[sc_rufctr]

Valid ID is the only way make sure people are doing the right thing and in Australia we have to provide a tax file number and valid ID to open a bank account. A tax file number in Aus is like your social security number. It follows you for life.

When I was a kid it was common for people to be claiming multiple "Doles"... These people weren't working and were claiming five or six unemployment payments paid directly into separate fake name bank accounts. This wasn't really fixed until computers came online (late 80s). But every now and again someone gets caught and it makes the news.