How to handle the other driver texting me after accident
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Anonymous
| Last week i was backing out of my parking spot at the grocery store and backed up into another woman’s car who was also backing up from a spot across from me. Her car has a dent but mine doesn’t. She was angry saying she stopped and beeped and I hit her, but I’m not sure if that is true. In any case, we exchanged insurance info and they ruled it 50/50 and my insurance is paying half her deductible. Now k keep receiving texts from her saying she’s a broke single mom and that I need to pay her for the rest of the deductible. I already told her to contact the insurance company directly but she is still texting me about this. What would you do? She had my address and info and I don’t want her to come over or something. |
Anonymous
| Block her. |
Anonymous
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She does this on purpose. It's a scam.
No broke single mom would repair a dent in her bumper. I'm rich and I wouldn't. |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
Agree. Block her |
Anonymous
| "I'm sorry. I asked my husband and he said no. He gets very angry when I bring it up." |
Anonymous
Exactly. |
Anonymous
+1. I would block her. |
Anonymous
| Another vote for blocking her… |
Anonymous
| I wouldn’t block just to have a record, but don’t respond. You can turn off notifications for her number. You could also call your insurance company, they probably have some process for this. |
Anonymous
| why are you even asking here? block her. That's why you have an insurance company |
Anonymous
| My MIL was an almost-victim of this exact same scam. The mechanic actually suspected the dent was preexisting. PPs are right--block. |
Anonymous
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Block her but send screen shots to your insurance for documentation.
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Anonymous
| I'd respond one more time and tell her you can't help her and that anything related to this incident should be directed toward your insurance company. If she continued to contact me I wouldn't respond and I'd call my insurance company and see what they recommend. |
Anonymous
| Tell her to take it up with the insurance company and then block her. She sounds like a scammer (and not a very good one!). |