How Do People Fake Whiplash?

1. Date Of Writing: 28-07-2020 Date Of Editing: 29-July-2020 Writer Name: Hamza Editor's Name: Junaid Date of article finalization: 29-July-2020 Number of words: 712 Category Type: Article Submission Url for Q/A site or Quora: Posted Url : https://5f1d97077bf6a4.wifeosite.com/ Title: How Do People Fake Whiplash? Meta Description: - The number of fake whiplash claims are increasing day by day in the UK. Here is how people successfully fake to get a whiplash injury claim Main Target Keyword: Whiplash Injury Claim Related Keywords: mobile phone usage, road accident claim, personal injury claims, causes of road accidents, how to fake whiplash, whiplash injury compensation H1: - How Do People Fake To Get A Whiplash Injury Claim? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Whiplash is one of the most commonly caused injuries in road traffic accidents. Mobile phone usage and distracted driving are the most potent causes of road accidents. When you get into an accident, you experience a severe jolt on your head due to the force of the accident. This jolt rapidly moves your head in two different directions that damages the soft tissues of the neck that causes whiplash. But there is one reason you should not be worried: you can get a whiplash injury claim if the fault was not yours. There are some people who are not eligible for making a whiplash injury claim, yet they still make it. That is what is known as a fake whiplash injury claim. There are a lot of ways people know how to fake whiplash. Tempering medical records, exaggerating expenses, fake accidents and fake statements of witnesses are some of the most prominent ones. Using these techniques, some people often play with the system and try to outsmart it. Some succeed in it while others are caught. So let us unveil the tricks people often use to make a fake whiplash injury compensation. But before that, let us know: Can You Fake A Whiplash Injury Claim? From all the types of personal injury claims, whiplash injury compensation is the one most notorious for frauds. It is evident from the fact that fake whiplash claims cost the UK with millions of pounds each year. Due to its difficulty in detection and delay in symptoms, whiplash personal injury claims are easy to fake. So let us take a look at how people make fraudulent claims. Tempering Medical Records Getting medical treatment for a whiplash injury is crucial. It is because medical assistance not only helps you recover from your injuries, but it is also proof of your injury. Medical records are

2. a great help in determining the amount of compensation. Whether it is a road accident claim, a whiplash or an accident at work claim, medical records are important for every type of claim. But people faking to get a whiplash injury claim often make fraudulent reports that exaggerate the injuries. So the more severe an injury is shown, the more medical expenses are mentioned in the reports. In this way, people often get more claim money than they deserve. Date of Knowledge The deadline for making any type of personal injury claims is three years from the date of knowledge. The date of knowledge refers to the date you came to know about your injury caused by the accident. The symptoms of a whiplash injury often appear late. So the date of knowledge becomes ambiguous. People take leverage of this ambiguity and try to make a claim even though the deadline has passed. So this is another trick victims often fake their whiplash claims. Leverage of Future Expenses When making any type of personal injury claim, not only the past expenses are taken into consideration. But an estimate for the possible expenses for the future is also taken into consideration. There is a good chance that your treatment may not be complete when claiming for whiplash injury compensation. In addition to this, you may not be able to go to work for some time. All these future contingencies are taken into account when estimating the amount of a whiplash injury claim. So victims often exaggerate these expenses by providing some false reports to set aside more money for the future contingencies while making a claim. Fake Accident All the frauds mentioned above are categorised as soft frauds. But some people even fake a whole accident to get a whiplash injury claim. This is considered as a hard fraud that is a serious criminal offence. Some people go the extra mile and properly plan the whole accident for getting a fake whiplash or a road accident claim. If you get caught in this, you can be charged heavy fines or jail. You can even get both of these punishments as it is a serious criminal offence. No doubt insurance companies have a lot of tactics to verify the authenticity of a claim. They even catch a lot of fake cases. But still, there are several cases of making a fake whiplash injury claim become successful.