{"id":529782,"date":"2026-03-11T19:39:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T19:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/529782\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T19:39:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T19:39:09","slug":"toronto-police-warn-public-about-auto-insurance-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/529782\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto police warn public about auto insurance scam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The old adage \u201cif a deal is too good to be true, it probably is\u201d comes to mind after a warning from Toronto police about an auto insurance scam that\u2019s making the rounds.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators say they\u2019ve received a number of complaints from victims who were duped by the promise of low annual insurance rates between May, 2025 and February, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Police say the suspects claim to be insurance brokers, and even provide a pink slip with a policy number from well-known insurance agencies after victim\u2019s hand over their payments.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, the slips are fake, and investigators say many victims have only realized this after they\u2019ve been involved in a crash, or were stopped by police while driving.<\/p>\n<p>Police offer the following advice to avoid being a victim of fraud:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 only purchase car insurance directly through a licensed broker or reputable companies<br \/>\u2022 contact the insurance company directly using a phone number from the company\u2019s official website to confirm the policy number<br \/>\u2022 avoid third-party sellers, and be wary of those offering cheaper insurance rates<br \/>\u2022 never pay for insurance upfront, as no insurance company will ask for cash or an e-transfer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The old adage \u201cif a deal is too good to be true, it probably is\u201d comes to mind&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":529783,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194291],"tags":[49,48,3302],"class_list":["post-529782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-toronto","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-toronto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=529782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529782\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/529783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=529782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=529782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=529782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}