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To think I've been scammed by motorcyclist?

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HammerTimeNC · 17/05/2024 22:56

A motorcyclist rode right up to my car whilst I was stationery, and just touched it with his bike, no jolt, and then put his bike down and got off it. I felt he had staged a collision.

He then told me to take photos. Neither vehicle appeared to be damaged.

He asked to see my driver's license, but I refused, however, we exchanged names and phone numbers. When I google the name he gave me, only one site comes up and it is a porn site.

I then got a phone call from someone using a number I dont recognise saying they were from an accident helpline company, and asking if I was involved in an accident and they named the road it happened on. I told them to contact my insurance company and hung up. They tried to call me again and I blocked them.

What should I do?

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MyKidsAreTooNoisy · 17/05/2024 23:20

This is a well established scam where I live (south London). I would just ignore, but asking if anyone has Ring camera footage might give you peace of mind.

2dogsandabudgie · 17/05/2024 23:18

Did you give him the name of your insurance company? If not just ignore.

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HammerTimeNC · 17/05/2024 23:09

@Barleysugar86 by simply informing my insurance company of what happened, will that count as a Claim?

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Barleysugar86 · 17/05/2024 23:03

Ignore the calls. If this happened locally go knock on a few doors if you can see any ring cameras and ask about footage. We had a staged accident (car backed up into the front of us when we were stationary) and the other car tried to put in a claim. One of the houses had caught it on their front door camera and we were able to show what had happened to our insurer and that was the end of the matter.

I'd also ring your insurer and explain what happened and explain someone is trying to orchestrate a false claim against you and you felt intimidated into giving a name and number at the time but are worried about what might happen next. Be definite about the fact an accident didn't happen but your concerns about fraud. They will sadly deal with this all the time, the fact they have a term for it 'cash for crash'. If the number rings again say you have reported the matter to your insurance company as a fraudulent claim and have video footage of the incident (even if you don't, bluff it, they will know what they did).

Littletreefrog · 17/05/2024 23:01

Possibly. Just give all the information you have to your insurance company and ignore any contact from anyone else. Do you have a dashcam?