entry.com

Renewed my passport using passport entry.com. I received a counterfeit passport 30 days after completing the submission. [BBB Scam Type: Government Agency Imposter] [Business: passportentry.com] [Location: IL, USA- 60610]

I did a Google search for passport renewal, and the first site that came up was a company that wasn't this one in the Sponsored Results. That site had "Not a government site" in bold text below the link, so I knew that it wasn't legitimate. This site, however, did NOT have that disclaimer text, so I thought it was real: https://apply.entry.com › united-states › passsport. It also had quite a few Google site links, indicating that it had earned authority in Google's search rankings, so I thought it was the official US passport renewal site and thought they had made it look newer. The example I uploaded showed the site again, but the entry.com site appeared first in the attachment. It asked me to upload my passport photo so it could read my info to see if I could renew online, which I did. Then it showed me the info that was on my passport and asked me to verify it. It should have been a huge red flag to me, but it asked for my social security number, too. I was getting a bunch of phone calls from different family members and didn't want to time out the session, so I entered the info. I shared my email address and phone number, and added an emergency contact and her number and address, my sister. Anyways, at the very end, I added my credit card info, and saw that it was charging a lot. And at the bottom, there was a toggle to also pay a fee to the state department now or later. I clicked to pay it now, but the fee seemed a bit crazy to me, so I did another Google search for entry.com and legit. There was a bbb link with some saying it was a scam and others saying it wasn't. I then went to the state department website and saw the warning never ot enter info from a .com website.... This is crazy, becuase the government outsources things like TSA approvals to Idemia, which is a .com site, so I didn't realize I had been scammed. I removed the cr [BBB Scam Type: Identity Theft] [Business: Entry Passport Renewal Services Date] [Locati