Originally Posted by
MSPeconomist
I wonder what benefit imposters would get from the passport information they copied. It could have been a shakedown for bribes of people who didn't have passports with them, but if so, why bother the pretense of copying information versus going on to find the next victim as soon as a passport is produced?
Possibly To appear legitimate? Real officers really do use those little books as many foreigners would know.... Each time I was stopped they took down my information...