Motorcycle Insurance Fraud
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Some people try some dumb things when they're making a claim.

Insurance is not as dull as you think! I'm listing here a few reports of stuuuupid claims. Of course fraud happens - but these don't qualify as that clever!

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A woman decided to take her boyfriend's motorcycle for a ride. Unfortunately, she didn't know how to drive and crashed it. Luckily, she wasn't injured. The man, however – afraid his insurance wouldn't cover the damage to his motorcycle because his girlfriend wasn't listed as a driver on his policy – decided to pretend that he had crashed the motorcycle. He figured he needed some injuries to make his story credible, so he tied himself to the back of a truck and asked a friend to drag him around a little bit to produce the road rash he would have gotten from the wreck. Well, he got the injuries he wanted, but they didn't do him any good. His girlfriend told investigators that in fact it was she who crashed the motorcycle.

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You never know who might be listening: One fairly common type of motorcycle insurance fraud

people commit is buying coverage after their Motorcycle has been damaged. What's less common is when they buy it from the scene of the accident. Take the case of the motorcyclist who wiped out and, while lying on the side of the road with a ruptured spleen, called 1-800-PROGRESSIVE to buy coverage. What he didn't know was that a witness who saw the accident also heard him make the call.

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The funny thing is that we always think we are the first person to think of a scam.

For Example:
in the '80's when I owned a motorcycle dealership in England, a large part of our business was 16-18 year old boys and their first bike.One day a boy came in holding a packet of fuses he had bought earlier in the day. "I'm disappointed in your shop", he said with indignation. "I would have expected you to check the products you sell. Because every one of these fuses is already blown, You should fire your supplier!"
This must have sounded convincing when he practised it at home!

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