Apparently, there was a hit and run that occurred about a week ago, and a witness took down the (incorrect) license plate number of the car that fled the scene. Well, an investigator with an insurance company traced the license plate number back to me, or rather my mother. She is technically the owner of the vehicle that I drive, but she gave it to me to drive when she got a new one. So, I was at work when they called her. She told me about the conversation. He was asking her all kinds of annoying questions and then wanted to talk to me, since I am the one that drives the vehicle now (I guess she told them this).
We were together all day on the day that they told her the accident happened and not remotely close to the town 20 miles away where it happened. The only time we left the house was to go have lunch at a restaurant about 5 minutes from where we live. Also the car that he told her was involved was a red car. I drive a white van and have never owned a red car! Even though she told them ALL of this, the rather rude investigator told her that he was going to call back, and he has--three more times. We just ignore the calls, but I don't know if this creep is going to try to involve the police or something. I don't think this is a scam since the caller ID actually shows the name of the insurance company when they call. Has anyone else experienced something similar?
Surprisingly, something similar happened to me a few years ago. A lady was hitting her her son in a store parking lot. Someone took down the license plate number, and (you guessed it!), it was traced back to me. I had just gotten home from work when the police showed up at my front door. I did not have a son, and my car did not match the description of the car they were looking for (just the license plate did), so they were quickly on their way. However, I have some VERY nosy neighbors who were all gathered in their front yards watching everything--not even trying to be discreet. It was kind of humiliating.
We were together all day on the day that they told her the accident happened and not remotely close to the town 20 miles away where it happened. The only time we left the house was to go have lunch at a restaurant about 5 minutes from where we live. Also the car that he told her was involved was a red car. I drive a white van and have never owned a red car! Even though she told them ALL of this, the rather rude investigator told her that he was going to call back, and he has--three more times. We just ignore the calls, but I don't know if this creep is going to try to involve the police or something. I don't think this is a scam since the caller ID actually shows the name of the insurance company when they call. Has anyone else experienced something similar?
Surprisingly, something similar happened to me a few years ago. A lady was hitting her her son in a store parking lot. Someone took down the license plate number, and (you guessed it!), it was traced back to me. I had just gotten home from work when the police showed up at my front door. I did not have a son, and my car did not match the description of the car they were looking for (just the license plate did), so they were quickly on their way. However, I have some VERY nosy neighbors who were all gathered in their front yards watching everything--not even trying to be discreet. It was kind of humiliating.
