Australia - What a cheeky double whammy! First, Australian Kos noticed that his car was damaged when he pulled into the parking lot a few days ago. Then he discovered a note behind the windshield wiper. But instead of an apology and contact details, something completely different awaited him.

"I couldn't see your tiny car when I was reversing. And now my car is f***ed up. There were people there too, so I had to leave a message. F*** you," the person who caused the accident said in faulty English.

"I saw the damage to my car and I was pretty surprised," Kos explained in an interview with Newsweek this week. "When I first saw the news, I was relieved. I thought the person who caused the damage would be decent enough to leave his details," he added.

Disillusionment followed shortly afterwards. Kos couldn't believe what he was reading.

"The moment I saw the message, I had to laugh, even though I was pretty upset," he admitted to the US magazine.

But what happened next?

Kos first made it clear that he was not driving a small car, but a Hyundai i30. The bumper, radiator grille and headlights of this sedan had been damaged.

The injured party estimates the repair costs at several thousand Australian dollars. He also has to pay an excess as long as the police have not caught the person who caused the damage.

Kos now believes that the note writer only left the strange message to deceive the witnesses and prevent them from taking action themselves. Otherwise, he remains optimistic and defends his fellow human beings: "To be clear: The majority of Australians are good people and this situation is an isolated incident."

Last week, he attracted a lot of attention on Reddit with two photos of the note and a corresponding statement. "The overwhelmingly positive support from people has definitely helped me feel better about the whole thing," Kos says happily.

But there is one thing he would have liked to have done before the accident: "My advice is to get a dashcam, because it protects you in situations like this."