UK’s top 30 hotspots worst affected by ‘crash for cash’ scams revealed May 11 2021, 12.04am
General view of the M1 motorway. The Insurance Fraud Bureau has highlighted the top crash for cash hotspots (Rui Vieira/PA)
Parts of Birmingham are the top “crash for cash” hotspots in the UK, analysis of the scams has found.
Postcodes in Bradford, Blackburn, Romford, Wakefield, Leeds, Manchester, High Wycombe, London and Luton are also among the worst areas affected, the Insurance Fraud Bureau (IFB) said.
Crash for cash is a common insurance scam which involves fraudsters inventing or deliberately causing dangerous road traffic collisions, often involving innocent people, in a bid to claim compensation.
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Parts of Birmingham are the top crash for cash hotspots in the UK, analysis of car insurance scams has found.
Top 30 hotspots worst affected by ‘crash for cash’ scams revealed
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May 11, 2021
LONDON: Parts of Birmingham are the top “crash for cash” hotspots in the UK, analysis of the scams has found.
Postcodes in Bradford, Blackburn, Romford, Wakefield, Leeds, Manchester, High Wycombe, London and Luton are also among the worst areas affected, the Insurance Fraud Bureau (IFB) said.
Crash for cash is a common insurance scam which involves fraudsters inventing or deliberately causing dangerous road traffic collisions, often involving innocent people, in a bid to claim compensation. The IFB helps insurers and the police to fight fraud. It acts as a central hub for sharing insurance fraud data and intelligence, helping to detect and disrupt organised fraud networks.
Birmingham postcodes dominate Britain s worst crash for cash scam blackspots
The top 30 worst affected postal districts for âcrash for cashâ scams have been revealed, with Birmingham and Walsall featuring nine times in the list
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Birmingham has been named Britain s crash for cash insurance fraud blackspot.
The UKâs top 30 worst-affected postal districts were revealed for the crime, which sees fraudsters invent or deliberately cause road traffic collisions, often involving innocent people, in a bid to claim compensation.
30 UK hotspots for crash for cash scams revealed. (Canva) Birmingham, Bradford, Leeds, Manchester and London are among the worst affected areas by “crash for cash” scams in the UK, new analysis has found. Crash for cash is an insurance scam where fraudsters deliberately cause dangerous road collisions, often targeting innocent people, in a bid to claim compensation and the Insurance Fraud Bureau (IFB) has listed the top 30 areas in the UK. The IFB helps insurers and police forces fight fraud and new research has been carried out to help disrupt organised fraud networks. Of 2.7 million motor insurance claims made across the UK in between the start of October 2019 and the end of 2020 identified more than 170,000 claims which could be linked to suspected crash for cash networks.