Automobile Fraud: 2.1.11.2 Falsifying the VIN
The VIN can appear in numerous places on a vehicle, with those locations varying with the make and model. Depending on the sophistication of the fraud operator some, but not all, of those VINs will be replaced with the false VIN. In general, if a vehicle has a particularly high value, one can expect an astonishingly expert job of falsifying most of these VINs. In other cases, the fraud will be obvious to anyone looking for it.