I CLONED a car and SOLD it!

[@carwow]

Change your car with Carwow: bit.ly/-Change-Your-Car-2410

[@xenuq]

do a video where you ship it to me, i live in mauritius pleaseeee

[@vibingwithvinyl]

You need to stop hearting bot comments.

[@mercury5316]

You just copied this video from mark mcann.

[@whatsonyourchannel]

How about Matt and carwow pressure insurance companies for realistic prices

[@Aoocci791]

is this why matt dose ad's for carvertical

[@Alez94]

Mats going from car journalist to scammer

[@lsonyt2.0]

The was acted

[@fishfinners]

He is a brummie

[@Sinecure11]

Times are hard bruh

[@Alez94]

@@Sinecure11 🤣

[@aarong9378]

And not a good scammer either.

[@Jfhr1999]

We got Mat Watson scamming before GTA 6

[@carwow]

fr

​@@carwow😂

[@samuelgarrod8327]

So?

[@WorldofHorizon]

@@carwowLol

[@TheMindUnlocked]

@@Jfhr1999 looool

[@n24mes61]

Should use the golf as a constant in all of the drag races, so we can visually gauge how fast some of these super cars are!

[@carwow]

👀

[@boltstaks7895]

Yes amazing idea

[@x7yo7x]

Yesss !

[@GrahamR94]

Actually really like this idea.

[@poundsy7598]

I said this a few years ago. That they should have an "ordinary" car to show the difference.. hopefully they do

[@cp4512]

DVLA should be stopping these companies selling number plates without proof of ownership. DVLA are too busy fleecing honest drivers 🤬

[@ottermanuk]

There's no official proof of ownership of a vehicle at the moment though, DVLA would need to implement that system from scratch. The V5 is just registered owner and not proof of ownership

[@manilove2pwn]

garbage content must be loads of cars to review and race why put out this garbage

[@HappyDude1]

It costs to much time and money to catch criminals And they might get hurt So it's a lot safer to just wright speeding and parking tickets. Thats what the belgium police is doing for years now

[@purwantiallan5089]

​@@HappyDude1the Autobahn and Swiss Police also done this regularly.😅

[@HappyDude1]

@purwantiallan5089 It's almost everywhere Except for in america Because there are a lot more criminals, so the police actually has something to do And I don't think there are any speed cameras in countries like africa

[@JonathanWinton123]

He's worked for Carwow for 8 years, and one of your employees is only interested in a £2,000 VW? You mustn't be paying him enough 😂😂

[@willjackson829]

I completely agree 👍

[@jonathanbishop-m6z]

I know this lad and he’s tighter than two coats of paint

[@davidgibbon707]

Sounds like he has terrible chat too - hopefully doesn’t work in a sales role

[@nielsweckwarth8627]

So it would be only fair to give him the real car, would it?

[@bugsygoo]

That's what I thought.

[@Ztxk94]

Unexpected upload from Carwow..

[@carwow]

😉

[@samuelgarrod8327]

Why point it out?

[@Ztxk94]

@@samuelgarrod8327 Free will

[@musicvisualizer5810]

Disclaimer: This video is only for educational purposes only

[@ilyasmohamed5630]

Copied mark mccan and took his video down

[@allanhaze]

£500 for a car? Where? How? Sign me up!😭

[@blazzz13]

There's enough bangers on autotrader for £500. Probably won't start 1st time though 😂

[@allanhaze]

@@blazzz13 I might just fly over and by one😂

[@Lewis_Treff97]

Bearing in mind the £500 car is a Cat N

[@Afraz_9n3]

​@@Lewis_Treff97And has 175,000 miles on it

[@michaelpeebs]

Highly recommend Mark McCann's new video on this subject. Shows how car thieves do it. Scary honestly.

[@Pastronomer69]

Is it back up? Fairly sure it wasn’t still on his channel yesterday

[@akanate4587]

@@Pastronomer69Yeah I went to click on it when it came out and it says the video was private.

