Fraudster Been Driving Around With My Registration Number..!
Fraudster Been Driving Around With My Registration Number..!
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CRA1G

Original Poster:

7,172 posts

218 months

Thursday 16th April 2009
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I refer to this artical in the press which states my registration number "CRA1G" has been used by a Fraudster in Staffordshire which adorned his top of the range Bentley...!!!Having recived one Speeding Ticket from Staffordshire Police already I find it unbelievable that this can happen...!!! I have owned this number for 20 odd years and have ABSOLUTELY NO CONNECTION with this Article Whatsoever...!!!confusednono

http://www.r4v.co.uk/article.php?a=50&n=cra_1g...

Jagdpanther

19,633 posts

242 months

Thursday 16th April 2009
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CRA1G said:
I refer to this artical in the press which states my registration number "CRA1G" has been used by a Fraudster in Staffordshire which adorned his top of the range Bentley...!!!Having recived one Speeding Ticket from Staffordshire Police already I find it unbelievable that this can happen...!!! I have owned this number for 20 odd years and have ABSOLUTELY NO CONNECTION with this Article Whatsoever...!!!confusednono

http://www.r4v.co.uk/article.php?a=50&n=cra_1g...
Bloody hell!

You would think that with the amount of speed cameras, ANPR and CCTV in operation at this moment in time, that someone might have spotted that something was wrong?!

Deva Link

26,934 posts

268 months

Thursday 16th April 2009
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CRA1G said:
I have owned this number for 20 odd years
errrr...don't want to worry you, but you don't own the number at all.

burriana

16,556 posts

277 months

Thursday 16th April 2009
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Get in touch with whoever published the story and they can run a nice follow up.

"Fraudster bought car but couldn't afford the plate" kind of thing smile

CraigW

12,248 posts

305 months

Thursday 16th April 2009
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I'd speak to a lawyer about the way the article is written.

fwiw I wanted to buy your number a few years ago, superb.

CRA1G

Original Poster:

7,172 posts

218 months

Thursday 16th April 2009
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Deva Link said:
CRA1G said:
I have owned this number for 20 odd years
errrr...don't want to worry you, but you don't own the number at all.
The Secretary of state has assigned me the SOLE Entitlement and use of the Number and NO one else..!!judgeAs with EVERY NUMBER..!!yes

bobda

1,442 posts

257 months

Thursday 16th April 2009
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How many helicopters do you have? smile

BlueMR2

9,262 posts

225 months

Thursday 16th April 2009
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Say to the police you cant remember where you left your Bentley, if they find it can they bring it back.

article said:
Other assets seized in the operation include luxury cars, one bearing the much cherished personalised number plate “CRA 1G”
He might have cherished it, but its not his.

Get them to write a retraction, you don't want someone who he owed money damaging your car.

Edited by BlueMR2 on Thursday 16th April 17:58

Deva Link

26,934 posts

268 months

Thursday 16th April 2009
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BlueMR2 said:
Say to the police you cant remember where you left your Bentley, if they find it can they bring it back.

article said:
Other assets seized in the operation include luxury cars, one bearing the much cherished personalised number plate “CRA 1G”
He might have cherished it, but its not his.
The number plate is his (although he must have obtained it illegally).

What he doesn't own is the right to use that registration mark.

I'd be wary of making a fuss - DVLA can withdraw the right to use the mark if they get the hump.

CRA1G

Original Poster:

7,172 posts

218 months

Thursday 16th April 2009
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Deva Link said:
BlueMR2 said:
Say to the police you cant remember where you left your Bentley, if they find it can they bring it back.

article said:
Other assets seized in the operation include luxury cars, one bearing the much cherished personalised number plate “CRA 1G”
He might have cherished it, but its not his.
The number plate is his (although he must have obtained it illegally).

What he doesn't own is the right to use that registration mark.

