Rare case of disagreeing w my esteemed colleague Steve Carlton but I refuse to give someone a photo of a title. I assure them that I have a clean title in hand for the bike/car/whatever and that they can see it in person anytime but not photograph it.
I don't consider myself paranoid in the least in terms of scams but a photo of a title w everything but my name and address is just asking for it. I had a guy from China wanting a photo of the title for a bike I was selling, I basically told him to pound sand and if he needed that, don't buy the bike. These are people who can counterfeit the space shuttle, how hard is it to photoshop different names on a title? Exactly what they would do w it, I'm not sure but I can think of many possibilities.
He's been to my house and knows where the bike is stored, now he also has his own copy of the title?? Oh, hell no...
There is no legit reason why someone needs a photo of your title. If he needs to prove it has a clean title for his overseas partner, he can look at it and report to the guy.