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Kent driver found number plate was cloned after crash 280 miles away

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Shelli Birkett , from Herne Bay , Kent , said she had never been to Liverpool in her life.

Her insurance company accused her of being in an accident 280 miles away in Liverpool .

She had to fight to prove she hadn't been in the city at the time of the incident.

She is one of many victims of number plate fraud, which can involve plates being copied or stolen.

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informal

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English

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42

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