Nina Redding
Scams
It’s that time of year when
many homeowners turn their
thoughts to fix up and repair jobs
around the home and are more
than willing to let someone else
help for a great price.
I heard a story this week about
a homeowner who had repair
men stop at his home and offer
to repair the lightening protec
tion system. The supposed re
pairmen indicated that they
could see it was damaged from
lightening and proceeded to do
some work on the spot up on the
roof.
After lots of pounding, the
work was completed. The con
sumer paid, and the repairmen
were off. It wasn’t until the con
sumer realized maybe he should
have gotten a receipt that the
true story started to unfold. A
reputable lightening protection
system company who Ihe person
thought had done the work was
contacted and the consumer
asked for a receipt. When the
company indicated they did not
do any recent work for the indi
vidual it whs clear what had hap
pened. The company paid a visit
to the consumer, checked the
bogus work done, and found it
was not done accordftig to code,
but the repairmen-'’ were long
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So you say, oh that would
tteyer happen to me?
Well', perhaps you are real
smart and ‘always on top of
things, but ■ think ‘ about' your
loved ones, especially the elderly
who can’t do many repair jobs
for themselves and are thrilled
when someone offers to do it im
mediately.
Of course the elderly Want to
pay their bills right away!
When we think of fraud, many
of us immediately think about
the telephone. Have you ever
stopped to think it might be
someone knocking at your door?
Fraud is a purposeful deception
practiced in order to get an un
fair or unlawful advantage where
a seller intentionally misleads the
buyer. Fraud occurs when a
knowing deception causes a con
sumer to enter into a transaction
and by doing so, suffers a finan
cial loss.
If you are approached with an
offer by someone to do repair
work, do your homework up
front. Ask the person or compa
ny for a written quote that in
cludes their name, address, tele
phone number, and a description
of the work to be done. Ask lots
of questions. Ask for local refer
ences that include a telephone
number so you can truly call the
reference before the work is
done. Never allow someone to do
the work the same day. If they
do the work later make sure you
get a receipt with the previously
mentioned information.
If you are approached by any
one who has a deal too good to
be true, take action by alerting
authorities. You could prevent
some unsuspecting consumer
from losing money in a fraudu
lent Ischcnw. Get as-much identi
fying information (such as name,
mailing address, and telephone
number) as you can from the con
artist before telling them that
you are not interested in what
they are selling. When a number
of complaints or reports are re
ceived from a given area, author
ities are likely to take enforce
ment action and issue consumer
alerts by the media to warn oth
ers.
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(717)653-5236
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Antiques
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