Motorists must guard against unscrupulous car cloning criminals to avoid fines and penalties for offences they’ve not committed, warns leading vehicle data and valuation specialist HPI. Criminals use cloned registration plates to avoid detection via police automated number plate recognition (ANPR) systems, which can have serious financial implications for … [Read more...]
Con-artists are recovering their own cars
The latest used car scam is restealing, warn investigtors. The UK’s oldest specialist motor insurance loss adjuster, Claims Management & Adjusting, has reported a worrying increase in the used car scam, particularly in the North of England. The con sees an unsuspecting consumer purchasing a cloned vehicle, only to have it stolen within days by the very … [Read more...]
Number plate thefts fall but cloned cars are unknown – RAC
Number plate thefts in North Wales have almost halved, the RAC has been told. The total number of reported thefts of vehicle number plates in England and Wales fell between 2010 and 2014, although a small number of forces reported significant rises, says the RAC. Twenty six of the 34 police forces that responded to a Freedom of Information request by … [Read more...]
