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Theft of DVLA log books fuels £13m cars scam 
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8487381.stm

That's just mad... :shock:

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They also copy the genuine vehicle's log book - or V5 form - by using one of thousands of blank DVLA documents that went missing some time in 2006.


they have only had 4 years to find the missing forms or change to a new type of form to prevent this …

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Why don't they have a hologram on the V5 documents. They're really hard to fake.

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They also copy the genuine vehicle's log book - or V5 form - by using one of thousands of blank DVLA documents that went missing some time in 2006.


they have only had 4 years to find the missing forms or change to a new type of form to prevent this …


l3v1ck wrote:
Why don't they have a hologram on the V5 documents. They're really hard to fake.


Both sound eminently sensible to me, but I thought I was missing something as I don't have any idea of the process :?

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Something of such value should have been signed in and out and regular stock checks performed on it. I find it ridiculous that the time frame for the theft has been narrowed down to one year. Somebody needs a good arse kicking. :x

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Why don't they have a hologram on the V5 documents. They're really hard to fake.


But the crooks have real V5s, they don't need to fake anything.


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l3v1ck wrote:
Why don't they have a hologram on the V5 documents. They're really hard to fake.


But the crooks have real V5s, they don't need to fake anything.


I've read about fake ones before this scam though :?

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