I think our anti-fraud resources could be better utilized in endeavors beyond trying to get Toyota to pull these delightful commercials. It is inconceivable to think that an individual considering insurance fraud is waffling, on the brink of moving forward with his/her plan, seeing this commercial and finally just saying…..”Well, if it worked for that guy in the commercial it should work for me!!” The greater likelihood would be for Toyota to get their commercial ideas from the jackasses who attempt that type of fraud in real life….like the guy in PA who threw his mustang off a shallow cliff.
Give Toyota a break!! Thank God the commercials aren’t boring!!
As a member of the “short bus” investigator guild, I too have to chime in and echo prior sentiment. Have some humour. Not to mention, thanks for the pointers – those who are really that stupid, do keep us employed !
It’s not fraud unless they turn in a claim! Do the ads show the car owner filing a claim? Nope!
Our society has gone off the edge – health care equals health insurance, right? Wrong. You can get health care without health insurance, you just gotta pay for it.
If I want to trash my car or burn my house down it’s not insurance fraud unless I turn in a claim.
I have to admit that the first time I saw those ads I thought of 10 or so fraud claims I’ve handled in my past that we suspected had that same theme. I don’t think the objection is out of line. I was surprised at Toyota. They have better advertising moxie than that.
There’s nothing happening in Idaho (except Boise State losing in the Hawaii Bowl), so I think it’s just a way of drawing attention to their state, and letting us all know they have a DOI, etc.
The TV ad doesn’t make them commit fraud, it enables their deductive reasoning and pure instinct takes over! They can’t help it. Toyota should start an awareness program and give the potential arsonist a new Toyota Tundra!
I have a car that needs to be taken out to the pasture and shot. However, thanks to Toyota I know now that all I need to do get a new Toyota truck is:
1) Get a job in a steel mill running a crane.
2) Find a way to get my car parked inside the mill right next to where the big-rigs are loaded up.
3) Conveniently run the crane 30 feet past the big rig despite the warnings of every worker on the floor.
4) Drop the steel I-beam on my car.
5) Sit back and smile
A new Toyota will obviously then be delivered to my workplace so that I can get home.
Oops, forgot about reality:
6) Claims adjuster looks at the damage and finds out my occupation is crane operator.
7) Jail time.
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Do people *really* commit insurance fraud based on what they see in a TV commercial? GMAB.
I think our anti-fraud resources could be better utilized in endeavors beyond trying to get Toyota to pull these delightful commercials. It is inconceivable to think that an individual considering insurance fraud is waffling, on the brink of moving forward with his/her plan, seeing this commercial and finally just saying…..”Well, if it worked for that guy in the commercial it should work for me!!” The greater likelihood would be for Toyota to get their commercial ideas from the jackasses who attempt that type of fraud in real life….like the guy in PA who threw his mustang off a shallow cliff.
Give Toyota a break!! Thank God the commercials aren’t boring!!
As a member of the “short bus” investigator guild, I too have to chime in and echo prior sentiment. Have some humour. Not to mention, thanks for the pointers – those who are really that stupid, do keep us employed !
It’s not fraud unless they turn in a claim! Do the ads show the car owner filing a claim? Nope!
Our society has gone off the edge – health care equals health insurance, right? Wrong. You can get health care without health insurance, you just gotta pay for it.
If I want to trash my car or burn my house down it’s not insurance fraud unless I turn in a claim.
I have to admit that the first time I saw those ads I thought of 10 or so fraud claims I’ve handled in my past that we suspected had that same theme. I don’t think the objection is out of line. I was surprised at Toyota. They have better advertising moxie than that.
I say pull them.
There’s nothing happening in Idaho (except Boise State losing in the Hawaii Bowl), so I think it’s just a way of drawing attention to their state, and letting us all know they have a DOI, etc.
Someone got the idea from somewhere.
http://www.claimsjournal.com/news/east/2007/12/31/86007.htm
The TV ad doesn’t make them commit fraud, it enables their deductive reasoning and pure instinct takes over! They can’t help it. Toyota should start an awareness program and give the potential arsonist a new Toyota Tundra!
I have a car that needs to be taken out to the pasture and shot. However, thanks to Toyota I know now that all I need to do get a new Toyota truck is:
1) Get a job in a steel mill running a crane.
2) Find a way to get my car parked inside the mill right next to where the big-rigs are loaded up.
3) Conveniently run the crane 30 feet past the big rig despite the warnings of every worker on the floor.
4) Drop the steel I-beam on my car.
5) Sit back and smile
A new Toyota will obviously then be delivered to my workplace so that I can get home.
Oops, forgot about reality:
6) Claims adjuster looks at the damage and finds out my occupation is crane operator.
7) Jail time.