[@samuelgarrod8327]

I would watch it but his face scares me.

[@rufio4130]

I thought i was going mad watched it yesterday and it's gone today

[@Pastronomer69]

@@akanate4587 yeah I went to send it to someone and it was gone. Nothing to note on any of his socials. Not going to lie it was a bold upload but really fascinating

[@Meek2001]

In Estonia it’s basically impossible to get scammed this way because in the government website you can see the car vin and ownership changes because when selling your car you have to transfer ownership to the new owner when selling it so there are 4 ways to spot a scam 1. The vin doesn’t match 2. The ownership history doesn’t match 3. When receiving the ownership change the number plate doesn’t match 4. You don’t receive the ownership change

[@hans4583]

It is completely impossible in Estonia to clone cars like this. Brilliant system

[@Demjan85]

Yes, you just usually get a totalled car bodged in neighbouring Lithuania and then sold as new not crashed. Or they just used to change vin to get it cloned for genuine number plate

[@ViveSemelBeneVivere]

Same in Finland. The UK and Irish systems are swiss cheese.

[@AM-xf8mu]

I had a family member getting weekly fines, he had to go court and prove it wasn't him. Thankfully at the times of the ticket he was at work which had cameras

[@rinima858]

Another thing I would do is to use the gov website to check the MOT history. If the mileage on the last MOT is way off compared to the odometer on the car that would be a red flag.

[@purwantiallan5089]

The tachometer on the car too.

[@wirdy1]

​@@purwantiallan5089 yeah, all those rev counters with thousands of rpm's removed 🙄. Replacing a petrol tachometer with a diesel one, perhaps? 🤔

[@ciklop4206]

Yea don't forget the quartz timer somewhere there keeping them idle hours ​@@wirdy1

[@victorradu9645]

In Canada you don't get replacement plates but new plates with a new combination of numbers and letters

[@victorradu9645]

Also in Canada the car papers lack many details about the car. They don't even list the engine size which I find strange

[@pizzel]

thanks matt for this step by step tutorial

[@Rubberman-o0O]

I know right, I didn't know how to do it but I do now. Unexpectedly helpful

[@God-gp1qu]

I mean of course a carwow employee wouldnt think its suspicious if its on a carwow website, sold by mat watson and being told that his has been used for work?

[@caolancoogan681]

Cheers for the tips Mat! Ill try it out and let you know how it goes.

[@RCX_Sco1]

Exactly what I thought😂

[@ZaKTricKzzz]

My rule number one is don’t buy a car from Bradford or Birmingham

[@mrandyfosker]

or Mat Watson

[@AwsomeVK]

Zakis with a P

[@chillalmalik4344]

​@@AwsomeVK bindus with a H

[@Lorenzo_Velasquez]

@@AwsomeVK Sadly true

[@dansactive756]

We’re not all bad

[@raiden1425]

Bros tryna min max that algo with the tweaked title n thumbnail. Love the hustle matt

[@IrishDilly.]

I guess Matt watched Mark McCann video

[@palmeristo]

Who?

[@JP-vl4bf]

Mark McCann must've stolen the idea from someone else. All he does is copy other creators

[@Khanage911]

🙈

[@RealistJ]

They are the same person

[@gcinamakhala8172]

For real.

[@i00Productions]

In Australia you have to transfer the details online when you sell/buy the car.. as the seller you need to enter your driver's licence and name, and then verify with a code that it will send to your email address., It will come up with a list of the cars that registered to you to transfer.. Also the plates are much harder to clone as they are pressed metal with a special retroreflective ink that can only be printed by the TMR.. What a stupid system the UK has, considering this is so rampant!

[@El_Negro2003]

Help me, I want to get out of this shithole

[@i00Productions]

@@El_Negro2003 Australia prob isn't much better.. look up the misinformation bill!

[@burdett95]

@@i00Productionsthe two countries aren’t comparable

[@googlesucks6029]

At least they won't be spending thousands on heating each year that somehow keeps getting more expensive while the energy companies keep bragging about record profits.

