insurance scam
Staged accident scheme
An insurance scam is a fraudulent scheme to collect insurance money illegitimately—either by filing false claims, staging accidents, exaggerating damages, or deceiving people into buying fake policies.
The term covers fraud committed by claimants against insurers and by crooked agents against customers.
The staged car crash turned out to be an insurance scam.
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- false claimUntrue assertion presented seriously
- claimStatement of ownership or truth
- fakeNot the real thing
- staged accidentIntentionally caused collision
accident · staged · arson · whiplash · adjuster · payout · scheme · con · swindle · investigator · suspicious · red flags · bodily · fender-bender · exaggerated · collision · totaled car · policy
- auto crimescar theft, auto theft, carjacking, grand theft auto, stolen car
- online scamsphishing, Nigerian prince, email spoofing, smishing, vishing
- scamsfraud, frauds, swindle, swindles, con
- phone scamsrobocall, robocalls, vishing, phishing call, phishing calls