Help... Vin #'s dont match
You think? Or maybe they'd say "close enough"!
I mean, they've got a car with a matching partial VIN to a stolen car that also has a swapped VIN tag and an altered stamping? Slam dunk. Heck of a coincidence otherwise.
Or hide it in your garage for the rest of your life. All it takes is one guy to say, "hey, that's the same VIN as a car I wrecked and parted out ("clean" vin on the dash). Or a picture taken at a show to be posted online.
Or maybe it's better to deal with it legally now. Beats jail for fraud.