The viral insurance coverage fraud try that occurred on a New York freeway earlier this month has had an unlikely star rise out of the scenario. The Honda Civic coupe that was used within the tried fraud crash has been noticed a number of instances by customers on social media, who found that others have even taken to vandalizing the automotive.
To recap when you’re lower than velocity: TikTok person Ashpia Natasha shared sprint cam footage of insurance coverage fraudsters within the Civic trying to get her to hit them whereas in site visitors by slamming on their brakes on Southern State Parkway in New York. When Natasha efficiently braked and prevented an accident, the fraudsters then put their Civic in reverse and backed into her, hoping to make it appear as if she was the one who induced the accident. A number of individuals acquired out of the automotive performing injured, with the motive force of the automotive switching seats earlier than exiting to make it look like one of many passengers had been the one driving, and one other passenger leaping right into a Kia Sportage that had been following Natasha to create distance behind her. Within the video you possibly can see one of many individuals from the Civic noticing Natasha’s sprint cam after exiting the automotive, and their demeanor modifications. She mentions that they rapidly collected her insurance coverage data earlier than dashing off. There’s been no replace from her on the scenario for the reason that incident occurred.
Regardless of that lack of an replace, keen-eyed people on social media have been recognizing the Civic at varied locations round New York, and unsurprisingly given its function within the bullshit fraud that has garnered tens of hundreds of thousands of views, individuals have been vandalizing the automotive. In a TikTok posted by @thewild3435, they initially discovered the automotive parked alongside the road on October 21, untouched. In subsequent TikToks from October 22 and 23 we are able to see piece of cardboard with the phrase “fraud” painted on that was laying on the windshield, the motive force’s facet window was busted out, what appears to be a boba tea cup was stuffed within the driver’s door deal with, and the again window was lined with one other piece of cardboard that had the phrase “rats” painted on it.
One other Tik Tok posted by @pretty_virgo28 from the identical day exhibits the identical Civic with the vandalism injury parked exterior an NYPD precinct; @thewild3435 additionally noticed the Civic at this precinct. The entrance and rear items of cardboard are gone, however the boba cup within the door stays. There’s additionally a giant piece of plastic hanging from the motive force’s facet door, which was in all probability used to cowl the damaged window. What was the automotive doing on the police station? It will be a wild twist to this story if the homeowners had been there reporting the vandalism of a automotive that was utilized in an tried insurance coverage fraud.
Desirous to know extra, I known as the NYPD precinct that the automotive was noticed exterior of, and requested an officer anybody had reported the vandalism of the automotive. I used to be advised, “mo one has been within the precinct to report something like that.”
Spanish TikTok has been busy recognizing the Civic as effectively. One TikTok posted by @willdtb exhibits him speaking over one other video the place customers have noticed the Civic; he explains he needs to make one other Spanish account to get any updates he might miss as a result of he doesn’t know Spanish. One other Spanish TikTok from October 24 exhibits the identical Civic parked in one other lot, and makes use of the hashtag #whereistheredkia — a reference to the purple Sportage that was tailing Natasha through the crash and picked up one of many passengers of the Civic after the hit.
It seems this isn’t the primary time these fraudsters have tried pulling this insurance coverage stunt, both. In an Instagram put up by @coronavirusny, sprint cam video exhibits one other Civic — this time an eighth-gen Civic sedan — doing the identical factor that was finished to Natasha: the Civic cuts in entrance of the automobile earlier than slamming on its brakes, inflicting the sufferer to rear-end them. Three individuals get out performing as in the event that they’re damage, and when you watch carefully, the identical purple Kia Sportage pulls forward of the “accident” to gather a fourth particular person from the automotive. Within the description of the video, the unknown sufferer says his insurance coverage is investigating the incident.
Whoever these persons are, they have to be stopped. We under no circumstances endorse any type of vandalism on anybody’s automotive for any motive, however on this case, we completely perceive it.
