| With all the latest progress in computers, the internet | | | | part goes unpunished because there is no way to |
| and, etc… it was predictable that there would be a | | | | trace the fraudsters. |
| related progress in auto fraud too. The latest | | | | In fact cloned cars are a huge problem. It is hard to |
| method of which is car cloning. This is the point | | | | catch car cloners. It results in quick financial gain for |
| where thieves take the identification pieces (VIN | | | | the thieves According to the National Insurance Crime |
| plates, factory stickers and title work) on a stolen | | | | Bureau (NICB), "New VIN's, manufacturing certificates |
| vehicle and replace them with pieces from a | | | | and tags can all be made. They take a good |
| legitimate vehicle. Afterwords the car is sold to | | | | number, dummy up a VIN plate and then sell it for |
| unsuspecting buyers through online auctions and local | | | | top dollar". Cloned cars give thieves an easy way to |
| newspapers. | | | | quick cash. It is profitable to clone a car than to sell |
| The trouble with these cloned cars is that when the | | | | the stolen parts, besides, it is also nearly impossible |
| car appears as stolen, the car will be confiscated and | | | | to be caught since no one knows what is going on |
| the buyer will be out of their purchase price plus the | | | | versus an illegal chop shop which has a very limited |
| amount of the outstanding loan. It is impossible to | | | | existence before too many people know about it |
| catch the fraud criminals. They usually will have a | | | | and its whereabouts are eventually leaked to the |
| title in other person's name and will basically sell it on | | | | authorities. The stolen parts of the cloned car are |
| behalf of a friend or a relative. This is curb-stoning | | | | much more easily traced than the car itself. |
| which is prohibited in most states, but for the most | | | | |