The Arrive Alive website earlier today received an email expressing concern about the threat of number plate hijacking. We share this previously on the road safety blog and believe we need to share this on the Car Insurance Blog to protect our vehicle owners from bodily harm and vehicle loss!
But what is number plate hijacking and why do we need to be aware of this?
Number plate hijacking is an innovative way that hijackers use to approach the unsuspecting vehicle owner and take his vehicle from him!
These hijackers will stalk you to a parking lot or mall, after parking your vehicle, they remove your number plate and wait for you to drive off.
They then follow you and overtake you displaying your number plate at their window as if you had lost it and want to give it back to you.
Shocked that your number plate has fallen off your car, you bring your vehicle to a halt to get it from them.
This is all they want you to do and by the time you realized what happened it is too late, your car was hi-jacked or you could have been raped/killed.
Please don’t just stop for anything; a number plate is valueless compared to your life.
Think what is happening before you react to it.
Criminals are clever and cunning but are ruthless in getting what they want…
We would like to urge all road users to be vigilant and alert at all times!
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- Be Alert to car thieves who jam immobilizers!
- Be alert to the car insurance word mercenaries!!
- Be alert to the modus operandi of hijackers!
- Be alert to the types of Car Insurance Fraud
- Be alert to the fine print in car insurance policies
Tags: crime, General Information
This is funny … what you wrote above is now being circulated in Nigeria “word for word”. Is there any truth to this? Are there any reported cases … anywhere in the world?
03.30.10 at 12:26 am