This is a scam aimed at newcomers, international students, or foreign workers in the United States. Crooks meet victims in pubs or at working centers and pose as representatives of any “vehicle registration office”. They will tell the newcomers they need an international driving license to be able to drive in the United States. Then, they will happen to have “connections” for that, so they will charge the immigrants “”$80 instead $150”.
How to avoid: if you are a newcomer in the USA and read this, you should know that you can drive in this country with your own national driving license for a full year.