Suspicious passport renewal site apply.ivs.us asked for personal data and high fees
I wanted to renew my passport. They asked me if I wanted to upload a scanned copy of my passport to save time which I did. Then I gave them all the relevant information you would when renewing your passport including my social security number, birthdate info, etc. They said the renewal would cost $199 and then when submitted they would charge another $130 bringing the total to $329. I then entered my credit card information and was about to hit enter but stopped and then deleted my card info. I thought this sounded suspicious. I navigated to the official website and closed down the apply.ivs.us site. I'm worried that even though I didn't submit anything they may have stolen my info.
Passport renewal service took my money but didn't submit my application
The web site (IVS.us at apply.ivs.us/passport) offered to handle my passport renewal. The web site collected information (some of which seemed irrelevant to the application). It then collected a fee of $287.95 for the service plus the fee to be paid to the State Department for renewing the passport. I get occasional email updates from [email protected], but no progress on submitting the application. The emails come from Jamie Lee with a picture of a man. Could be AI.
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Suspicious passport renewal site apply.ivs.us asked for personal data and high fees
Passport renewal service took my money but didn't submit my application