Its no wonder that insurance is so costly. (1 Viewer)

ambulancekidd

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I received a phone call yesterday morning from a company asking "if they can help with my recent road accident that wasn't my fault?" Now I'm thinking, how strange as I haven't been involved in any accident? Oh the woman on the phone was adamant that I'd been in an accident & that she can help with any claim. Anyway, I decline her kind offer & while she's still chattering on, I put the phone down. A few hours later it dawned on me. I'd attended an incident which turned out to be a double fatal, a fairly common event when your at the front line of any ambulance service. Now just recently I'd spoken to the DHSS about this incident (a long story but not really related to me) & it must have been them that sold my details to this claims company. I'm TPS registered, for those of you who don't know what this means, its a register that means companies are not allowed to cold call. It really does beggar belief that companies of this sort can operate. I mean just how much does this claim culture add to our policies each year? As for the bare faced cheek of the DHSS brigade, words fail me. I never ever give out my phone number or email address no matter how hard companies try to get them. They have no business asking me for such details but the DHSS usually do have valid reasons to ask.

Rant over...Robert.
 

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Unbelievable... We get these calls all the time:(

I reported an incident where a women scraped down side of van in July on way to Eurotunnel. Marks looked like damage but polished out so I cancelled claim. Getting loads of calls since. Someone at insurer must be selling on info:(
 

jollyrodger

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When I use to get similar and I cant say why .I just say hang on I'll get him and lay the phone down .they stopped coming after a while :)

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Got one today, usually get at least one a week. :mad:
 

Bartyfixedit

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When they say "we are calling about the no-fault accident you had" I have a standard reply of,

"Oh yes, which one?" It gets them every time.;)
 

GJH

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No government department will pass on your details in that way without your consent as it would breach the DPA to do so. Insurers should not do so without consent either (though, in their case, consent might be buried in the small print).

As you are TPS registered the more likely explanation is that the call was from a foreign company using a phone number generator in the hopes of picking up mugs.

If anyone has good grounds to suspect that an organisation is passing on personal data without permission they should contact that organisation and ask what is going on.

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Spanishsteve

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I honestly believe that they go through a fishing exercise and contact as many people as possible, in the hope of getting someone who has had an accident. I'm sure if you said that you have not had a road accident but slipped at work and got injured they would be just as happy.
I receive frequent calls yet have not been involved in any accidents for years, the calling companies never seem to have any specific information about 'your' accident.
 

dave newell

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I think we should all adopt the same response to any of these calls: as soon as you realise its a fishing/nuisance call go into a total rant and say " do you know who I am, well do ya?" when they say no just shout "I'm Ronnie F!"£$%^g Pickering!" and hang up. If we all adopt this same response to nuisance calls they will eventually get fed up with it and leave us alone.

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As others have said, no-one is passing over your details, it's just chancer cold callers.

The TPS stops "legit" companies calling you, but not the "rogues"

Personally if I don't recognise the number, I never answer the phone. If it's a genuine call they'll leave a message.

Result = I don't waste any of my life trying to get rid of these idiots.
 
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I think we should all adopt the same response to any of these calls: as soon as you realise its a fishing/nuisance call go into a total rant and say " do you know who I am, well do ya?" when they say no just shout "I'm Ronnie F!"£$%^g Pickering!" and hang up. If we all adopt this same response to nuisance calls they will eventually get fed up with it and leave us alone.

D.

Who ;)
 

jollyrodger

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I do believe that when using aRonnie F!"£$%^g Pickeringy of the comparison insurance sites this chucks up your details / history to all the ambulance chasers hence the calls,maybe similar to what Jm says

Oops that didn't work:doh:
 

Badknee

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We have unplugged our landline and we don't answer unknown numbers on our mobiles. If they are serious they will leave a voicemail.
 

pappajohn

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Nothing more than phishing calls.

Out of the many hundreds or even thousands of cold calls made each day there will always be a good number that have had an accident and tell them so.....then they have swallowed the bait.
We can make a claim on your behalf for xx% (insert a obscenely high figure) of what you are awarded.

I ask which accident they refer to....usually results in a click and dead line.

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pappajohn

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Unbelievable... We get these calls all the time:(

I reported an incident where a women scraped down side of van in July on way to Eurotunnel. Marks looked like damage but polished out so I cancelled claim. Getting loads of calls since. Someone at insurer must be selling on info:(
Oh dear, now you are on the insurers database as having made a claim.....even though it was withdrawn.

