Stolen 120s

[MidLifeCrisis Out of control poster! Find all posts View Profile Close MidLifeCrisis]

Pricks.

I used o live a few streets away.

PS did I say Pricks?

Hope they get syphilis and it remains undiagnosed for 10 years.........

Pricks.

[AJ120 Out of control poster! Find all posts View Profile Close AJ120]

makes you wonder if they frequented this forum, given their liking for Prado's?

Having been on the wrong end of a stolen vehicle before I agree with MLC, hope the pricks get what is coming to them. I still remember the name of the prick that stole our car 20 years ago and got away scott free, hopefully I run into him one day (with my bullbar)

Cheers Andrew

[MUMSRIG Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close MUMSRIG]

A friend of mine was called out last night to tow some of those Prado's

His truck is on the vid...

[Madkore Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close Madkore]

Wow

Police swooped on a house in Knutsford Avenue where they seized five Toyota Prados along with stolen parts, including engines, bumpers and wheels.

PerthNow seems to believe it is actually 9 Prados. Possibly all 120's.

http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/west...-1226506652268

It mentions the vehicles as stolen, not sure if they were from WA or elsewhere though.

Does make you wonder about whether they come onto PP (I would like to hope not but you never know) and how much information people put on here inadvertently.

[timmay5.7 Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close timmay5.7]

PerthNow seems to believe it is actually 9 Prados. Possibly all 120's.

I wouldn't take perthnow's stuff as being factual, more of a rough guide.

[Trekrider Banned Find all posts View Profile Close Trekrider]

PerthNow seems to believe it is actually 9 Prados. Possibly all 120's.

http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/west...-1226506652268

It mentions the vehicles as stolen, not sure if they were from WA or elsewhere though.

Does make you wonder about whether they come onto PP (I would like to hope not but you never know) and how much information people put on here inadvertently.

On the TV report they said they were stolen over East.

[letsgoplaces Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close letsgoplaces]

There was this post from July http://www.pradopoint.com/showthread...6-Prado-stolen
How long has it been going on
Stolen from Sydney and found in Perth. Unreal

[Bushbasher Out of control poster! Find all posts View Profile Close Bushbasher]

They weren't stolen. They were bought as written off vehicles and the hoods were fixing them up and trying to sell them as used cars. Obviously some dodgy practices with trying to pass them off as registered vehicles or vehicles capable as being registered. Some mucking around with chassis numbers involved.

[MidLifeCrisis Out of control poster! Find all posts View Profile Close MidLifeCrisis]

Bushy, when they scrap them can you grab me a complete set of alloy rims for free. Thanks mate

[D4D Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close D4D]

They weren't stolen. They were bought as written off vehicles and the hoods were fixing them up and trying to sell them as used cars. Obviously some dodgy practices with trying to pass them off as registered vehicles or vehicles capable as being registered. Some mucking around with chassis numbers involved.

That's why they steal other Prados for parts to repair the write offs they buy at auction. They swap the numbers on the written off vehicle onto the stolen vehicle.

[ntp Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close ntp]

They swap the numbers on the written off vehicle onto the stolen vehicle.

Yep - it's mostly about identifiers and re-birthing stolen cars/parts. Similar to stealing an ID. Also helps with other fraud, such as insurance fraud. Say you've written off a new vehicle, but you haven't, swap vehicle with a vehicle that is already written off, then claim the insurance. Either way, the criminals are hurting all of us as they are either stealing our vehicles, or impacting upon our insurance premiums through false pay-outs. Worse still, you might buy a vehicle that has a false history (was previously in a crash but has this disguised, or actually buy a vehicle that truly belongs to someone else. Very sad then cars are seized from owners who don't realise they've bought something that they can't actually own.

[the ferret Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close the ferret]

They just busted a mob doing re-birthing here in WA, all 120s and stolen from the Eastern states.
There was a pooptrol and a Landcruiser as well.
The Police have these vehicles in custody as well as the maggots.




Cheers, the ferret.

[Peterpilot Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close Peterpilot]

When I was searching for my current Prado, I was shocked at the amount of vehicles listed as repairable writeoffs. I found 5 amongst the dozen or so that I looked at. I treated all of them as potential stolen or rebirthed vehicles, wouldn't touch any of them with a barge pole. Buyer beware!