Chaotic footage shows suspected fraudsters reverse into car, fake injuries before noticing dashcam on NYC’s Belt Parkway
that went viral on TikTok — as experts said such insurance scams are on the rise in New York because fraudsters are “getting away with it.”
“They’re able to cash in on these schemes, and until they’re caught and put behind bars, the schemes are not going to slow down.” Those numbers are rising, especially in the New York metro area — the Empire State saw a 14% increase from 2022 to 2023, Friedlander said, while New Jersey saw a 58% increase, from 158 in 2022 to 250 in 2023.
The Belt Parkway seems to attract these crooks — another eerily similar incident happened on the same road recently, although it’s not clear when, She’d been driving on the three-lane parkway on Wednesday morning when the crew — driving a silver Honda Accord — suddenly switched lanes, cut her off and slammed on the brakes, according to a video she laterThat’s when the other driver stopped in the shoulder-less lane, hit the hazards and backed into her.
If there had been no dashcam recording, the rest might have played out exactly how Friedlander suspected.“They might get paid a few hundred dollars … and if they all complain that they have a physical injury, they’re going to go to some quack doctor who recommends physical therapy, etc. and they’ll hit the insurance company for that money.”
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