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Look up Australia's 100 point proof of identity which is used by Gov and most corporate entities in Australia.

A passport is a primary document (equivalent to a birth certificate) and gives you 60-70 points. It can't be used alone, but in conjunction with another id (forged or stolen) would allow for identify theft.

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Presumably you have to present a physical passport, though, for it to count toward those 100 points. The question was what you can do with just the passport number.

You would think so, but no, you don't! Typically it's just the passport number, or if the AML counterparty is feeling really ambitious, the number and the expiry date

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