Just Out! White Paper: How Recorded Claim Statements Aid in Detecting Fraud

Datascribe-Inc.com has recently released what they call a White Paper Report entitled "How Recorded Claim Statements Aid in Detecting Increasing Fraud During a Difficult Economy."  It's basically a tool for them to market their digital transcription company to insurance carriers, however, you need to be aware of how they are using the economic down-turn to promote their product.  

The paper describes every day consumers as turning to what they call "desperation fraud" against insurance companies as a way for them to get out from under debt. It goes on to say that one of the ways to combat this type of fraud is to take a digitally recorded, transcribed statement from the claimant. 

OK, recorded statements are routinely performed by insurers these days.  However, the folks at Datascribe go a bit further.  At the end of the White Paper, they discuss the benefits of using their services, including the ability for the carrier to "submit the recorded claim statement via Internet for additional analysis, i.e.,
Voice Risk Analysis (VRA - which identifies micro changes in the voice that can occur when a speaker is showing higher levels of stress while giving a statement or answering question)."

Is this starting to sound like an episode of "24?"   Luckily, evidence such as Voice Risk Analysis is simllar to Lie Detector Test results, which are not admissible in a court of law in the State of New York. However, at the risk of repeating myself, if the insurance carrier for the vehicle you are making a claim against requests a recorded statement from you, please contact your lawyer before doing so.  

Here's a link to the White Paper