An accident is always unpleasant. Even if the driver has a long experience and considers himself a professional, the situation on the road depends not only on him. After all, there you can meet newcomers, people with an aggressive driving style and auto-assistants.
The latter arrange an accident according to the scenario. Distinguishing them from ordinary drivers is not so difficult. In most cases, they refuse to call the police and issue a Euro protocol. They want to settle everything here and now, they demand to pay them a certain amount of money. Most often, elderly and weak-minded people, inexperienced drivers, become victims of atomic substitution. If you do not want to get into an unpleasant situation on the road, pay attention to our rating of popular auto-cogs.
7. Interference on the right
Favorite scam method. The victim is surrounded on both sides, the “provocateur” is driving behind, the future victim is on the right in the “dead zone”. The task of the "provocateur": to make the victim move to the right lane. At this moment, an object, for example, potato, is thrown into the side of the car. The victim hears a distinctive sound and is confident that a collision has occurred. Fraudsters can scratch the car with sandpaper, and there is already damage to the front car. The victims suggest to settle everything on the spot or contact the service to assess the damage. The right people work there too. Often a frightened victim agrees to the terms of the scammers and pays, but you can avoid this if you persevere and call the police.
6. Box
In this case, the scammers also use two cars. There are two scenarios.
- Victim's car moves in the middle row. To his left is a luxury car that acts as a provocateur. To the right in the "dead zone" is the setup. An expensive car makes an unexpected maneuver towards the victim. The driver tries to avoid a collision and instinctively turns into the right lane. Collision with a dummy.
- Victim's car rides on the far right lane. Then the provocateur moves in front, setting up on the left. When an expensive foreign car begins to brake sharply, the victim tries to go left. Turning right will not work, as fraudsters carefully select sections of the road. Most likely there will be a chipper.
One way or another, the expensive car leaves, and the driver has to talk to the victim. It doesn’t matter to auto-repairers whether the victim will cause DPS or not. In any case, she will be to blame. Scammers always have DVRs and witnesses.
Often, expensive things are found in the car of the “victim”, for which the victim must pay for damage. The case may go to court, a large amount will be announced. They can offer the victim a world one and pay half. Most drivers accept these conditions. Otherwise, fraudsters understand that the victim is ready to sue and withdraw claims for property damage. It is worthwhile to conduct an examination, and it will be clear that expensive things were not damaged as a result of the accident, but were broken initially. As for car repair, experienced swindlers will be able to find loopholes and outwit not only the victim-driver, but also the insurance company.
5. Good old classics
This method of raising a victim for money has been known for a very long time. It is practiced in traffic jams or at stops at traffic lights. Everything is simple. The car in front stands back. A collision occurs with the victim’s car. If the DVR and witnesses are absent, it will be very difficult to prove your innocence. Fraudsters will demand money and will blame the victim for not observing the distance.
4. Crossroads
This scheme is used most often at night when there are few cars in the city. The driver rides on a secondary road, and on the main one fraudsters are already waiting for him. At first glance, it may seem that the intersection is free and the victim, without suspecting anything, continues to move. Here scammers are activated. In most cases, collisions cannot be avoided. The one who did not give way, that is, the victim, will be to blame. Not even the police will help here. Do not rely on an insurance company. She, of course, will compensate for the losses, but often there are situations when the payment and the actual costs of the insurer for repairs do not match. The insurance company has full rights to recover the amount of the difference from the culprit in the accident.
3. Parking
A very popular place with scammers. It all depends on their imagination and skills. The swindlers choose a car, wait for the driver to leave the parking lot, and then begin the pursuit, are forced to stop. Criminals claim that the victim scratched their car upon departure. When inspecting the cars, it turns out that the car does have characteristic scuffs, impressive scratches are found on the victim's car. Fraudsters intimidate the culprit by the fact that he left the scene of the crime and is threatened with deprivation of rights. In this situation, many drivers are confused and agree to give the required amount. They do not know that the scammers were able to imitate abrasion with sandpaper.
This is not the only way to "earn extra money" in the parking lot. Fraudsters put a car closely, so getting out becomes problematic. Then a man appears who takes part and is ready to tell how to get out so as not to affect the nearby car. Thanks to the advice of an assistant, the driver still hurts her. He, in turn, quickly retreats from the scene. At the same time, the owner of the scratched car arrives, which requires compensation for damage. He does not agree to draw up a Euro protocol, as he is in a hurry. The victim can only pay on the spot.
2. Roadside assistance
Anything can happen on the road, and often drivers help each other. This scheme is used on the tracks, in the city it will be difficult to crank up such a scam. Victims of scammers are women who do not understand the device of a car. They ask the driver to stop and show with signs that they cannot go further. A bewildered girl gets out of the car, opens the hood, meanwhile the criminals pour used oil under the car. They offer the victim to drag her car to the nearest car service and claim that driving further is dangerous. Of course, their accomplices will repair the car. The breakdown will certainly be serious, while the repair will require a little time, but the payment will be high. Having given a round sum, a happy woman goes on to go about her business, no less happy scammers go to look for another victim.
1. Pedestrian
Stands can be arranged without a car. The most common is a pedestrian who jumps onto the road. The situation may occur in the yard or on such a section of the road where it is impossible to develop high speed. The pedestrian escapes with a slight startle, but will require compensation for moral damage. He may also have an expensive smartphone with him, for the breakdown of which he will also have to pay. If the driver agrees to the conditions of the victim, the pedestrian is ready to forget about the incident. In such a situation, few dare to call the police. The driver thinks that he shot down a person, someone will panic at all. Experts advise insisting on calling the traffic police and ambulance. There may be witnesses or surveillance cameras nearby. If the pedestrian specifically jumped under the car, he would not waste his time, but would go looking for more gullible victims.
In order not to become a victim of scams, get a good DVR. Often, scammers do not even contact drivers who can confirm their actions on the road. If you still got into an accident, do not agree to pay here and now, call the traffic police or offer to issue a Euro protocol.
