National Union of Journalist (NUJ) members reports that a web site is offering press cards costing $500.

But The Journalist reports that the site is registered at a bogus UK address and the NUJ has asked the Metropolitan Police, which verifies press membership, to investigate the scam.

The site, ptclub.com, also claims to be able to offer advice on how to get alternative passports and other cards including a UK national ID card - which doesn't exist. Yet.

The Journalist said that it has contacted the web site and its Internet provider saying it is "perpetrating a fraud" and requiring it to remove the material relating to the NUJ immediately.

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The Journalist
UK Press Card Scheme