rental car insurance scam
Fraud Protection Advice needed regarding a Budget Rental Truck?
I rented a truck from Budget and returned it within a few hours, no incidents and no problem with the return. When I rented, I paid extra for insurance.
Two weeks later, I get a garbled message from a Budget rep saying there was a claim against me for hitting a parked car. (A completely bogus claim).
I’m trying to figure out who the scammer is and the best way to handle it.
I figure scammer could be the guy who rented it to me or the agent at Budget who left the garbled message. I’m thinking perhaps because I had bought the extra insurance they are trying to scam their own company.
Or, some roving thug somehow was able to find the “truck number” on the truck and then called in the claim.
Any ideas on who is scamming me and the best way to protect myself? I rented it under my company name so I”m thinking the scammer assumed we were a “big” company that wouldn’t follow up.
They have to be able to prove it was you driving the truck at the exact time and place the accident occurred. I’d tell them to go kick rocks. Keep in mind their insurance only covers damages to their rented truck, not another vehicle. Not that it should make any difference in this case.
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