[rolling_stone]

No one can tell the validity of a document from reviewing a scanned image of the document.

Not always, some documents can be determined to be fraudulent by other means, such as hidden security measures not well know to the public.

[jamese777]

No one can tell the validity of a document from reviewing a scanned image of the document.

Not always, some documents can be determined to be fraudulent by other means, such as hidden security measures not well know to the public.

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All state/county issued birth certificates that can be used to obtain a US passport are printed on security paper that eliminates the possiblity of alteration.

Here’s a link to a powerpoint presentation made by one of the government officials in Hawaii who authenticated Barack Obama’s Hawaii birth certificate:
http://www.nacrc.org/events/AnnualConfPresentations2005/BirthCertificateIntegrity.pdf