I'd be wary of making a fuss - DVLA can withdraw the right to use the mark if they get the hump.
confused..confused..sleep..??The Number plate has never been HIS..!! Other than him paying £10 for a set of Plastic Plates to BOLT on his CAR...!!!nerd

burriana

16,556 posts

277 months

Friday 17th April 2009
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Being a bit pedantic if you ask me.

And IMHO the DVLA would be more likely to retract it if they thought it was being used by a criminal don't you think.


You probably don't need to do anything Craig but it would be nice if someone acknowledged that the your car and plate (by that I mean the registration mark - just in case anyone wasn't clear wink ) was nothing to do with this guy.

Edited by burriana on Friday 17th April 06:52

CraigW

12,248 posts

305 months

Friday 17th April 2009
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yeah agree totally on the pedants, guys ffs, enough with the dvla rules. We all know what we're talking about.

Bemmer

1,195 posts

225 months

Friday 17th April 2009
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I don't think Deva Link knows what he is talking about with "making a FUSS" and "DVLA rules" of course you own the Plate,I presume the Aston Martin to which the number is registerd to belongs to you and is in your name? and I presume the speeding ticket you recived you informed the Police and were proved innocent of the offence? If so I don't see you have any problem at all.!This Guy has just had some Plates made up and put them on his Car.!Which is obviously ILLEGAL but if he is prepared to Defraud HM Revenue & Customs out of £138m I don't think sticking False Plates on his car will bother him.!

I do think the Author of the Article should be informed of his LIBELLOUS Misundrstanding and make a public Correction.read "600D 1UCK"yes

Deva Link

26,934 posts

268 months

Friday 17th April 2009
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Bemmer said:
I don't think Deva Link knows what he is talking about with "making a FUSS" and "DVLA rules" of course you own the Plate,
CraigW has already correctly explained that he doesn't own the registration number - the Secretary of State for Transport owns them all. And I didn't say "DVLA rules".

Bemmer said:
I do think the Author of the Article should be informed of his LIBELLOUS Misundrstanding and make a public Correction.read "600D 1UCK"yes
Anyway, here's something more interesting:
I did wonder about the source of the story - presuming that the website doesn't have its own news reporter - so I Googled a random phrase and only the version of the story on the R4V website contains any reference to the cherished registration.
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=Johnson...

burriana

16,556 posts

277 months

Friday 17th April 2009
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Deva Link said:
CraigW has already correctly explained that he doesn't own the registration number -
Bloody hell, I should hope not or CRA1G really will be hopping mad!

wink

Deva Link

26,934 posts

268 months

Friday 17th April 2009
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burriana said:
Deva Link said:
CraigW has already correctly explained that he doesn't own the registration number -
Bloody hell, I should hope not or CRA1G really will be hopping mad!

wink
Sorry paperbag (They're everywhere!).

RonnieP

1,153 posts

250 months

Friday 17th April 2009
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Craig is your rather gorgeous Vantage still up for sale? smile

Noony GTO

113 posts

205 months

Friday 17th April 2009
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So come on then, who the hell owns CRA1G confused
I'm from yorkshire and all this has got my head spinninglaugh

polartech

174 posts

261 months

Saturday 18th April 2009
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Noony GTO said:
So come on then, who the hell owns CRA1G confused
I'm from yorkshire and all this has got my head spinninglaugh
You`re not on your own tongue out
This takes more following than Twin Peaks used to.

CRA1G

Original Poster:

7,172 posts

218 months

Saturday 18th April 2009
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rolleyesI would like to make things PERFECTLY clear regarding the Ownership of this number,I have Owned[yes Owned]this number for over 20 years,and for the few pedantic and small minded it means that I have the sole right and entitlment given by the secretary of state to use and transfer it as I wish EXACTLY the same as EVERY single person that Ownes a Cherished number...!!!Why else would people pay such huge amounts of money for a number if they did not own it and have the sole use of it which is why I originally posted this forum.byebye