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Moped riders are targeting your insurance details with crash for cash scams. Fraudulent insurance policies are being taken out by scammers using details you do not need to hand over.

The Insurance Fraud Bureau (IFB), an industry body aimed at tackling fraud, says there has been a rise in the number of identify thefts from the moped scam.

Between summer 2024 and March of this year, more than 1,100 fraudulent motor insurance policies were taken out by moped scammers using details from “crash for cash” victims, the IFB says. It believes many more instances of fraud go unreported.

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“As the nights draw in and road conditions worsen, drivers may be at greater risk of being targeted in reckless crash for

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