Please be aware, criminals
 have been perpetrating
 phony accident schemes in
 Washington D.C. area
 parking lots. Here’s what to
 look for in order to avoid
 becoming a scam victim:

      The Back Out
      A perpetrator drives
      down the aisle of a
      parking lot, targeting
      a driver backing out
      of a parking spot.
      When the
      perpetrator pulls
      up, the driver who
      is backing out stops
      their vehicle. The
      perpetrator then
      waves to the driver
      to continue backing.
      The unsuspecting
      driver continues to
      back up, assuming it
      is safe to do so, and
      the perpetrator
      proceeds forward
      and intentionally
      strikes the backing
      vehicle.

      The Parking Lot
      Pedestrian
      A perpetrator is
      walking through a
      parking lot and
      spots a driver
      backing out of a
      parking space. The
      perpetrator will
      approach the vehicle
      and strike the
      vehicle with a part
      of their body. The
      perpetrator then
      falls to the ground
      and the
      unsuspecting driver
      will think they have
      hit and injured the
      perpetrator. No
      injuries will be
      visible, but the
      perpetrator will
      complain of an
      injury.

 The FBI and the Insurance
 Information Institute
 estimate that each year
 insurance companies pay
 out $25 billion in fraudulent
 claims -- and this means
 increased insurance
 premiums for all of us. To
 help reduce those costs,
 GEICO is working with the
 National Insurance Crime
 Bureau to alert drivers
 about fraudulent insurance
 activities in which citizens
 often are unwary
 participants.

 To learn more about how
 GEICO combats fraud or
 what to do when involved in
 an accident, visit GEICO’s
 Auto Insurance Claims site
 on geico.com. If you are in
 the process of filing a claim
 and think you may have
 been a victim of one of these
 scams, please be sure to
 mention the details to your
 GEICO claims adjuster.
 Thank you for insuring with
 GEICO.

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I am assuming the same type of trashy person who would do something
like this is the same type who would file a false claim with FEMA
for Katrina relief!

KM