[LM_NET] Katrina Cars

[Lidster Sandy <lidster_s@YAHOO.COM>]

Hi All,

I thought this was interesting especially for the HS
students trying to buy a cheap car.

The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) has created
an online database consisting of motor vehicles or
boats affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita for the
public to search in an effort to protect them from
fraudulent sellers.

The online data is made available to law enforcement,
state fraud bureaus, insurance companies and state
departments of motor vehicles. The NICB is also making
the data available to the general public to help
protect potential buyers against fraud.

Effective immediately, anyone can log on to
www.nicb.org and query a suspected VIN or HIN free of
charge against NICB's regularly-updated database to
find out if there is a match. 

After Hurricane Katrina passed through the Gulf Coast,
special NICB catastrophe teams established two
operations centers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and
Mobile, Alabama, to begin the process of identifying
and cataloging vehicles and watercraft affected by
these hurricanes. Working in partnership with the
Louisiana State Police Insurance Fraud Unit and
insurance company investigators, NICB created a
database where vehicle identification numbers (VINs)
and boat hull identification numbers (HINs) affected
by either hurricane.

"It is my belief that the cooperative spirit displayed
by the public and private groups in our united
response to prevent future Katrina and Rita-related
fraud may very well set the standard against which
future post-catastrophe anti-fraud efforts are
measured," said Robert M. Bryant, president and CEO of
NICB.

Sandy Lidster
Tanner Elementary
Kaukauna WI


                
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