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Adrian writes:
Andy Cap gurgled happily, sounding much like they
were saying:

And so they should be. We were pestered to distraction when a car drove
in front of me at a roundabout but no one was the slightest bit hurt. My
wife is still getting text messages, some 16 months later, saying she
could be entitled to a few thousand pounds. It's a bloody disgrace !

You do realise they're just totally random, don't you?

They aren't totally random.

Various people who become aware of an accident (such as the insurers,
accident repair company, etc) can sell that information. Actually, this
information is so valuable to the claims management companies that the
accident repair companies now make more money from selling that information
than they do from repairing the damage.

This has generated a secondary effect of people selling bogus crash details
to get their hands on some of this cash too. That's probably what's happened
if you are suddenly getting several calls about a crash. Some may be random,
but many are simply just made up to rip-off money from the rich claims
management companies.

It's all a thoroughly bent industry, including the insurance companies now.

It's all paid for by your rapidly increasing motor insurance premiums.

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Andrew Gabriel
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