# Yet another thing for car owners to worry about: Car Cloning

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**Created:** [February 10, 2024, 10:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/yet-another-thing-for-car-owners-to-worry-about-car-cloning/194353 "2024-02-10T22:59:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2024, 10:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/yet-another-thing-for-car-owners-to-worry-about-car-cloning/194353/1 "2024-02-10T22:59:15Z")

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No-good-nicks are apparently making copies of other car’s license plates, and attaching the fake plates to their own cars. All fines are sent to the original owner. UK story. Has anyone heard of this happening in the USA?

> **[Car cloning: innocent UK motorists get fines as scams accelerate](https://www.theguardian.com/money/2024/feb/10/car-cloning-drivers-fines-scams-number-plates)**
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> If a criminal breaks the law in a car with the same number plates as yours, you could be treated as liable

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**Author:** ![LoudThunder](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/loudthunder/32/27769_2.png) [@LoudThunder](https://community.cartalk.com/u/LoudThunder)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2024, 11:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/yet-another-thing-for-car-owners-to-worry-about-car-cloning/194353/2 "2024-02-10T23:08:36Z")

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I remember a story of a person receiving a ticket for running a traffic light and the photo showed a woman walking down the street with a shirt on that had a name similar to the license plate number of his car. I know each is suppose to be reviewed wby a olice office first, but sometimes expedience is the “driving” factor…

> **[Motorist fined after CCTV confuses his number plate with woman’s T-shirt](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/oct/18/motorist-fined-number-plate-t-shirt)**
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> David Knight told to pay £90 after KN19TER registration is mixed up with pedestrian’s ‘Knitter’ top 120 miles away