Number Plate Thefts
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Hi all,
New to this forum, so forgive me if I've posted this in the wrong section.
Friends and family have told me of a scam apparently going around in their region. (Sheffield) Number plates are being stolen and fitted to the thief's car where they then go and fill up with fuel and drive off without paying! Guess who gets the fuzz knocking on their door!
Don't know if anyone else has heard of this, but thought I'd tip you off so you don't get stung too. AA and RAC are fitting "break off" bolts for the number plate so the plates cannot be removed with out smashing them, also believe car spares and the like are selling them too.
Jack.
New to this forum, so forgive me if I've posted this in the wrong section.
Friends and family have told me of a scam apparently going around in their region. (Sheffield) Number plates are being stolen and fitted to the thief's car where they then go and fill up with fuel and drive off without paying! Guess who gets the fuzz knocking on their door!
Don't know if anyone else has heard of this, but thought I'd tip you off so you don't get stung too. AA and RAC are fitting "break off" bolts for the number plate so the plates cannot be removed with out smashing them, also believe car spares and the like are selling them too.
Jack.
My youngest boy (13) was out on his bike with his friend, when they found a set of number plates which had obviously been hidden under a bridge. Being young boys, they decided to bring the number plates back home. He told me where they had found them, so I thought the best thing was to phone the police, as I thought it was a bit suspicious. Sure enough plod came to our house, and told us that the plates had been used on a car which had driven away from a petrol station without paying. He then went on to say that my son could be considered for prosecution, as he could be guilty by association. I was bloody furious. That's what you get for trying to be responsible citizens.
I had a rear number plate stolen from my car in errm......Sheffield a few years ago. It turned up a few weeks later - on the back of an identical model which had been stolen for a "job". I was very glad I had reported it! I wonder if the same crim has just got out of jail?
I now use security bolts from Halfords on front and back plates to make it a little bit more difficult.
I now use security bolts from Halfords on front and back plates to make it a little bit more difficult.
I had my number plates stolen a few years ago. I did report it to the BiB and I also made sure the replacement plates looked different, I think I had a border and a 'GB' added to the plate. If they had gone onto an identical car and a crime committed, hopefully there would be enough of a difference in the plates to prove it was not my car
nightflight said:
My youngest boy (13) was out on his bike with his friend, when they found a set of number plates which had obviously been hidden under a bridge. Being young boys, they decided to bring the number plates back home. He told me where they had found them, so I thought the best thing was to phone
the police, as I thought it was a bit suspicious. Sure enough plod came to our house, and told us that the plates had been used on a car which had driven away from a petrol station without
paying. He then went on to say that my son could be considered for
prosecution, as he could be guilty by association. I was bloody furious. That's what you get for trying to be responsible
citizens.
Why, by any stretch of the imagination, would your son be guilty by association? Did you ask the police to expand on their logic?the police, as I thought it was a bit suspicious. Sure enough plod came to our house, and told us that the plates had been used on a car which had driven away from a petrol station without
paying. He then went on to say that my son could be considered for
prosecution, as he could be guilty by association. I was bloody furious. That's what you get for trying to be responsible
citizens.
I guess now the boys prints are on the plates, there is no proof when they got on the plates, and the "finding the plates" could be just a cover story. The son could've been part of the gang, and played a part...
However ^^^^ is so far fetched, that anyone with any common sense would know the lad found the plates, and brought them home... I guess the best thing, if finding something like that, is to leave them be, without touching them, and report the location.
However ^^^^ is so far fetched, that anyone with any common sense would know the lad found the plates, and brought them home... I guess the best thing, if finding something like that, is to leave them be, without touching them, and report the location.
nightflight said:
My youngest boy (13) was out on his bike with his friend, when they found a set of number plates which had obviously been hidden under a bridge. Being young boys, they decided to bring the number plates back home. He told me where they had found them, so I thought the best thing was to phone the police, as I thought it was a bit suspicious. Sure enough plod came to our house, and told us that the plates had been used on a car which had driven away from a petrol station without paying. He then went on to say that my son could be considered for prosecution, as he could be guilty by association. I was bloody furious. That's what you get for trying to be responsible citizens.
Although I'm sure I would'nt have said this had I been in your shoes, I'd certainly feel like telling the officer to "feck off and get out of my house"Well done to your son and his friend for being sensible chaps!
I'm always amazed at the lengths you have to go to nowadays to get a number plate genuinely because of crimes involving false plates, but it's so easy to take one off another car (especially stuck on ones) or, for a couple of quid, you can get a self-adhesive blank and stick-on numbers and letters from any camping shop for trailers and caravans!!
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