Now a new type of fraud is affecting the insurance industry - pet scams.
Dishonest claims on animal policies almost quadrupled last year, making it the fasting growing area of insurance crime.
Figures from the Association of British Insurers show there was £1,929,900 worth of pet insurance fraud detected last year – up from just £420,000 in 2009.
However, the true scale, is thought to be far higher and pushing up the average £220 premium. A total of 2.3 million cats and dogs were insured last year and virtually every type of animal can be covered.
The Association of British Insurers is arranging a shared database of information about insured animals to detect fraud.
Insurers believe frauds include owners getting rid of the animal - by selling it or even killing it - then claiming a payout for early death. The animal may never have existed in the first place.
Other owners have injured their pets in "faked accidents" to cover up pre-existing injuries or conditions that were not covered by their policy.
Another scam involves staging the disappearance of an animal, because some policies pay out if a pet is lost or stolen.
Other tactics detected include claims for expensive vet treatments that have either not actually been given, or are unnecessary or are more expensive than they need to be. Experts suspect that some vets are involved.
This evidence shows how desperate people have become in order to get PAID!
However, would you do something like this if it meant that you would receive a great deal of money? Or what are you willing to do to get your pockets full of CASH?
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I would not do that just to get a lot of money. If I had to I would ask family and friends for money.
ReplyDeletei would not do that because if they figure out its alright then i would get in even more trouble because its still a fraud.
ReplyDeletei wouldnt do that just to get paid!
ReplyDeleteits still fraud so why would anyone do that ? i personally wouldnt !
ReplyDeleteI don't believe it's worth any amount of money. That's not nice. I'm not an animal lover, but I don't want animals being hurt.
ReplyDeletesome people might not want to do it but they need the money so ... I wouldnt do it because when you do something like that you have to get it back. Im willing to work for my money i wont get over on anybody and i dont like people giving me freebies all the time.
ReplyDeleteOkay animal are important to this f**king world too. God didn't put them on here to get abused. Especially for some f**king money. That is all America cares about these days: MONEY. I am so d**n tired of the f**king human race is corrupting animals of their rights and their vurtues. They do not deserve it. If you want some d**n money, get it yourself and leave those poor animals the f**k alone. S**t!!!
ReplyDeletei would get money to spend. i would if i could work and just give me the food and shelter for free then i would do it
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