It seems the general public have always had a poor opinion of the Personal Injury Compensation sector. In America, personal injury lawyers are labelled ‘Ambulance Chasers’ and about as popular as an American Presidential Candidate at the London Olympics, whilst in the UK, the prolific and corny daytime TV adverts asserting “You keep 100% of your compensation” do nothing to enhance their image over here.
Personal Injury Claims Adverts
The ham acting, poor scripts and staged office backgrounds are enough to draw ridicule and ensure I get a ribbing from my friends whenever the subject of my working for May I Claim comes up. “I fell and injured my fringe” is the one I hear the most. I can’t deny, some of these ads really are awful and a bit of a cliché - it seems it's hard to be original, either in the teasing or the advertising!
“I’ve Never Had an Accident!”
Thankfully the good natured ribbing seems to have subsided lately. However, it now appears even seemingly polite conversations can take a more sinister turn when I’m asked what it is that I do. Casually mentioning ‘no-win-no-fee’ or “100% compensation” is enough to get me a poke in the chest and a bending of the ear – most recently, from the Vicar at my niece’s christening no less!
What could it be that causes even the mildest of manner, to take me to task?
“Those CENSORED text messages!! Claim for an accident? I’ve never had a CENSORED accident!”
Those Annoying Texts about Non-Existing Accidents
Being teased by friends because of corny TV ads is one thing, but being accosted by strangers and accused of shady practices whilst at family gatherings, is quite another. It’s incredibly insulting to be accused of being a part of something not altogether legitimate - particularly when no reputable personal injury solicitor or claims management company would contact you out of the blue about an accident or injury.
May I Claim would certainly never send such a text.
So Who Sends Them?
It’s estimated that over 13 million unsolicited texts are sent every month. (This example is one of many sent to me just in the last few weeks).
Many of them mention Payday Loans, PPI claims or accidents and injury claims, and on average 6% or 780,000 of those texts will get a response, every month – even though the person receiving them has no idea who sent them.
With this kind of return, there are many reasons why unscrupulous individuals or organisations might try their luck in getting you to reply, including phishing attacks, identity theft, or in order to capture personal details which they can then sell on.
How Can I Stop These Texts?
There is an excellent article on spam texts and how to stop them on moneysavingexpert.com. It seems silly to reproduce something that’s already been so comprehensively covered elsewhere. It offers great advice on how to identify genuine texts from those of scammers.
Genuine Texts
If you have a car accident for example, your insurance company may ask your permission to pass your details on to a claims management company, in which case you may receive a text. That text will clearly identify the name of the organisation sending it and should include your name.
If In Doubt…
Genuine Claims Management Companies are authorised and regulated by the Ministry of Justice and have an authorisation number – otherwise known as a CRM number.
You should never respond to a text when you don’t know who it’s from, but if you receive a suspect claims call (as a colleague of mine did last week), simply ask for their CRM number.
That’s usually enough to have them put the phone down straight away, but if they do give you a number, use it to check them out on the Ministry of Justice site.
MayIClaim
May I Claim, is a trading name of R Costings Limited and our CRM number is 25770
So, if you’ve had an accident that wasn’t your fault and not only suffered an injury, but also financial loss as a result - you know you can trust us to handle your claim professionally.
Call us now on 0800 756 7774 and talk to us to find out if you have a claim - or fill in our Quick Claim form online.
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