Days after purchase, con artists who sold it to them steal it back with a spare key<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nDrivers are being warned of a ‘worrying increase’ in a used-car selling scam – and experts say motorists in the North of England are the most likely to fall victim.<\/p>\n
The ‘resteal’ is a con that sees unsuspecting second-hand car buyers purchase a cloned vehicle, only to have it stolen just days later by the very people who sold it to them, according to the motor insurance loss adjustment firm Claims Management & Adjusting (CMA).<\/p>\n
It says criminals then move on to their next victim and repeat the dishonest trick using the same vehicle, with the identity changed yet again.<\/p>\n
Philip Swift, a former detective and now managing director at CMA, says the resteal scam involves a combination of theft and fraud that is ‘repeated in rapid succession to devastating effect’.<\/p>\n
He warns that criminals are using a range of tactics, including stealing the identities of genuine cars that are the same brand, model and colour as the one they’re advertising for sale, usually at a far lower price than others listed online.<\/p>\n
Even if a buyer runs a background check on the number plate, the details of a legitimate vehicle will be shown and likely raise no red flags.<\/p>\n
Having bought the car at what appears to be a good price, victims will find within days the vehicle has been stolen.<\/p>\n
This is because fraudsters will follow the buyer home, only to return within days to pinch the vehicle using a spare or duplicate key.<\/p>\n
Mr Swift says the most cases of restealing have occurred in the North of England, with specialist gangs trying to deceive motorists looking for a good deal.<\/p>\n
‘We live in an age where technology enables a vehicle masquerading as another – same number plate, apparently correct paperwork – to be discovered with relative ease,’ he says.<\/p>\n
‘The criminals know this, so they use fake identities and change their addresses frequently.<\/p>\n
‘These unscrupulous crooks leave havoc in their wake, for both the innocent purchasers and the owner of the legitimate vehicle whose identity has been replicated.<\/p>\n
‘The former will have to explain to their insurance company that their new car has been stolen, which immediately sets alarm bells ringing.<\/p>\n
‘The latter might be merrily driving along when they are stopped and arrested \u2013 because the police understandably, though incorrectly, believe they have found a stolen car; in fact, they have detained a victim of vehicle identity theft.’<\/p>\n
For scam artists looking to make quick money, the resteal has many advantages.<\/p>\n
Crooks will be familiar with the car they are using as bait and therefore know the identity points which need changing.<\/p>\n
If they know they can dupe one buyer by hiding the motor’s true identity, they expect to be successful when repeating the process by matching the vehicle to another similar car.<\/p>\n
The CMA says it has developed software that automatically flags anything unusual linked to vehicle registration marks (VRMs).<\/p>\n
Staff are immediately alerted to suspicious activity and will quickly inform the relevant parties<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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