Urban Legend Or True? cars stolen for insurance purposes.

JJJJNR · 23-01-2011 02:54PM #1

I'm just curious to know does this happen in Ireland or is it just an urban legend, anyone know of someone who has had their car "stolen" for the insurance cheque.

Random · 23-01-2011 03:10PM

if you can think of it then someone else has done it. i doubt anyone is gonna own up to it here though, that'd be stupid.

vectra · 23-01-2011 04:10PM

Heard a story that some guy in Mallow got to Polish European guys to steal his Jeep for this purpose
He got caught. I dont know what the outcome was though

-Corkie- · 23-01-2011 04:15PM

It is happening all the time. Some people with big car loans out that cannot pay them use it to claim the money and pay the loan off. Most insurance companies have a forensic examiners working with them now checking out burned vehicles.

bazz26 · 23-01-2011 05:06PM

-Corkie- wrote: »

It is happening all the time. Some people with big car loans out that cannot pay them use it to claim the money and pay the loan off. Most insurance companies have a forensic examiners working with them now checking out burned vehicles.

Ha, I heard a tale of insurance companies counter acting that by instead of paying out on the stolen car they simply give the owner another car almost identical to the one stolen.

Midnight_EG · 23-01-2011 06:19PM

I've heard stories of people going away on holiday and coming back to find their car was 'stolen and burnt out'.

-Corkie- · 23-01-2011 06:23PM

bazz26 wrote: »

Ha, I heard a tale of insurance companies counter acting that by instead of paying out on the stolen car they simply give the owner another car almost identical to the one stolen.

Thats true. More so with trucks since the recession!

Urban Legend Or True? cars stolen for insurance purposes.

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