all right so getting or wanting a fake
ID isn't uncommon for those under the
age of 21 and it turns out there's been
a sudden spike in fake IDs getting one
is as easy as shopping online now we're
exposing how to spot them in new six
investigator Louis Bolden explains
what's behind the search the lights the
dancing the steady flow of liquor
nightlife and alcohol can be powerful
temptations for an underage college
student I want to be able to go out with
everybody this student asked us not to
reveal his identity he got mine at 20
he's talking about a fake ID he didn't
want to wait until he was 21 because a
lot of his friends had already hit that
milestone you want to go and have a good
time with him the first eye and
directive is not supposed to be daunted
this man the state SEALs to two
prominent works as a bouncer and sees a
lot of fake IDs they're getting a lot
better the IDS are getting substantially
better that's because an explosion of
online sites offer the latest in bogus
IDs
most of them based overseas and the
sites offer IDs from all 50 states some
run as high as $200 they're coming from
China they're coming from Indonesia
is this a real ID but it just the wrong
person had it no that is an actual fake
guy this is a fake ID that's good you
know when I first started law
enforcement commander James man getting
the fakes were so bad that the
bartenders or the bouncers at the club
would just confiscate him and throw him
out it's with the University of Central
Florida campus police we confiscate
hundreds of these IDs a year you know
it's kind of like fish in a barrel
getting caught with a fake ID in Florida
is a misdemeanor or even a felony if
more than the birth date has been
altered and it can have potentially
life-changing consequences the Centers
for Disease Control reports teens and
young adults between the ages of 12 and
20 drink 11% of all the alcohol consumed
in this country and 90% of this alcohol
is consumed through binge drinking
here's one more number 500,000 that's
the number of kids making
alcohol-related trips to the ER in a
four year period according to a recent
government study so one
the problems that we see is we have
people that's young students that are 18
years old that have very little life
skills with very little drinking
experience and when you mix those two it
could be a deadly combination now I know
you lovely ladies would never do such a
thing but back in the day uncle Louis I
have to tell you but back then they
weren't nearly you know five years ago
back then right we're not nearly as
sophisticated as they are right now so
now they had the Holograms on then when
you tilt them and you can't just look at
it and say that's the fake ID law
enforcement officers tell me they can't
just look at them I mean you know what
I've heard Lewis is that back in the day
people used to use their sisters and
their cousins but these are just I mean
it's shocking and you said it can be a
felony it can be a felony offense and
this is another thing I didn't know five
years ago back either is that it can be
a really serious offense it can be a
felony offense so think about that being
convicted of a felony at 18 19 20 years
old you have really affected the rest of
your life existing jobs that you can get
and so but you don't think about that
then so for all those kids who don't it
is not worth it at all and I know when
you're 20 years old and all of your
friends are already 21 you think I want
to go out and yeah I wonder have fun
with everybody else go out just don't
drink until you can do it legally it's
just right you think it's the biggest
thing in the world that all your friends
are older than you exactly but a felony
not worth it I mean it's not anytime
later yeah and some of you are even when
you swipe them they also still work so
it's just crazy how how advanced they've
all become the officer that we
interviewed he showed us his favorite
fake ID I think it was out of South
Carolina and when they ran the that like
the barcode on the back of it the
information that came up was the real
information but it was the information
for an 80 year old woman okay so they
knew the 19 year old who had that ID did
not have it legally oh yeah good easy
getting creative out there all right
fascinating as always thank you Luis no
problem