Insurance cheats discover social media is the real pain in the neck

With the number of whiplash cases soaring, canny insurers are increasingly looking at people’s Facebook and Twitter accounts to help them nail false claimants

To come in seventh place in a field of 2,000 competitors in a 10km race is quite an achievement for any enthusiastic runner. So in the age of social media it was unsurprising that William Owen tweeted a picture of himself running said race in St Helens.

A few weeks later and the energetic 29-year-old tweeted that he had signed up for a half marathon, and shortly after came a picture of himself on top of Mount Snowden. More remarkable than his athletic achievements, however, was the fact that a few months previous he had claimed to have suffered neck and back pain after a car reversed into his vehicle in a petrol forecourt.

Facebook or Twitter … is in front of the judge and there is nothing the claimant can do to argue against it

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