London, UK — Number plate cloning happens when a criminal copies your registration onto another vehicle that matches the make, model and colour of yours. They then commit offences — speeding, toll dodging, fuel theft — and the fines and penalties land on your registration.
- A cloner picks a target — usually a vehicle matching the one they're driving.
- They check whether the plate is protected and whether anyone is watching.
- They get duplicate plates made and fit them to their own car.
- Any offence they commit is traced back to your registration.
- Unpaid fines and penalty charge notices (PCNs) arriving at your door
- Speeding and congestion charges you have to prove you didn't commit
- Time and stress proving your innocence to police, insurers and local authorities
When you register your plate with Protect-A-Plate, it's flagged on our network. If a number plate supplier checks your registration before making plates, you get an instant alert — and the supplier must verify the customer's email, name and phone number before proceeding. A cloner can't pass that check.
- Register your registration number at protect-a-plate.co.uk
- We flag it across the supplier network
- If anyone tries to make plates, you're alerted instantly
Don't wait until a fine you didn't earn lands on your doormat. Protect your plate today.
ABOUT PROTECT A PLATE
Protect A Plate is the UK's vehicle registration verification network. It protects drivers, suppliers, fleets and insurers from number plate cloning, fraud and misuse by verifying every plate request against a live register before a plate is manufactured — and alerting the registered owner instantly if their registration is ever flagged or reported stolen. The goal is a UK in which a cloned plate simply cannot be manufactured, because the industry itself refuses to be the weak link. ICO-registered and UK-based, Protect A Plate serves drivers, suppliers, fleets and insurers at protect-a-plate.co.uk.
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