Imagine for a moment that one day you are driving along and approach a roundabout, the car preceding you has just stopped suddenly, so suddenly that you do not have time to stop. You cannot do anything in that fraction of a second. So you go on to hit that car on the in the rear end.

The passengers and the driver of the preceding card gets shunted make whiplash accident claims and other car accident claims against demanding the compensation for car damage and physical injury. Surprised? Has this happened to you?

It is happening to many car drivers in the UK today. Be warned it may have been staged to set you up. Yes this is what is known as a whiplash scam.

Fake Claim Statistics - You'll be Surprised!

The Associations of British Insurers (ABI) estimates that as many as 10000 cases of this type take place every year and costs £5.2 million daily, adding an additional 44 to the costs of home and car insurance policies. To the insurance industry it is just a part of insurance fraud that costs £1.5 billion per year.

Claiming for fake and staged accidents are especially common in some bigger cities like London. The trade has turned into a big industry. These people are experienced, professional and are certainly legally knowledgeable or at least advised.

Sometimes these gangs operate in a large group where a crew of witnesses is also associated who will produce the testimony in favor for the gang while they claim accident. They are also known to fake medical reports and hospital bills in favor for them. Some solicitors believe that this kind of fraud case is very hard to prove because they are prepared for it and because the police do not have enough resources to investigate such crimes.

The Dangers

It goes without saying that staging this kind of car crash claims are not only illegal but also a dangerous practice both for the criminal and the innocent. This is so because this type of staging may often lead to serious injuries to passengers of either car. So it is important to be aware of these criminals.

The Remedy

It is often noted that the real victims in these fraud cases understand that they are being taken advantage of in most cases. But in most of the cases among these, they have nothing to do but pay for the accident compensation claims. It is so because, once again, the criminals are professionals and most of the time they do not leave any loophole.