[@i00Productions]

@@burdett95 just saying it isn't all paradise

[@RandomVideosFirst]

Mark McCann released a video literally two days ago about this lol

[@tazb88]

It was deleted hours later for some reason, never got to watch it

[@marktaylor9678]

I watched that

[@JulietEchoZulu]

Marks video was deep into the stolen car world. Good watch

[@timfagan816]

Carwow just uploaded this, then highpeak autos did exactly the same thing at the same time!

[@H-LectorSA]

They are in it together dawg they are friends

[@linorst]

Nicely done Mat raising awareness and teaching members of the public what too look out for ;-)

[@Coolguy027]

You should’ve tried to sell it on the carwow website 😂😂

[@richardjackson2560]

When buying a car, have look first before committing to buy. Make a note of the VIN number when you view the car, pay around £30 for an HPI check and use the VIN details, it will be very apparent that the car is cloned. It doesn't help that Tax Discs don't exist any more as that made this sort of thing harder.

[@emem2756]

I see simple solution. Why is it anyway allowed to buy plates yourself? Legal ones? Really? One should get it from registration office and done.

[@tahahaider5836]

Wont solve it

[@s777v1]

what a load of rubbish.

[@edwardlloyd1516]

In Germany you get your plates issued by the registration office and they carry an official stamp. Impossible to clone unless you steal the actual plates. Then the owner will report them stolen and get a new number issued and the old number gets blocked and flagged as stolen. So yes it would work.

[@s777v1]

@@edwardlloyd1516 That literally does not help in any shape or form. It just means criminals will have to get up-close and personal to your car, and you have to spend a few evenings and a couple dollars getting a new plate.

[@emem2756]

@@s777v1well we are just telling that in Europe in works. If UK invented plates (regardless if those legal or those “show”) that one can buy online than you made the problem yourselves. 🤯

[@alistairmscott]

The type of paper used to produce the V5 is a special type of paper that will not glow blue under the same UV light you can use to check bank notes. If a V5 glows blue like a white T shirt at a rave it's probably counterfeit.

[@FawzanYoung-de9gl]

5:30 - The guy... Mat could never clone a car without being recognised!😄

[@sooofancier]

bro thinks he's Mark McCann 💀😭

[@lemoncake9385]

Who?

[@Sivenergy]

Who ?

[@GodMoodAz49]

Who?

[@dirkloeffen9609]

Who?

[@djyems1021]

Who????

[@tomdowning6344]

Strange that's Mark McCann video on this has been deleted

[@purwantiallan5089]

Why they deleted Mark McCann's videos btw?

[@MrAshton75]

Been trading for 30 years, never noticed a watermark on the V5 either…everydays a school day 😂😂

[@snoopy10411]

Surely the insurance company and DVLA would be able to detect this if the car is sold on to an unsuspecting and otherwise law abiding citizen? If the same car reg is registered, taxed, MOT'd and insured by two different people at two different addresses shouldn't that raise a red flag?

[@wirdy1]

The DVLA + MOT, yes, but the rest, nope. Some people have two or more separate policies on the same car (esp if one driver is high risk, previous accidents, etc). Most folk don't know you can have dual policies & end up paying over the odds.

[@kennysaunderson5971]

It should do but they don't care as its extra income for them.

[@bajaadventurerider]

In 2008 my parents bought a 2004 Jeep Liberty that turned out to be cloned It got impounded by the US Customs agents when trying to to import it into Mexico, we lost 9,500 dlls It was a huge financial hit for us that set us back for a while. My family came from a low income background, that was the las time we bought a second hand car. We rather pay extra for something brand new with no previous mechanical problems and no legal problems. The customs agent told us the legal implications if the cloned cars get into accidents and injure o kill somebody and since we cross the border a lot we could’ve lost our visas. Shameful how greedy people can scam hardworking honest families out of their money.

