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Scammer's address Yuma, AZ, USA
Country United States
Victim Location AZ 85367, USA
Total money lost $3,500
Type of a scam Home Improvement
He came back about an hour later, close to 5pm, and had his wife with him, and then another guy arrived, supposedly his father, who ended up doing most of the work, just rolling on the product after the wife had painted the expansion joints and edges. The original guy sprayed the expansion joints beforehand, weed spray and supposedly acid wash, but not sure about that. The only other prep work was to blow the dust away, they did not have a blower, so borrowed ours. This part of the job took less than an hour and he then approached my husband and suggested they do the front driveway and walkway for 'same price' which we took to mean within the $3500. Seemed like a bargain, but they had spent so little time for so much money, we agreed. The entire job, front and back took approx 2 hours. I had already made out a check for him as it was approaching dark by then, no name on the check as yet. He came inside, and his first words were, 'now the fun begins', and my radar went off along with red flags, oh no!! I asked him who to make the check out to and he gave me a name, which I felt didn't really fit, as he and his wife and 'father' spoke with a foreign accent (not Latino we thought), and the name was not foreign. However, I didn't feel right to question his name, should have asked for ID in retrospect. Handed him the check, and he then asked where the rest was, he was asking for another $3500. After an hour of haggling, him demanding to see my bank account, which of course I would not agree to, asking for cash which we did not have, or gold coins. He asked did we want him to get fired by his boss in Phoenix, and we said we didn’t want him to get fired. Somewhere along the line his wife and ‘father’ came back into the house, and somehow his ‘father’ became his boss, and started negotiating a lesser amount. We ended up agreeing to $1000 more to be paid a week later when we receive our SS payment.
Finally got rid of them at about 7pm, he took the check. He rang the next morning at advise he couldn't cash it as the bank would not cash any higher than $2500 so we agreed to meet him at my bank that morning and I would have the check cashed, which we did, at the teller window, who asked him what denomination he wanted. He stated ‘hundred’ and it was counted out by the machine. The teller asked if he would like an envelope and he declined the offer. We had also asked that he bring an invoice and receipt. No invoice, he said it's on his phone and he would send it, which eventually happened after several requests. It is in the name of a what we assume is a bogus company, not listed anywhere, no address, no license number. My husband has advised him he has a check made out to the 'company' as per the invoice, but they are not happy with this, harrassing us for cash which was never part of any verbal discussion. At this stage we are at a stale mate, but have not paid the $1000. The job is not worth the extra money, very poor workmanship, and I (73 years old) could have done a better job. There is so much more I could add to this, but have tried to be as brief as possible.
We have rego numbers for both of their vehicles but do not have the authority to investigate ownership. It would be very interesting to have a description of the people that scammed the Sun City lady ***, and maybe we could have these people exposed for breaking the law as we now know they should not be operating without a license, or if operating as a 'handyman' should not be doing jobs over $1000 for materials and labor.
We have reported this to our local Sherrif's office, but didn't really get a sympathetic hearing, they said they would make a note of the incident. We do realise we are at fault for not taking the necessary precautions at the outset.
*** Article in Daily Independent, Sun City lady scammed 14 March 2024.