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							Insurance Fraud and
  Vehicle Theft are
    Serious Crimes
 Report Your Suspicions to the
National Insurance Crime Bureau
 You’re Being Ripped
   Off Right Now


You may not realize it, but each and every one of us
is being ripped off – 24 hours a day, 365 days a
year.

Even if we haven’t suffered a direct loss, we’re all
victims of insurance fraud and vehicle theft. That’s
because people who commit these crimes cause us
to pay higher insurance premiums.

These crimes add up to billions of dollars in
fraudulent insurance claims annually. The National
Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) and the nation’s
property/casualty insurers are enlisting your help to
stop costly fraud and theft crimes.
         Speak Up By
        Phone, Text or
           Internet
You can help put criminals where they belong.

If you suspect insurance fraud or vehicle theft crimes,
don’t be silent. Speak up, and contact the NICB.

The NICB offers three ways you can report your
suspicions.

1. Send a text message with the keyword “FRAUD”
   to TIP411 (847411) on your cell phone or mobile
   device. Messages can be responded to in real
   time, creating an instant two-way live “chat” with
   NICB personnel.

2. Call the NICB’s toll-free telephone hotline,
   1.800.TEL.NICB (1.800.835.6422), which is
   staffed Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to
   10 p.m. CST.

3. Visit the NICB’s Web site, www.nicb.org, then
   click on the “Speak Up” button on the home
   page. You will be directed to a form that you can
   complete and submit online in just minutes.

Whether you call the hotline, send a text message to
TIP411 or report your suspicions online, experts review
every tip. You can make your report anonymously.
   For More Information
The National Insurance Crime Bureau is the nation’s
leading nonprofit organization exclusively dedicated
to preventing, detecting and defeating insurance
fraud and vehicle theft through data analytics,
investigations, training, legislative advocacy and
public awareness.

Learn more about insurance fraud and vehicle theft,
and how you can protect yourself from these crimes,
on the NICB’s Web site at www.nicb.org.




            1111 E. Touhy Ave., Suite 400
               Des Plaines, IL 60018
                   1.800.447.6282
                   www.nicb.org