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Instagram fraudster found guilty after IFED investigation
- 25/07/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
A ghost broker has been found guilty of selling invalid car insurance policies worth more than £17,000 on Instagram. He has been sentenced at Inner London Crown Court to 24 months imprisonment, suspended for 24 months, and must also complete a 15-day rehabilitation activity requirement and pay £1,000 in [...] -
Ageas identifies moped fraud scam targeting van drivers
- 23/07/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
A new crash for cash scam targeting van drivers has been identified by leading UK motor insurer Ageas. It has warned of moped riders deliberately positioning their vehicles behind reversing vans to initiate a collision and then claiming for damage and injury. The scam was first reported last summer in London [...] -
Drivers warned of airbag scams
- 01/03/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Drivers have been warned of a new crash data clearing scam that falsifies if a car's airbags have been deployed. Crash data clearing involves firms offering to reset motorists’ locked airbag modules after the airbags have gone off, potentially saving hundreds of pounds just on airbag module repair alone. The [...] -
Motorists warned of online insurance scams
- 29/11/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
The Insurance Fraud Bureau (IFB) and Aviva have launched a new campaign to help drivers avoid motor insurance scams online. This comes after it has been revealed countless vulnerable people are being targeted by paid-ad spoofing scams every day. Paid-ad spoofing involves firms paying for search engine adverts [...] -
Motor still dominates fraudulent claims
- 23/08/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
New figures have revealed that motor insurance accounted for the majority of fraudulent claims uncovered last year. According to the Association of British Insurers, 72,600 fraudulent claims were detected last year, representing a fall of 19%. But 42,500 of these (59%) were motor claims. Meanwhile, the number of [...] -
Moped fraudsters seek capital gains
- 22/06/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Crash-for-cash scam hits the capital Drivers are being warned of a widespread network of crash for cash fraudsters on mopeds who are thought to have attempted £27m worth of bogus claims already. A multi-agency investigation led by the Insurance Fraud Bureau (IFB), City of London Police’s Insurance Fraud [...] -
‘Blatant deception’ revealed
- 21/09/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
A former detective and now managing director of Kent-based Claims Management and Adjusting (CMA) has revealed what he considers to be ‘one of most blatant attempted deceptions I’ve seen in all my years as a motor insurance fraud investigator.’ Philip Swift said that last October Octavian Radu from Oxfordshire [...] -
Fraud figures down
- 30/08/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
A crackdown on fraud is paying off with the Association of British Insurers reporting that both the number and cost of dishonest claims has reduced in the last year. However, the average detected fraud still stood at a record £12,282. According to ABI figures, fraud claims fell by five per cent to 89,000 in [...] -
Drivers warned about fake DVLA scams
- 21/02/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) is warning drivers to be on the look-out for scam emails and texts. Scammers have been targeting motorists by impersonating the DVLA and attempting to gather personal and financial details from them. The DVLA has also issued warnings over third-party websites which [...] -
New ‘crash for cash’ scam identified
- 02/07/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Motorists are being warned about an aggressive new strain of the ‘crash for cash’ scam that is increasingly being used by opportunistic criminals. Dubbed ‘crash for ready cash’ by investigators from anti-fraud specialists APU, the new tactic involves the criminals deliberately causing an accident and then [...]
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