Buying a car with no Dash VIN?!

I'm guessing this is along the same lines as a title sellers. Go to any swap meet, and get ya title for the "real nice restoration" you did without having a title. I was at a swap meet last weekend and they were selling titles for hundreds of dollars a piece. Of course the sign say "titles are for collecting and display purposes only". Right! So buy a title, restore a stolen cuda, get a vin stamped and you just made 5 grand.