{"id":6162,"date":"2016-02-27T14:00:02","date_gmt":"2016-02-27T07:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/attack-of-the-cloners-sees-drivers-caught-up-in-number-plate-fraud\/"},"modified":"2016-02-27T14:11:22","modified_gmt":"2016-02-27T07:11:22","slug":"attack-of-the-cloners-sees-drivers-caught-up-in-number-plate-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/attack-of-the-cloners-sees-drivers-caught-up-in-number-plate-fraud\/","title":{"rendered":"Attack of the cloners sees drivers caught up in number plate fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nA speeding fine lands on your doormat \u2013 but at the time your car was hundreds of miles away. We report on the growing menace of number plate cloningI think of myself as a careful driver, so I was disappointed to receive a speeding notice. I had apparently driven at 36 mph in a 30 mph limit. But then I looked closer at the letter and saw the offence happened early on a Sunday morning in south London. At that time I was 200 miles away in Staffordshire, fast asleep, with my car parked outside. I was relieved as I knew this wasn\u2019t me, nor my car. But how could I prove it? After all, I am the registered owner of the plate the cameras snapped.A quick call to the police revealed that I was victim of a growing problem for drivers across the country, with not only crooks using cloned number plates for robberies, but uninsured and untaxed rogue drivers happily zipping through camera-operated road tolls and speeding safe in the knowledge that the fines will be sent to the real plate owner. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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