Never make a claim unless you intend carrying it through.
 

dave newell

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We've had one this week on the work landline from an odd number (something like 0100101101). First call Jackie answered and an Asian accented gentleperson spoke of unintelligible gibberrish so Jackie said "No thanks" and hung up but he tried again so Jackie blocked the number. Blocked numbers only give one ring on the phone we have and for the last three days this number has been ringing us between 10 and 20 times per hour! As its not a UK based number OFCOM can't do anything to stop it and if you google the actual number loads of hits co e up with complaints about nuisance calls. If it continues on Monday it will be unblocked (for a short period) and Ronnie F!"£$%g Pickering will make an appearance.

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We've had one this week on the work landline from an odd number (something like 0100101101). First call Jackie answered and an Asian accented gentleperson spoke of unintelligible gibberrish so Jackie said "No thanks" and hung up but he tried again so Jackie blocked the number. Blocked numbers only give one ring on the phone we have and for the last three days this number has been ringing us between 10 and 20 times per hour! As its not a UK based number OFCOM can't do anything to stop it and if you google the actual number loads of hits co e up with complaints about nuisance calls. If it continues on Monday it will be unblocked (for a short period) and Ronnie F!"£$%g Pickering will make an appearance.

D.

It'll be "Microsoft" informing you that you have a virus and they will fix it if you give them access to your PC.

Actually there are some brilliant examples on YouTube of people (with more time that me) leading these chancers on for hours.
 

Paddywack

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I take great delight in running these guys up, my record is 27 minutes, the caller was getting more and more annoyed with me. Yes I had had an accident, yes I had multiple injuries, sorry could you repeat the question my memory isn't good as a consequence of the accident, oh yes that's right I have had an accident.

Victory was them asking "are you wasting my time"

"well you started it"
 
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my local hospital waiting room has an advert for lawyers specialising in medical negligence claims no win no fee. Not sure if this comes under the heading of asking the wolf to dinner or shooting yourself in the foot

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I had a collision last week and the person that caused it hasn't responded to my calls asking for instance details etc. so once the police have done their stuff, I'll be putting a claim in for damages to me and my property. If I go through their insurance company, I'll be lucky to get the second hand value of the destroyed bike and a little for the damages. If I go through one of these claims companies, I believe that I'll get more compensation for my injuries as well as the stuff that was destroyed (although I need to check this and see how much of the payment they will claim). If I go down that route, I'll give the claim company my emergency phone number so any calls that I get on that number will be because the claims company have sold on my number. The person who caused the collision will have my travelling phone number so I'll see how far that number gets circulated.
 

MattR

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my local hospital waiting room has an advert for lawyers specialising in medical negligence claims no win no fee. Not sure if this comes under the heading of asking the wolf to dinner or shooting yourself in the foot
The doctor that stitched me up emphasised several times what to do and what not to do re looking after my wounds at home and stated that many doctors in A&E had stopped doing some treatments because of the amount of time they had to spend in court fighting cases brought by patients that had let their wounds become infected and the no-win, no-fee companies initiated a large number of cases for these patients.
 

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I love getting this type of call.

I get them all worked up asking which Company they represent, where the Head Office is, who's the Managing Director, how many do they employ in their offices, do they get long or short tea breaks, is it worth my time trying to get a job with the firm and as much other rubbish going through my head as I can muster.



Twice this year the person who rang has told me to
'F*ck off' and put the phone down on me.


I love wasting their time!

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Badknee

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My brother in law askes who they want to speak to, says I'll go and get him/her then walks away and leaves them on the line.
 
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It'll be "Microsoft" informing you that you have a virus and they will fix it if you give them access to your PC.

Actually there are some brilliant examples on YouTube of people (with more time that me) leading these chancers on for hours.
I have had several calls from 'Microsoft' this week and yesterday I said that I knew they weren't from Microsoft and asked why they rang up and told lies. Needless to say they hung up, hopefully won't phone again.
 

Chris

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I get loads of calls but I haven't as much as broken a nail.

It's phishing as has been said.

Phishing only works because sometimes it rings true.

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I have had this happen several times - and my response is always the same "What accident?" When I am told I had an accident recently I pretend that the light has been switched on and I reply "Hmm well considering I have been in the Antarctic for the past three and a half years and I have just come of the flight from Rio de Janeiro and am still in Terminal 5, I don't recall being involved in an accident in the last ten minutes." SILENCE is the answer. BTW to the ambulance person the DHSS didn't give your details to the chasers - you did but in an innocent way - you will have answered a questionnaire and one of the questions asked for your occupation, mobile and the rest is what happened when the details were passed on. I never give my mobile out on any website where it involves a general enquiry, game you could win £10000000 worth of vouchers to spend at M&S, TESCO's etc. The mobile number I give is 07890123456 and my landline is always 01234567890. I am not on the publicly visible voters list either. Does cause some problems but I do like a nice quiet life and next to no junk mail either. Those who do ring me with an unsolicited call like the accident ploy get blocked.
 

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