The world is full of con artists and the emergence of insurance scam artists have grown by leaps and bounds. Scams can be perpetrated in many different ways through many different types of insurance. A recent auto insurance scam in Southern Florida had eight people posing as reporters to obtain confidential crash information. They were able to contact people that had been involved in car accidents and talk many of them into signing off on phony treatments even finding attorneys, health clinic owners and body-shop owners to get in on the scheme. You can read the whole story through the Miami Herald online (you may need to sign up for free access to their stories).
Even health care providers can commit insurance fraud. One psychiatrist billed for 30 visits for a man he never even met. Come to find out it was all in his head. He kept phony records of the 'visits' and billed the insurance company for $3,677 for the imaginary sessions and treatments. You can read these and many more stories of scams pulled on insurance companies and their customers through Newspapers Galore.
Scams cost everyone money in higher premiums and lost funds. Insurance companies have to pass the cost onto us, the honest hard-working people of America . Is there anything you can do to help fight scams against insurance companies? There is and we will outline a few tips below. Whether you are able to help fight against life, health, auto and home scams, to name just a few, you will make a difference and save yourself some money in the process.
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