Maybe I missed it, but what kind of car is it?
My car got broken into last night
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- mau_mau
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- fboybcb
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Don't think it's a Beige Corolla. Perhaps a red one
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- Nov 15, 2005
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I notice that police link doesn't say anything about a photocopy, it says to keep the registration and insurance papers in your wallet/purse. Which obviously does not work well if two or more persons operate the same vehicle!
- mcerts [OP]
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- hdom
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Old news, remote locks are not safe.
The Devil made me buy it - RFD.
- MacRay
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2 months ago someone stole my gps cable, my phone car charger, a bottle of advil and my glasses. They left my ray bans and the gps itself. Kinda weird.
- bembol
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Just paranoid. I've been leaving it inside since I started driving, bought my first (POS Lemon) car in 1999.
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- mcerts [OP]
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Can they make a false claim with all my information?
Shall I tell my insurance company about this. Would this raise insurance costs?
Shall I tell my insurance company about this. Would this raise insurance costs?
- Webhead
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- Sep 7, 2004
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On both documents your name & address are on it.
Identity-theft possibly?
And they know where you live if they look at the address info - possibly future break-in. This is all guessing. For all we know nothing can happen if the perps don't look at the info.
- mudgts
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actually, I got pulled over speeding and produced a photocopy. He left me off the speeding ticket but charged me with failure to produce. I took it to court and had it thrown out but was still thinking that the charge was better then speeding
So a big shout out to York Region Police. I definitely appreciate them and their actions.
- antigua1999
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- Jun 11, 2005
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If I had to guess it was kids that broke into your car. they took your change, left your GPS because they don`t have a market for it and they probably have one for your dash cam.
- TrevorK
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The risk of making a false claim to an insurance company against the victim who's car you broke into is very high because if it goes wrong you have completely exposed yourself and your identifying information - it would be unlikely any intelligent thief would do this, and if they are unintelligent it is going to be very difficult to prove to an insurance company (as they deal with people lying to them all the time).
My opinion (no stats) is that you are far more likely to be involved in a staged accident because the risk to the criminal is significantly lower.
EDIT: I would be worried though if you kept your drivers license or something inside that could be used to make a fake photo ID of you. Your insurance slip and registration should not be enough to really cause any harm in terms of identity theft. Your name and address are already easily available, other than that there are some proprietary numbers (like policy number and registration number) where the scope of fraud is very limited.
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