[@Thatguysbackagain]

I watched a KZbin video once of a car in a police chase, the reg he had on the car was a reg that was parked out side my window. The car in the video was an S3 the one out side my window every day was Merc

[@vistron888]

Selling cloned cars is not the biggest scam and this method is many years old. The big problem today is people advertising cars, or car parts, on the likes of Facebook and then getting people to send money online, as payment for the part or deposit on holding the car.

[@RealDarkBlade]

One of the very few benefits of not driving a very common car

[@prayasdash]

I saw the notification with the Polo and thought to see it later, and dang dude put the M5 in the frame 💀 💀

[@wali4thewin]

bro is acting like modern day jeremy clarkson

[@ianfrost3529]

Very useful. Didn’t know about the water mark on the v5 or the number plates. But one item you didn’t mention is when people put the V5 in the advert. Make sure you cover up the long identification numbers. They can send off for the V5 on line. They have a genuine v5 then can have legal number plates. My dad who was a trader got scammed with a transit like that.

[@ChristosPennas]

Same happened to me, Have a fiat 500s and got a speeding ticket back in 2017, not with me in the car. Thankfully I was moving and had proof from service stations that I wasn't in the place that it happened. Never can be too careful...

[@TheKingo385]

7:05 that's not a crime! That's the Isle of Man where there are no speed limits on derestricted roads!

[@DanDD1]

You should have given him the real car for a grand or even for free, cmon Matthew. At least the scrap one

[@aye3678]

Whoever thought of making a video about this, you're awesome. This is a great video explaining this clone crime.

[@7i4dr7]

Been looking for a Tutorial for this, Thanks Carwow

[@toolman99]

Finally, some real journalism from Matt.

[@arnoldasjusys4066]

Thats the one good tutorial Matt,thanks. Im quiting my 8-6 job right right now :D

[@T_A_WOW]

Very useful info there. Thanks. Especially as im looking to by a new car soon ive been saving years for.

[@hamiltonr]

I bought a set, complete with proper markings, online and didn't have provide licence or V5 details. The problem as well when advertising your vehicle if you don't show your plate, a lot of folk think you're trying to hide something. Whenever I post on one of the car owners group though, I'll always hide the reg.

[@TrollStationYT]

I actually like these types of videos very entertaining and informative 💪🏼

[@mathewdoe1577]

I love tbis new type of info content from carwow, keep it up ❤

[@ZeonTec]

i remember a news story a while back where criminals cloned a number plate that belonged to a farmer's tractor.. It was piling up speeding fines and going through red lights at junctions 😒

[@MrBennettJB]

Gone from Matt Watson to Matt McCann

[@BlaxJakx]

After watching mark mccann cloned vehicle video, It’s crazy to think when the stolen / crashed car is swapped over to a dead cars v5 and vin numbers physical and digital in the ECU then once the cars been sold a couple times it pretty much gets lost in the system and we wouldn’t ever know. Makes you wonder how many cars on the road are being driven with owners and buyers totally unaware and unable to even if they went looking for it. Mental.

[@MUHAMMADCHAUDHRY]

I was actually a victim of car cloning. Someone using the cloned car was involved in an accident, which caused my premium to stay high for three years while the claim was unresolved because no one showed up in court.

[@PhannyObsession]

But, even if you put cloned plates on the car and somehow change the VIN, how do you sell it without the genuine V5?

[@1bz2002]

People ( scammer) pretends he is interested in buying a high value car YOUR selling, really they have one exactly like it ( stolen or a right off repaired ). ALL they want to see is your logbook registration number. They use that number to order a replacement log book as phantom, pretend buyer of your car. They new logbook comes to them in a fake name and rented address. They now have a registered logbook, cloned plates and a stolen or damaged repair car to sell to an unsuspecting buyer.

[@PhannyObsession]

@@1bz2002 - I see. I’ve heard about that. But, he never mentioned that in the video. I think he should have

[@1bz2002]

​@@PhannyObsessionHe didn't mention it on purpose. It will probably increase thefts and scams.

