Drivers 警告するd of rise in a used car selling scam called the 'resteal' - and it is 運転者s in the North of England who are most likely to 落ちる 犠牲者
- 'Resteal' scam sees used-car 買い手s duped into buying a cloned 乗り物
- Days after 購入（する）, 反対／詐欺 artists who sold it to them steal it 支援する with a spare 重要な
Drivers are 存在 警告するd of a 'worrying 増加する' in a used-car selling scam - and 専門家s say 運転者s in the North of England are the most likely to 落ちる 犠牲者.?
The 'resteal' is a 反対／詐欺 that sees unsuspecting second-手渡す car 買い手s 購入（する） a cloned 乗り物, only to have it stolen just days later by the very people who sold it to them, によれば the?モーター 保険 loss 調整 会社／堅い （人命などを）奪う，主張するs 管理／経営 & Adjusting (CMA).
It says 犯罪のs then move on to their next 犠牲者 and repeat the dishonest trick using the same 乗り物, with the 身元 changed yet again.
運転者s have been 警告するd by the 会社／堅い （人命などを）奪う，主張するs 管理／経営 & Adjusting about a rise in the resteal scam to dupe drivers into 購入（する）ing cloned 乗り物s that are stolen 支援する days later
Philip Swift, a former 探偵，刑事 and now managing director at CMA, says the resteal scam 伴う／関わるs a combination of 窃盗 and 詐欺 that is 'repeated in 早い succession to 破滅的な 影響'.
He 警告するs that 犯罪のs are using a 範囲 of 策略, 含むing stealing the 身元s of 本物の 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 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）d online.?
Many will be using 解放する／自由な online sales 壇・綱領・公約s such as Facebook Marketplace to advertise the 乗り物s cheaper than the market 普通の／平均（する） to entice unwitting 犠牲者s.?
Even if a 買い手 runs a background check on the number plate, the 詳細（に述べる）s of a 合法的 乗り物 will be shown and likely raise no red 旗s.
Having b ought the car at what appears to be a good price, 犠牲者s will find within days the 乗り物 has been stolen.
This is because fraudsters will make 公式文書，認める of their home 演説（する）／住所 or follow the 買い手 home, only to return within days to pinch the 乗り物 using a spare or duplicate 重要な.
Mr Swift says the most 事例／患者s of restealing have occurred in the North of England, with specialist ギャング（団）s trying to deceive 運転者s looking for a good 取引，協定.?
Having bought the car at what appears to be a good price, 犠牲者s will find within days that it has been stolen. This is because fraudsters will follow the 買い手 home, only to return within days to pinch the 乗り物 using a spare or duplicate 重要な
'We live in an age where 科学（工学）技術 enables a 乗り物 masquerading as another - same number plate, 明らかに 訂正する paperwork - to be discovered with 親族 緩和する,' he says.
'The 犯罪のs know this, so they use 偽の 身元s and change their 演説（する）／住所s frequently.?
'These unscrupulous crooks leave havoc in their wake, for both the innocent purchasers and the owner of the 合法的 乗り物 whose 身元 has been replicated.?
'The former will have to explain to their 保険 company that their new car has been stolen, which すぐに 始める，決めるs alarm bells （犯罪の）一味ing.?
'The latter might be merrily 運動ing along when they are stopped and 逮捕（する）d ? because the police understandably, though incorrectly, believe they have 設立する a stolen car; in fact, they have 拘留するd a 犠牲者 of 乗り物 身元 窃盗.'
For scam artists looking to make quick money, the resteal has many advantages.
Crooks will be familiar with the car they are using as bait and therefore know the 身元 points which need changing.
If they know they can dupe one 買い手 by hiding the モーター's true 身元, they 推定する／予想する to be successful when repeating the 過程 by matching the 乗り物 to another 類似の car.?
The CMA says it has developed ソフトウェア that automatically 旗s anything unusual linked to 乗り物 登録 示すs (VRMs).?
Staff are すぐに 警報d to 怪しげな activity and will quickly 知らせる the 関連した parties.
What are websites doing to 取り組む used car scams?
With a variety of used car scams to 競う with, many online 壇・綱領・公約s are ramping up their 成果／努力s to stamp out bad practice and 違法な activity.
One of these websites is Gumtree, which has been 割れ目ing 負かす／撃墜する hard on fraudster.?
Each year it publishes a transparency 報告（する）／憶測 輪郭（を描く）ing the steps taken to 保護（する）／緊急輸入制限 買い手s and 販売人s - and 詳細（に述べる）s the 量 of 詐欺 it has traced on the 壇・綱領・公約.?
In 2022, Gumtree says it 除去するd ju st over 141,000 listings in the 乗り物 部類 and 補助装置d 法律 施行 in 71 事例／患者s of モーター 乗り物 窃盗.
Joseph Rindsland, 長，率いる of 信用 and safety at the website said: 'At Gumtree, we take a 無-寛容 approach to 詐欺 and use a コンビナート／複合体 safety 組織／基盤／下部構造 to 妨げる bad practice on our 壇・綱領・公約.?
'Every 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）ing goes through a HPI check to show the 乗り物 has not been 報告（する）／憶測d as stolen, scrapped, 輸出（する）d or flagged as untrustworthy.?
'In 新規加入, all cars, motorbikes and 先頭s must have a 乗り物 登録 示す (VRM).?
'Keeping communication on Gumtree will also 許す us to mask your 接触する 詳細（に述べる）s and 妨げる any harmful or 不適切な replies getting through.?
'If you see a 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）ing on Gumtree that raises your 疑惑s, click on the 報告（する）／憶測 button that’s on every 広告. We will 調査／捜査する the 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）ing within four hours and 除去する if necessary.'
Six 最高の，を越す tips to 避ける 落ちるing 犠牲者 to the 'resteal' used car scam?
Philip Swift, CMA managing director
With the 最近の rise in resteal 事例／患者s, Philip Swift has 供給するd used car 買い手s with six tips to 避ける 落ちるing 犠牲者:
1. If something sounds too good to be true, it probably is
2. Use 公式の／役人 財政／金融 channels, never 支払う／賃金 cash
3.?投資する in a 十分な 乗り物 provenance check 事前の to 購入（する）
4. Check the car's VIN number.?This is 一般的に stamped into the chassis of a 乗り物, usually 設立する in the engine bay or beneath the plastic 削減する around the driver or 乗客 door 開始. Make sure this 同時に起こる／一致するs with the VIN number of the V5 logbook
5. Consider fitting a 跡をつけるing 装置
6. Have your car 重要な reprogrammed by a main 売買業者, just as you would change the locks when moving into a new house.
