Text messages are wrong
I recently received an anonymous text telling me that “you are entitled to £3,760.00 for your accident”.
This surprised me because I wondered how whoever sent it knew what level of compensation I should receive but more importantly I am one of those lucky people who have never been involved in an accident!
I discovered that the text originated from a claims management company who are sending out hundreds (if not thousands) of texts on the basis that somebody who receives one might have had an accident. Claims management companies are businesses that “farm” accident claims and then sell them on to solicitors; the people who run them are usually not solicitors and normally have no legal qualifications.
The texts are not only misleading, because if you have had an accident the amount you are entitled to depends upon your injuries, but they are also a breach of the rules under which claims management companies operate.
Texts sent out indiscriminately could be sent out to the elderly, the vulnerable or children; worse still a text could be sent to somebody who has suffered a serious life-changing injury who is likely to find it distressing to be told that they are entitled to “£3,760.00” when they might actually be entitled to much more.
