Strange Phone call- Advice please - Accident response

[LJF1976]

Hi

I just received a call from a company called Accident Response advising me that there has been money set aside for me for a road accident I was involved in in April 2010. As far as I was aware this had been dealt with by my car insurer Churchill. The other driver accepted all blame and my car was repaired - end of. Anyway they have stated that they have money set aside for me and my 4 kids who were also in the car. It all seems very strange. This is the second time they have called me. The first time was several weeks ago and they did say I would receive another call from a "specialist"!! I gave out no details they seemed to know everything anyway but I just wanted to know if anyone else had come across anything like this. I dont want to get my hopes up of getting some much needed cash to find out its all some sick dodgy scam!!

Thanks
Leah

My Spidey Senses say 'scam'. Possibly a lucky guess. Possibly they've got your insurance claim details somehow. Chances are that, if you take them up on their services, it would cost you to get the 'set aside' money back. Contact Churchill about your claim, ask if there is any money outstanding, mention 'Accident Response' and don't be surprised if they've never heard of them.

Ambulance chasers? I don't see why the money would be set aside, surely if you hadn't claimed something it would have just been absorbed by the company?

Scam!
I had these last year after I had called out my breakdown.
I hit the kerb of the roundabout, no other cars involved but the accident response were trying to say about another car involved
My fil told me to ignore them but they did keep ringing, my dh answered in the end and I haven't heard from them since

Ask them to put it in writing .

Either a pure scam or they're trying to persuade you to "discover" a previously unsuspected case of whiplash (or preferably 5).

Either way hang up.