Originally Posted by
Thomas Hudson
S-4s are buddy passes. If they had some sort of S-3 or S-3B, those are for direct family if I recall. If someone purchased a S-3 or S-3B somehow and I am not sure how they could, they got scammed...
Agree. IME I've never seen anyone question how someone got NRSA credentials, but can only suspect if someone was questioned as the OP observed, it was clear something wasn't right.
However, just peruse CraigsList, plenty of folks looking for
and offering 'passes' so the OP's situation doesn't surprise me.