{"id":74238,"date":"2017-12-11T14:00:15","date_gmt":"2017-12-11T07:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/surely-its-no-accident-that-claims-firms-have-got-my-phone-number\/"},"modified":"2017-12-11T15:03:15","modified_gmt":"2017-12-11T08:03:15","slug":"surely-its-no-accident-that-claims-firms-have-got-my-phone-number","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/surely-its-no-accident-that-claims-firms-have-got-my-phone-number\/","title":{"rendered":"Surely it\u2019s no accident that claims firms have got my phone number"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nAs soon as I entered my details on a price comparison site, the nuisance calls startedTwo weeks ago you featured a letter from a reader getting calls from claims firms asking about an accident. Two years ago I had a minor accident in Spain. No UK company (repairer, recovery, hospital) was involved. All contact took place on my wife\u2019s mobile.Months later, back in the UK, I went on several price comparison websites to get insurance quotes and, as part of that, had to reveal I had been involved in an accident. I also gave my mobile number. Almost immediately afterwards the claims calls started, asking whether I had been involved in a crash? Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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