How To Prevent From Being A Victim of Staged Accidents
It is important to maintain a distance with cars. Mostly if you want to avoid a car accident which can cost your life, the life of the driver, etc. And also knowing if your car has an insurance fraud. You may have seen some of the videos circulating about social media of people jumping on cars, claiming to have been hit by a car. This phenomena, that was birthed in the country far east, China has become a worldwide phenomenon just overnight and now many around the world have taken to jumping on cars of unsuspecting drivers, hoping to make a quick buck at the expense of others by carrying out such staged accidents.
Not to worry however, there are effective ways that you can use to keep safe and prevent yourself from falling victim to such unscrupulous tactics of staging accidents, in order to get at your insurance monies and here are some of them.
4 Ways To Prevent A Car Accident
#1 Get a Dashcam
The best way about such staged accidents is to invest in a good quality dashcam. Having a dashcam gives you added security and can be used as solid proof, in case you encounter any of these crazy insurance scammers. Be sure that your dashcam is functional every time you go out for a drive. You’ll never know when you’d be encountering such people planning to use you for their stages accidents scams.
#2 Keep Calm
When you get yourself in such a situation, always remain calm. Do try not to get out of your car, lest the insurance scammers have additional tricks up their sleeves to entrap you in their elaborate scheme. Some of these insurance scammers even begin to provoke the drivers, in hopes that an altercation will ensure, which only means that they’ll be getting more in damages from your end. Whatever they may do, it’s always best to remain as calm as possible and have as little interaction as you can with them.
#3 Call The Police Immediately
This is of course a no-brainer. The moment you encounter such staged accidents, give the police a quick ring and explain your situation and location as exactly as possible. Try not to miss out any details of the event, a time and date would be most helpful as well. Also, stay in your car until the police show up and in the meantime, buy time with these insurance scammers. Do not give them the slightest inkling that the police are coming or they may flee the scene, leaving you with no proof and nothing for the police to investigate.
#4 Try To Get Their Particulars
If the insurance scammer that you encounter is not particularly violent, while you wait for the police, you can approach them casually and ask them for their personal particulars under the ruse of “filing an insurance claim”. Your scammer would be more than happy to provide you with them and should they somehow find out that the police are making their way to the scene, you’ll still have some details that can help the police track down your attacker.
This staged accidents scams have been getting around fairly quickly and it’s only a matter of time before you are the next victim. If you have the name of your insurance scammer, you can run a quick Background Search of them with our People Search Engine and provide additional details and pictures to the police to help aid their investigation.
Disclaimer:
The above is intended for informational purposes only and does not constitute a legal advice or specific recommendations in any way.
