Comment by stronglikedan
3 days ago
> Thieves often post stolen vehicles for sale on platforms like Facebook Marketplace or Craigslist
That seems like a stretch. That wouldn't even make sense for them to do. Strange claim to make.
3 days ago
> Thieves often post stolen vehicles for sale on platforms like Facebook Marketplace or Craigslist
That seems like a stretch. That wouldn't even make sense for them to do. Strange claim to make.
>The New York State Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) is urging New York City residents to exercise caution when purchasing cars online, as they have recently identified a surge in the sale of stolen vehicles.
>As of Oct. 15 (2024), the DMV reports that it has recovered 228 stolen vehicles amounting to a value of $6.35 million. Of the 228 vehicles recovered this year, 149 were purchased by an unsuspecting victim after seeing a post on Facebook Marketplace or a similar site.
That is 65% of recovered stolen vehicles in New York was sold through online marked places.
https://www.silive.com/crime-safety/2024/10/stolen-vehicles-...
I am curious of
1) How many total stolen vehicles there were
And
2) If 65% of recovered ones being from Marketplace means only the low-hanging fruit were found.
"From 1997 through 2022, reported thefts decreased 67 percent. In 2022, however, there was a dramatic increase in vehicles reported stolen: 26,653, representing a 112 percent increase from the 12,573 reported stolen in 2019."
From https://apps.criminaljustice.ny.gov/crimnet/docs/FINAL%20202...
It's very common with bikes, it wouldn't surprise me if they do it with cars too. I found my own stolen bike for sale on Facebook but still wasn't able to recover it. They just use a stolen or anonymized Facebook account so you can't easily figure out who is selling it.
I once saw a story about someone who saw her bike on sale even before it was stolen. The thieves announce the bikes they see regularly in the same place in the street and only steal them if they have a potential buyer.
That way they only take the risk when they need to, they don't need any storage area, and if they are caught it is only for 1 bike, not tens or hundreds.
I can't believe we're dropshipping stolen goods now.
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I have to say, I'm quite impressed with the intelligence of those particular bastards. I don't approve, but I have to admit that's so smart.
When you or a friend show up to a public place to buy it, it’s usually pretty clear who’s selling it.
Tried that but I guess they got suspicious and didn't show up, or sold it to someone else before me.
PSA for anyone with a bike: register it on https://bikeindex.org/. I registered mine there the day it was stolen and almost immediately got emails from several people who were monitoring a known bike thief's Marketplace account and saw mine listed.
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You’re speaking pretty definitely too. Got any citations to back up your claims?
What claims?
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