Someone fraudulently using my parents address for car insurance applications

LizB62

Hi

Hopefully someone can advise

My parents are in their 70s and have received various communications from 3 different insurance companies in the past year.

It seems that someone calling himself either Mark Flemming or Mark Flemmings (no idea if this is his real name or not) is signing up for car insurance and giving their address details.

I'm presuming this is so he can get a temporary cover note (one letter mentions that he had downloaded a file containing a temp cover note).
So, he gets the temp cover notes, then doesn't pay any of the insurance premiums then the letters start arriving.

My parents don't know anyone of that name and started off returning the letters as "Not Known At This Address".

When they started arriving as Recorded Delivery, they opened one so they could find out who it was from and call them to find out what was going on.

My mum, particularly, is worried about this. She's contacted the various insurance companies who have described it as fraud.
She's tried the police but they're not interested (which is ironic as my dad was a policeman for many years)

Is there any way I can get this man's name and car registration on a blacklist somewhere so that he can't keep using their address?

Is there an insurance companies association who could help?

Any suggestions/advice would be welcome - my parents could really do without the worry at their age

Thanks in advance

liz

huckster

Hi

There is nothing much they can do about this.

The only hope is that at some point, he will be found out by the Police following an accident or other roadside check. The chances are that this is not the only dodgy thing they are doing, so it is probably just a matter of time before they are caught.

dacouch

They could try contacting CIFAS which is a central database used by lots of Financial Institutions to note fraud or potential fraud. They might be able to make a note of the Flemming character against your address. This may stop him applying for loans etc and may also stop some of the motor insurance policies for companies that check the database.

I would also suggest you try the police again and ask for someone senior, they may well be interested in the matter as they can place a marker on the registration plates so the ANPR cameras can flag the vehicles up. Arranging insurance at someone elses address could be an indication they are involved in other crimes that may be of interest to the police