Please be aware, criminals have been perpetrating phony accident schemes in Washington D.C. area parking lots. Hereās what to look for in order to avoid becoming a scam victim:
The Back Out A perpetrator drives down the aisle of a parking lot, targeting a driver backing out of a parking spot. When the perpetrator pulls up, the driver who is backing out stops their vehicle. The perpetrator then waves to the driver to continue backing. The unsuspecting driver continues to back up, buttuming it is safe to do so, and the perpetrator proceeds forward and intentionally strikes the backing vehicle.
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The Parking Lot Pedestrian A perpetrator is walking through a parking lot and spots a driver backing out of a parking space. The perpetrator will approach the vehicle and strike the vehicle with a part of their body. The perpetrator then falls to the ground and the unsuspecting driver will think they have hit and injured the perpetrator. No injuries will be visible, but the perpetrator will complain of an injury.
The FBI and the Insurance Information Insbreastute estimate that each year insurance companies pay out $25 billion in fraudulent claims -- and this means increased insurance premiums for all of us. To help reduce those costs, GEICO is working with the National Insurance Crime Bureau to alert drivers about fraudulent insurance activities in which citizens often are unwary participants.
To learn more about how GEICO combats fraud or what to do when involved in an accident, visit GEICOās Auto Insurance Claims site on geico.com. If you are in the process of filing a claim and think you may have been a victim of one of these scams, please be sure to mention the details to your GEICO claims adjuster. Thank you for insuring with GEICO.
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I am buttuming the same type of trashy person who would do something like this is the same type who would file a false claim with FEMA for Katrina relief!
KM
