Thieves Now Targeting Auto Insurance Customers With Telephone Scam

InsuranceBureau.com, insurance independent source of information, reports from the Ohio Department of Insurance is warning residents of the state of a new auto insurance scam. In auto insurance fraudsters contact customers by telephone and inform them that there is a problem in terms of their auto insurance payments. Thieves purpose of inducing the victim to provide bank account information in order to obtain payment processed immediately so that the customer does not lose their auto insurance.

"This is a particularly clever fraud, because nobody ever hears about identity theft involving auto insurance. Plus think of car insurance is due to expire may be sufficient to pull even the most vigilant consumer," says InsuranceBureau.com 's CEO Eric Oster. Ohio is the only current reporting auto insurance fraud, but is likely to spread to other areas. Once insurance is one of the ways to protect against identity theft auto insurance scams. "InsuranceBureau.com is interested in helping consumers to not only save money but to protect ourselves from such systems," says Oster. If you do not have an auto insurance agent, be wary of giving anyone personal financial information over the phone. "Hang up, and call your auto insurance company itself," Oster advises.

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