Reg number scam

brightonman123

maybe numbers blurred to stop crims using it on a fake plate?

anotherbaldrick

MarcusAurelius wrote: »

Hence the OP!

Can you actively prevent those kind of things from happening?

How would you dispute a fine based on a picture taken by a speed camera?

Have a largish sticker in the rear window of your car , something reasonably prominent , and another smaller white sticker high up in corner of windscreen, take a timed dated photograph of them from outside car. You can then call for a print of the speed camera and if no stickers on photo it's not you.

Jamie_Carter

MarcusAurelius wrote: »

Hence the OP!

It's nothing to do with parking next to a similar vehicle. Criminals would just search on line on sites like Amazon and Ebay, and wouldn't search car parks.

MarcusAurelius wrote: »

Can you actively prevent those kind of things from happening?

Yes, you blur out your number plate when listing your car on line.

MarcusAurelius wrote: »

How would you dispute a fine based on a picture taken by a speed camera?

Most speed cameras take the photo from behind, and won't show the driver's face. So if the photo was of a cloned vehicle, then it would be up to you to prove that your car wasn't there at the time, just as my mate had to.

arcon5

When I pull up in a car park I take my dirty, rusting, clunky 14 year old light blue Fiesta and park next to a nice shiny series 5 BMW.

Building_Surveyor

Sorry but I'd have to be suffering from serious paranoia for this to even cross my mind... !!!!!! happens as they say ..there's a 'what If' scenario for every situation.

What if someone clones my card at the cash point? Ok that rules out using cash points now. What if I get pick pocketed on the way home, ok so now I only wear clothes that have no pockets. What if my ID gets stolen... What if, what if what if... There is risk in everything...

I'd rather just live!

LandyAndy

Herzlos wrote: »

I'm not sure I get the risk with parking next to an identical make/model/colour, that there will be confusion over parking tickets?

A lot of for sale ads and general posts online tend to obscure reg numbers to prevent the internet at large identifying it, mostly as a precaution.
There is always a small risk of someone looking for a car for online that matches theirs and cloning the number, but I don't think it really extends to to people scouring car parks for matching cars, and it's even less likely to be caused by parking next to someone.

I parked next to a car the same model/colour as mine once, then spent a while wondering why I couldn't get the door to open before realising it had the wrong number of doors.


So I'd probably avoid parking next to an identical car to avoid confusion, but nothing to do with the reg numbers or any potential scams.

I did that on a street in Manchester city centre about 30 years ago. The policeman who was watching me was very amused when I realised my mistake. :rotfl:

AdrianC

LandyAndy wrote: »

I did that on a street in Manchester city centre about 30 years ago. The policeman who was watching me was very amused when I realised my mistake. :rotfl:

Is that why you got the yellow air-portable in your avatar? Not a lot of risk of that happening again, I suspect...

Jamie_Carter

Building_Surveyor wrote: »

Sorry but I'd have to be suffering from serious paranoia for this to even cross my mind... !!!!!! happens as they say ..there's a 'what If' scenario for every situation.

What if someone clones my card at the cash point? Ok that rules out using cash points now. What if I get pick pocketed on the way home, ok so now I only wear clothes that have no pockets. What if my ID gets stolen... What if, what if what if... There is risk in everything...

I'd rather just live!

There is a huge difference between being paranoid, and taking sensible precautions.

sillyvixen

elderly friends of the family were woken up by the police in the early hours of the morning with regards to a petrol theft from the local garage. their car had been garaged for 24 hours, they go to show the police the car and their garage has been broken in and both number plates removed - someone had broken in and stole their plates..then added them to a stolen car of the same make and colour and driven off from a petrol station with £40 0f fuel. so someone could swap plates in seconds if you are not parked next to them they will still find them.

Building_Surveyor

Jamie_Carter wrote: »

There is a huge difference between being paranoid, and taking sensible precautions.

Still rather just live... Not done me any harm so far. A sensible precaution is shielding your pin at a cashpoint, instead of not using it all together. I park wherever I choose to.

My opinion only...