25 Fake Registration-Book Scams a Day — Is Your RC Book Safe Right Now?

The Department of Motor Traffic says it's now getting more than 25 complaints a day about registration certificates (RC books) being misused — mostly cases where a vehicle gets transferred or sold without the real owner knowing. DMT's advice is blunt: guard your registration book like a bank passbook, because once it's out of your hands, a transfer can apparently move forward on paper before you notice. Some owners think this is overblown — you still need signatures, NICs and an in-person visit, so a stray RC book alone shouldn't be enough to lose a vehicle. Others point to real cases of people stuck owning someone else's unpaid fines, or finding their 'sold' vehicle still registered in their name years later because the paperwork trail was faked. So where's the actual weak point: owners handing original books to mechanics, brokers and buyers too casually, thin verification at DMT counters, or insiders quietly waving fraudulent transfers through? If you've had a scare with your registration book, or caught a dodgy transfer before it went through, share what happened and what you'd tell a first-time buyer or seller to check. ඔයාගේ Registration Book එක කවදාවත් වෙළෙන්දෙක්ට හෝ මෙකැනික්ට අතට දීලා තියෙනවද? මොකද වුනේ?