[@kennysaunderson5971]

​@@1bz2002the dvla send a letter to the registered keeper, they have 21 days to reply if not a new v5 will be sent out to the fake new keeper.

[@ayushjot_singh]

0:30 mat was just a sec away from saying how you can clone your own car

[@lucasceleste4743]

"just Google, 'Help me Carwow', and we will help you clone your car😎"

[@simonplayer3406]

Nothing to mention the possible danger of buying a "safe" vehicle that's been written off and poorly repaired to look straight

[@nickhoughton7025]

First step in clone detection: Is it for sale in Birmingham or West Yorks?

[@danielshinerock1526]

Slough. Romford.

[@VytautasJ]

The one thing i really don't understand, how it was not a CarVertical ad? :D

[@stephenrussell6074]

I hope you reported all the plate makers that were issuing plates without seeing documentation to the police and DVLA.

[@purwantiallan5089]

What is DVLA??

[@stephenrussell6074]

@@purwantiallan5089 driver and vehicle licensing agency. They deal with drivers licenses, car registrations, MOTs ( Ministry of Transport) tests and road tax.

[@user-xl7fn9zf6b]

Loving the new type of videos very informative and entertaining not boring at all keep it up

[@jamzieth]

Not a single time I've bought road legal plates of Amazon do you need to provide actual proof. It asks for document numbers, but it's optional and I never bother.

[@metropcs1099official]

I did not expect Carwow to upload Cloning cars

[@bencze465]

It's not really as easy, I sold my old car at a pretty low price, it was lowest by thousands considering the confition, age, km, and everything because I just wanted to sell it fast. So a low price doesn't necessarily mean scam.

[@marcobruni11]

Top Gear smell here ! Again ! 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@carwow]

🤭

[@marcobruni11]

@@carwow 👍👍👍👍👍🥳🥳🥳🥳

[@manilove2pwn]

@@carwow garbage content must be loads of cars to review and race why put out this garbage

[@BirdiesGoCherp]

One thing about the "sale" is that the buyer's an employee from the same company that you represent. And it was listed for sale on an internal system, so obviously the buyer would let his guard down and trust a fellow employee.

[@_renz.c]

Most car buyers with little car knowledge are like this. You'd be surprised how trusting people are and that's what scammers prey on.

[@hamzayousuf505]

Best thing you can do is a hpi check, you'll get the vin with the number plate. Just check this when you go to buy a car to see it matches.

[@jamesarmitage8399]

Useless if done a different way like in mark McCann's latest video

[@karter5351]

Some good points. Interesting that it has been down to the private sector to create vehicle check services, whereas the DVLA sit back and let it all unfold around them.

[@triggerking135]

Great video, learned a lot, thanks Matt and team.

[@mihailchehlarov2720]

In Bulgaria, apart from let's call it watermark imbedded in the paint of the registration plate, one can only get that plate from the traffic police. No private companies are allowed to reproduce it. It's treated like government official document/passport. If you lose it, you can replace it with a new one completely different, only by the traffic police and the old one become invalid at that moment.

[@wirdy1]

Just buy show plates & put the dealer name + BS details on with a black-on-clear tape label printer. Undetectable to the casual glance.

[@abhinavyadav7362]

Absolute banger of a content! Nice to see some informative videos.

[@copperkeyracing6167]

The VN document you mention... to make it more generic so that the video applies to the US... just call it the registration document. Other than that, all the same. Also, cash on an older cars isn't as much of an issue (vs newer) because most older car buyers are looking for a "cash car" to get a better deal and avoid payments. So, it can be tricky with an older car, but definitely get a loan if it's a newer car, say over $10k USD. Good video.

[@pauldursachi]

You just gave some good tips for the young criminals in the UK :)

[@adi91216]

This is why I only buy cars from a dealer or a car supermarket. All the initial legal checks are done before it goes on sale. Mechanical faults may be a hidden surprise but at least thats one less headache to deal with at the beginning.

