Ambulance chasers?

Nasqueron

NHS sold my details onto an accident firm, treated at A&E who had my details (noted the posters in there for accident firms!) and within a day or two had them contacting me about an accident claim. No-one else had my mobile number and knew about the accident. Had never had any messages about that sort of thing before the incident, rarely even get PPI calls/texts

James2k

id take that for helping the nhs

NaughtiusMaximus

elsien wrote: »

Normally I'd agree, but the first one phoned 4 times over several days before I answered. Would a randomly generated number keep trying,

Yes. I have a call blocking app on my phone and whenever I get one of these calls I immediately block it. The app has a log of any blocked numbers who attempt to call and it's normal for them to try again multiple times before they give up. I haven't made an insurance claim of any description for at least 15 years.

elsien wrote: »

and it seems a bit of a coincidence to then get different companies phoning in the same week.

Again, not unusual at all to get a few difference companies phone close together.

JohnM5206

Since early September these firms are in breach of law:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/ppi-calls-personal-injury-ban-fines-government-laws-a8528591.html.


Start reporting them to ICO.

sheramber

elsien wrote: »

Normally I'd agree, but the first one phoned 4 times over several days before I answered. Would a randomly generated number keep trying, and it seems a bit of a coincidence to then get different companies phoning in the same week.

Yes, it does. The computer keeps going round the numbers that don't answer.

Ectophile

JohnM5206 wrote: »

Since early September these firms are in breach of law:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/ppi-calls-personal-injury-ban-fines-government-laws-a8528591.html.


Start reporting them to ICO.

The only way it will stop is if the people involved get prosecuted.


There's no point in fining the companies, as these telemarketing companies have no assets. They operate out of rented offices, with rented computers and rented or second-hand office furniture.


At the first sign of a fine, the company will be would up, and a new one started.

dacouch

CarolK wrote: »

Typical sources of accident information are:-


1. Recovery truck driver
2. Repairer
3. Inspection Engineer
4. Rogue worker in insurance company selling data


Of course, mobile phone companies also sell their data and this could have been a random call from a chancer

Or comparison website when you enter you have had a non fault accident

stator

The police sell your details too

Marvel1

elsien wrote: »

Normally I'd agree, but the first one phoned 4 times over several days before I answered. Would a randomly generated number keep trying, and it seems a bit of a coincidence to then get different companies phoning in the same week.

Yes I have a few ringing me, same number look them up, cold caller and then added to my block list. I can see on my third party app the same number rang me 7 times in 2 days - didn't get through

Just looked through my blocked list and I have 120 numbers!

SID160991SID

The accident repair centre's sell the contact details. FACT.... Trying to get them do admit it is a different story.