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Originally Posted by massnspace
Should I be editing out the boat registration number from photos in ads? Why? Why do I see some others doing that? What harm can come from someone seeing what the registration number is?
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The reason people do it is that, in theory at least, occasionally someone will take some photos they've found on the
internet of something, report the item as stolen, and submit an
insurance claim using the
photo as proof of
ownership. This can then create headaches for the legitimate owner since the item shows up as stolen in NCIC (the national database of goods reported as stolen).
A related con is for someone to report the item as stolen and then contact you and ask you to "return" it to them and threaten to call the police if you don't. Then they offer to drop the whole matter in exchange for
money.
I find these scenarios to be extremely farfetched and believe it is primarily a problem when the "legitimate owner" has difficulty establishing their, well, legitimacy.