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Jim Jones · 07-25-2006

Actually, this scam has been around for several years, it's not just Z specific. Thieves get smarter all the time. I arrested a guy on the 4th of July in a stolen van. The van had been stolen in January '06 and he was driving it with stolen tags, get this, the tags were off the exact same kind ofvan, same year, and color. When we called the name that the plates came back to, they didn't even know their license plates had been stolen.

They do the same with junkyards. They go buy a wrecked car and then go steal the exact same car and switch the "visible" VIN plates. Only by checking the other places on the car where the VIN is stamped can you be sure. That's the one that scares me.

Jim

07-25-2006	#6
Jim Jones Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: I'm in a constant state of euphoria in the Z! Posts: 237	Re: VIN SCAM protect your ZR-1 Actually, this scam has been around for several years, it's not just Z specific. Thieves get smarter all the time. I arrested a guy on the 4th of July in a stolen van. The van had been stolen in January '06 and he was driving it with stolen tags, get this, the tags were off the exact same kind ofvan, same year, and color. When we called the name that the plates came back to, they didn't even know their license plates had been stolen. They do the same with junkyards. They go buy a wrecked car and then go steal the exact same car and switch the "visible" VIN plates. Only by checking the other places on the car where the VIN is stamped can you be sure. That's the one that scares me. Jim