DISCLAIMER: this is not an anecdote, this page describes a hypothetical stand-up comedy scene

So the other day my friend decided to register on upwork. After completing one order he was asked by a site to confirm that his location is not the same as the origin of his funny passport. Neither bank contract nor rental contract were solid enough to act as a proof. The platform demanded utility bill.

No help was the bank issued form of payment. The platform demanded government issued paper.

Fun fact that the government did not print the bills at all.

So my friend decided to print the bill himself. He found one single low resolution photo of the bill back from ten years ago when it was a thing. He spent a day reproducing the formatting, fonts and making up all the informational layer.

When all was complete he looked at the result. Then at the original photo and back at the result. One small detail caught his eyes: the original paper contained address but not the name of the payer.

Moral of the story: in modern world cheating is not enough to be an honest man