I've noticed since I joined this forum that people on here post pictures of their cars with the reg plates in full view. Aren't you afraid of cloning?

I posted pictures of the Mini on a relevant forum about 10 years ago and started getting speeding tickets and other penalty notices. Turned out, some scrote had cloned the plates and put them on his blue Mini. Took a lot of effort for me to prove I wasn't in the areas where the crimes were committed at the relevant times.

you can stand on a street and collect reg numbers ....ok on the forum/interweb/ebay/autotrader it might be easier but if they are going to do it then they will.. ... - .- -.




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i guess it comes down to accessibility, yes perhaps easier getting one to clone from the internet as opposed to driving around looking for a vehicle match.

the problem i think lies with the so called "show plate" companies around, obtaining a plate is far too easy.

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Agreed Dan, its makes a mockery of the whole process, I have ordered the last 2 plates for my short number from the internet,, arrive next day, I could have been anybody

Exactly my point. I've just ordered my new plates via eBay for £16. I could have asked for anything and there was never any proof demanded.

Nobby, as Stan mentioned earlier, if they are going to clone its bloody easy

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In theory show plates/Internet plates are illegal to use on the road, that have no stamp in the corner indicating bs number and origin which is technically part of the British standard to make the plates legal.

That said I have a full sized plate on the back of mine off of tinterwebnet and it's never beed pulled at mot or on the street, bt it is correctly spaced and the font is right. There is nothing that can't be fixed with a hammer😜😜
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This cloning trick is sorted by having something personal on the rear of your car, so that a similar coloured, cloned car might look different, -on a picture, in court, with you saying ' it's not me, my lord! ' So put something on your car, like a forum sticker! - like mine!

Like this (see sig that FFRR is on my car)  .
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Have a sticker!
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johnboyairey wrote:

This cloning trick is sorted by having something personal on the rear of your car, so that a similar coloured, cloned car might look different, -on a picture, in court, with you saying ' it's not me, my lord! ' So put something on your car, like a forum sticker! - like mine!

Spotted this weekend on RRs:
4VA
S103
X45

I personally think it helps having a private number plate, as I've not seen a cloned car use a copied private plate yet... I guess in a crims mind it draws more attention! Which is just the opposite to what they want to achieve...