Random 'I understand You've Been Involved In A Car Accident' Phone Calls

[SuzieSunshine]

I have started getting these calls again and apart from blocking the numbers I'm not sure how to stop them. I now start off by saying 'give me the details then' and have got as far as being told it was in a Red Vauxhall Cavalier. 1) I haven't got a current licence and 2) I haven't had a car for at least 15 years - where do they get my number from? I'd love to know if anybody is or knows one of these callers and because they end up hanging up on me how do they make a living?

I say yes I've been waiting for you to call, it been a week. And the body is still in the boot of my car. Its stinks.
They hang up.
I then block.

Does anybody else get loads of calls in a Chinese (I think) language? Pre recorded messages. They are slowing down now but at one point I was getting several a day They started out of the blue about 4 months ago.

Have you been involved in a car crash?

Yea. Brexit.

I've just remembered I've got a 'fart machine' in my cupboard. I'm going to dig it out and say that since my accident I can't stop farting. I'm hoping they'll ring again now. Do you think it's a proper scam or one of those companies that if they take on your case (which 99.9% there isn't a case in the first place) that they take 80% of your compensation or something? I don't know why but I'm just intrigued how they make any money. I know - I'll ask them (in between farting).

I get those but they are automated.

Bloody annoying.

I use the decapitated line - works a treat! My boss tried it too 😂

I alternate between telling them to fuck off, asking them why they don't get a proper job, or telling them yes I had an accident and my head fell off. Annoying twats.

I get a lot too , if i do not recognise the number that is calling I answer the phone and very professionally say the first fake random company name I can think of , the last one was Hello , the fairy testing corporation , Sam Beckett speaking how can I help If they do prattle on I tell them it is a company phone and please remove me from the data base and hang up,

As annoying as they are I am not rude or nasty , they are just trying to earn a living and I guess they have a really high number of calls to make before they can earn their crust.

Writing that down made me laugh , I said the fairy testing corporation because I was looking at a bottle of washing up liquid. but I wonder if the caller thinks I am mad and go round setting Tinkerbell and her pals various test

"Yes! Unfortunately it was fatal and I'm still looking for the other half of my head"
Pause for effect.

I explain that they have contacted GCHQ via a secret number and then ask them to send full details there 😎😎

They must spend a fortune on the phone calls.

I have two responses.

Yes, I was in an accident. Il a terrible driver, which one are you talking about? The most recent? But that was only twenty minutes ago, the police haven't arrived yet. How did you find out so quickly?"

And

Yes, it was a fatal accident. I died.
Oh, was it your fault?
No, but my parents were obviously devastated their only child died.
Did your insurance pay out?
I dont know. I died.

Luckily I have time at work to mess with these ambulance chasing bastards.

@iklboo I'm stealing that

I have started asking for the name of the person they actally want to speak to and as they are never able to answer this, they hang up.

Seriously though, my sil had a small 'bump' coming onto a roundabout
She told me all about this claim she was getting - "and they just knew about it" 🤦‍♀️
I never did find out how the claim went

I get fewer than I used to but still a couple a month. Generally it depends on what mood I’m in - if I don’t really have time to deal with them I ask if I can ask a question (this weeds out the bots) at which point I ask why they’re doing this job when all they are is fucking parasites interrupting people’s days to make a fast buck. If they haven’t hung up by this point I tell them whatever commission they’re earning isn’t worth he crap karma. Mean yes, but if no one did this job we’d all be bloody grateful.

Or I play with them “Oh I’m SO glad you called, yes you’re quite right. Now let me think...was that when I backed the Lambo into the Ferrari? Yes, I think it was. Of course, there’ll be personal injury as my Bengal Tiger was in the front seat and he’s cracked a claw, plus he was wearing a diamond tiara which is broken. Hello? Hello?”

Someone my husband works with pretends they have amnesia and asks them to provide all the details of the accident as they can't remember it at all and want to fill in the blanks. Apparently they kept one going 20 minutes once with it.

I told them that I was charged for being over the drink drive limit, in a stolen car and had jumped a read light causing a serious collision. They insisted I was still eligible for compensation....

I have:

• forgotten everything about the accident
• died
• been decapitated
• in a car with 76 passengers
• had the accident at St Peter's Gate
• shat myself

Endless fun

The ones that call me always know my name, how do they get this information?

'Well, that's what I told the police but between you and me, if they see the CCTV I'm fucked'.

Yoink!

I tell them I had a horrible accident in the car, and the poo went everywhere.

I dont answer anymore if it was serious theyd leave a message

or tell them youre dead so yes you would like some help

My mum kept getting these.

This is how I solved it, since she wouldn't. Some may disagree with my approach.

Caller: Youve had a car accident in February.

Me: Oh yes, I died in that crash.

Caller: .. sorry you..? Died..? In the crash?

Me: Yes, I died in that crash. The one nuisance about the after life is having these twats ring about compensation every day.

Caller: you fucking bitch. -dial tone-

Never been called since.

I once got stopped when I was out and about with my 6 week old baby (he’s now 19)
‘Have you had an accident that wasn’t your fault madam?’
I was shattered had pnd and just wasn’t in a very good mood so I looked at him,pointed to the baby in the pram and answered
‘Yes,I had him-can I sue his father?’
The bloke gave me the stink eye and stomped off!