Quote Originally Posted by HK1837 View Post
I've never understood the risk to an individual if they make their tag details public? What can anyone do with them anyway? What possible use would a Criminal have with them?
I think there is a real risk of car identity theft in some limited situations. If for example a scammer has a stolen/non-ligit HJ van/ute/chassis and sees on this site that Mr X has taken his HJ Sandman rego XXX 777 (same model as stolen car) off the road for a full resto, or is laying it up unregistered for a while, takes the numbers, dodgies receipt (only need 1 written on a piece of paper for unreg car) RTA recoginise it as having legit numbers previously registered.

Bingo- scammer sells stolen car, disappears. Mr X tries to rereg car in a few years time and it is discovered that RTA have identical record. Their are now 2 victims, the unfortunate buyer and Mr X, whose cars will now be subjected to RTA investigation.

Steve