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  • DMV warns all drivers

    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Sun Feb 16 12:29:32 2025
    DMV warns all drivers -- beware of this trendy behavior in the US --
    they crash your car to collect on your insurance

    The New York State Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has issued a
    warning to all drivers. Why? Because a new scam is affecting driving:
    staged accidents. As you read, there are people who fake crashes on
    purpose to scam insurance companies and get some money. How do they do
    it? They can brake suddenly so that other cars hit them from behind,
    drive recklessly or do anything reckless to make it look like another
    driver was at fault. But... what if you get into one of these
    accidents? You could end up paying even if it wasn't your fault. Below
    we're going to tell you all the important details so that if you get
    into one of these fake accidents, you know how to react

    https://unionrayo.com/en/dmv-staged-car-crashes-ny/

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  • From Mike Spencer@21:1/5 to JAB on Tue Feb 18 01:58:27 2025
    JAB <[email protected]d> writes:

    DMV warns all drivers -- beware of this trendy behavior in the US --
    they crash your car to collect on your insurance

    The New York State Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has issued a
    warning to all drivers. Why? Because a new scam is affecting driving:
    staged accidents. As you read, there are people who fake crashes on
    purpose to scam insurance companies and get some money. How do they do
    it? They can brake suddenly so that other cars hit them from behind,
    drive recklessly or do anything reckless to make it look like another
    driver was at fault. But... what if you get into one of these
    accidents? You could end up paying even if it wasn't your fault. Below
    we're going to tell you all the important details so that if you get
    into one of these fake accidents, you know how to react

    https://unionrayo.com/en/dmv-staged-car-crashes-ny/

    I was nearly the victim of such a scam when I was a teenager 60 years
    ago, driving the not very new family Chrysler. Hit from behind at a
    stop light, very gentle bump on the bumper, exchanged info w/ a
    middle-aged man. And observed that (a) there was substantial damage
    to the hood of the other car in a place where it couldn't possibly
    have contacted mine and (b) the the damaged area showed rust.
    Recounted this to our insurance guy. When he heard about the rust, he
    said, "Ah-ha! Don't worry about it." Didn't learn if they nailed the
    guy for fraud or just blew him off.

    --
    Mike Spencer Nova Scotia, Canada

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Tue Feb 18 08:00:54 2025
    On 18 Feb 2025 01:58:27 -0400, Mike Spencer
    <[email protected]e> wrote:

    I was nearly the victim of such a scam

    Around 1994 in Atlanta, GA, soneone driving a station wagon on I-85
    slammed on his vehicle's brake, but this failed since I was alert.

    years ago

    Vehicle/Home/Business/etc insurance frauds have been around a long
    time

    I recall this from a long time ago

    Why Is Whiplash Such A Popular Fake Injury?

    When you hear about unethical people attempting to stage an injury for insurance or lawsuit fraud, quite often one of the most common
    elements you'll hear in these stories is that a condition known as
    "whiplash" was cited as the injury. In some cases, the settlement even
    goes through, and the person faking the injury receives the financial compensation, only to get caught out at a later date doing things that
    should be impossible with a legitimate whiplash condition. At that
    point, people who have faked an injury in order to get money for it
    can be charged with fraud, which is a criminal offense.

    https://www.justicepays.com/news/why-is-whiplash-such-a-popular-fake-injury/

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