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Why Secure Vehicle Identity Matters More Than Ever for UK Drivers

The Growing Problem of Number Plate Cloning Number plate cloning is one of those crimes that feels almost invisible until it happens to you. A driver parks legally, pays their fines, and keeps their paperwork in order. Then one day a letter arrives: a congestion charge notice from a city they have never visited, or worse, a penalty for speeding through a camera miles away. The vehicle in the photograph shares the same registration but is not theirs. Someone else has copied

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The Growing Problem of Number Plate Cloning Number plate cloning is one of those crimes that feels almost invisible until it happens to you. A driver parks legally, pays their fines, and keeps their paperwork in order. Then one day a letter arrives: a congestion charge notice from a city they have never visited, or worse, a penalty for speeding through a camera miles away. The vehicle in the photograph shares the same registration but is not theirs. Someone else has copied

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