On May 5, 8:44*pm, Adrian wrote:
(Andrew Gabriel) 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.

So how do you explain them being received by SWMBO, who has never made a
car insurance claim in her life?

Try "people selling bogus crash details".

MBQ