[@TommyTucker0]

this happened to me, it started with a speeding ticket but escalated over the next 6 months to armed robbery, I was a driving instructor at the time and to be stopped by the armed response guys while my pupil was driving was terrifying

[@tijmendr9006]

this is why in the rest of europe when numberplates get stolen, the real car gets a new number plate with a extra 1 or 2 or 3 on it depending on how many times it has been stolen, so cars are still distinguisable

[@joeynotsobadass7950]

i've bought 4 different pairs of plates in the last year or two and not a single time have i had to send off any documentation and they all are completely legal with the correct writing.

[@archechme]

The government needs to be the only one issuing plates, like most other countries.

[@misms]

Authorities are doomed if it is that easy to get different genuine number plates from the internet and just stick them to the car.

[@LG-kl3co]

Now I know what happened to Randall from the Clerks movie....he makes number plates !!!!!!!! Or perhaps Dante actually does the hard graft 😁😁

[@ivankarastoyanov3618]

That happened to me. My car reg was cloned and droven in Birmingham in a bus lane. Crazy.

[@87sandyD]

I live in Holland. My Seat Leon was cloned. I got a mail from Seat Club Netherlands that my account was disabled because the car was exported to Germany, but my car was on my driveway. It didn’t ring a bell for me. Later I got two fines for speeding on roads where I didn’t even drove. Then I saw on the Dutch DVSA I guess it’s called in England that my car was exported and my car wasn’t insured anymore. That raised suspicion and I knew my car was cloned. I challenged the fines but in the end annoyingly I had to pay 1 of the speeding tickets, which cost me 380 euro’s😅 I also had to get a duplicated numberplate which cost me money.

[@buxbuster1011]

Thank you for this great business idea!

[@msgg81]

Good stuff Matt Watson. Something different. Is racing driver Sam a clone of you that we actually dont know about on the flip side 😂.

[@SifilisAndrei]

Fines: The fine for displaying illegal or cloned number plates can range from £100 to £1,000. So way cheaper then ulez ;) just a tip

[@clydesdale3300]

If someone buy an approved used car from a car dealer and return it after 14 days, he can obtain and clone all the information including the VIN code without any loss, and even legally make a real license plate.

[@Texan4Life]

I hope Carwow gifted the car to the employee as compensation for his participation!

[@vScoobyDoox]

Hypothetically speaking.. if you get caught in ULEZ for example what’s stopping you saying that wasn’t me and must be a cloned plate 👀🤣

[@audify3833]

proof such as a police crime ref number or insurance claim etc.

[@wirdy1]

Nothing really.

[@stevebreedon62]

Do these show plates show up on speed cameras if they are not recognised by anpr cameras? Asking for a friend 😊

[@MikeG-rh1lk]

The cameras can detect you for riding into a bus lane etc, but if someone steals your car then the police can’t track it using them 🤔

[@krackastudios]

Teaching the kids how to scam. Nice one! 👌

[@AvaMiller-o1x]

You never fail to surprise us!

[@AMG63]

Suprise us ? How, by uploading a video 😂 it's KZbin remember, where people share videos 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@metropcs1099official]

@AMG63 Ignore it, she is a bot

[@boisintime]

carwow, do you realise this is a bot? just look at the profile.

[@simonfowler7561]

Thanks Matt great video well explained.

[@elliottwright8564]

In France you don't even need documentation to get number plates!

[@arbiossinani5816]

Why the heck has Britain such a dumb vehicle registration policy. You cant do something like that in Germany

[@51madmitch]

Main thing is the V5 not present or has wrong VIN number on it, don’t buy if no V5.

[@ikuturso7570]

Kinda helps with the "scam" when seller is someone you know from work and deem reliable.

[@paul_isaac]

Very informative 🤙🏽

[@no9scrum]

I bought plates online but i had ZERO idea they weren’t real!!

[@mmjackk667]

The first (and biggest) mistake is buying a VW Golf.