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- Springfield, MO, USA • Dec 18, 2024
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Homeaglow advertises that you can get 3 hours of cleaning for $19. Before you get this low price one has to buy a $90 membership!which is not in the add.

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- Wardsboro, VT, USA • Dec 07, 2024
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This person set a time to meet me to discuss a price for plowing my driveway. They asked for a $30 deposit through Venmo. The never showed up. When I tried to get in touch with them, they had blocked me.

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- Forney, TX, USA • Oct 16, 2024
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I need to blast this company. For 3yrs I had a feeling something wasn't right with my lawn for the services I paid to have. I hired Gecko Green to provide lawn treatment and tree and shrub treatment. My grass looks a mess right along with my dead tree in back. I decided to increase my sensitivity on my surveillance cameras cuz I always get notifications on when my service date to be rendered... Well guess what my camera caught yesterday? Him driving right on by. And charging me for services rendered. Fraud...Fraudulent...I'm pulling my camera footage to see how long this has been going on cuz it definitely matches up with my crappy yard. I need all my damn money back. $130 a month for nuffin

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• Oct 11, 2024
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Stephen Rogers from Prestige Contracting offered his services to do the

driveway with recycled asphalt for a price of $7000 (no taxes). My

mother signed a contract with him and the work is guaranteed for 5

years. Upon completion of the driveway, there were loose asphalt rocks

throughout and it was crumbling on the sides. My mother has called

Stephen Rogers on numerous accounts, we have sent emails to

[email protected] but they were undeliverable. We have

also sent texts with pictures and videos to his associate, Liam. We

would like for them to come and repair the loose stones and holes and

crumbling sides. There is a house on Montée Crooks (just besides us) who

have similar issues with Prestige Contracting. Here are the phone

numbers we have been trying to reach:

873-455-5458 (Stephen)

343-544-6023 (Liam)

437-580-8761 (Prestige Contracting)

647-763-8176 (Prestige Contracting)

When we walk on the driveway, the rocks (asphalt) come off so we can

just imagine what it will look like during the winter.

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- Cobden, IL, USA • Sep 12, 2024
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I clean houses and I have a professional cleaning business, and we clean residential home.  I received a call from a guy with a course accent (Nigerian).  He and his wife had purchased a home and we would like it cleaned before we move back from Texas.  He stated that he was also having flooring done in the home and then he asked if he could include the fee for the flooring job with the check he would give me.  I stated that I did not know this business and I did not feel comfortable.  He sent a check in the amount of $3000.00 he was getting antsy, and he was persistent about me cashing the check.  So I went to the bank and I asked them if this check was fraudulent but it would take three days in order for them to find out.  So, the check was cashed and then he gets antsy, and he wanted me to send the money back.  He was harassing me with me wanting to return the money back. I eventually contacted the police and I was informed to reach out to the FBI. 

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- Bakersfield, CA, USA • Aug 17, 2024
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In the mail received a post card. On the front of the post card it lists my name mailing address and "IMPORTANT-NOTICE-DO NOT DISCARD" On the otherside says "IT IS TIME FOR YOUR AIR CONDITIONER TUNE-UP

& INSPECTION "

The paragraph states that its time for your tune up according to the records.

This is not good eldery people may believe that they have to do this. They should just be offering a discount.

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- Cortland, NY, USA • Aug 14, 2024
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Called the number, nobody answered. Called me back. I saw it was a scam on several websites. Answered the call and a woman said she was calling from the nria. I said to her I understand this was a scam. She hung up on me

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- East Mc Keesport, PA, USA • Jul 20, 2024
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Large, official looking postcard asking for personal information, financial information, & cet. purporting to be an NGO that helps with repairs.

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- Memphis, TN, USA • Jun 30, 2024
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Rico electric came out started doin work never return took 2500 dollars will not answer phone

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- Riverview, FL, USA • Jun 30, 2024
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They sent a letter with only a record ID #A172CCO1698 with the same ruse that I needed to call them @ # 8884135452. Letter said final notice and they needed an immediate response for my home warranty. Also no company name or address. Just the phone number . I

didn't call them . I immediately started looking for information on them . I can't verity it's a scam but common sense tells me it is . They also sent a registration fee voucher in the amount of $ 199.00 in check form but stating this is not a check written under it .

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• Mar 28, 2024
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Scammer contacts you through social media . In my case I posted on Facebook looking for a contractor and he replied. He used a fake website, pictures and reference. He used a FAKE invoice from a local hardware store to make it look like he paid for materials . The scammer was arrested by police and has been charged with 12 counts of fraud.

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• Mar 16, 2024
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We hired **** **** ***** ******** as a contractor to finish our basement project.

He adviced that we obtain the Home depot loan card to purchase needed material for our project.

We obtained the card and he asked for card details to buy needed materials. Everything proceeded as planned until he made several unauthorized transactions on our card. $1252.24 on Oct 4 and $9802.83 on November 9.

**** acknowledged the error and promised to pay back in 2-3 business days. **** paid back 1252.24 and $4802.83 from the unauthorized transaction and has since refused to pay the balance of $5,000 he made fraudulently on our card.

He is not responding to calls or messages and has abandoned the project work we gave him.

He and his workers used our home depot card negligently by purchasing drinks, refreshments and tools on our loan card.

He forged our signature and created a fake account to transact with the city on our permit application. We hired him as a contractor to apply for permit etc using his company. Rather he chose to forge our signature and create a fake account. He even went further to advice us to break the exterior wall without permit from the city. This would have led to serious consequence since our name was on file as applicant rather than his business.

Also we paid him $4,765.25 for electrical materials and he has not accounted for the expenses or the materials. He also has materials he purchased on our homedepot card in his possession.

All of this has resulted in a lot of pain and suffering and we'll be taking this to court.

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- Clovis, CA, USA • Mar 15, 2024
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Company representative came to the door. Stated they would save money using there company vs. PgE. There is no savings. Customer is charged 3x the regular fees. Company makes canceling the service very difficult.

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- Brookfield, WI, USA • Mar 13, 2024
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I responded to a notice asking me to contact this person about duct cleaning. When i did, the scammer emailed back without his phone number to contact with questions.

Today i received a lenghty email telling me i could share 45% of a wealthy woman's will in Japan.

I replied calling this person a scammer and said to not for any reason contact me again

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• Feb 22, 2024
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Cold call for a survey about water quality. Another call, a few months later, to say you WON a gift and a FREE water test and they can come do that for you. Once you let them in your house, the water tests bad and out comes the high pressure selling presentation of all the water filtration systems they offer. They spend as long as it takes to get a sale. If you can't pay outright, they offer a loan company that has already pre-approved you for up to$20,000 for 60-180 months @ an interest rate of 13.99%. They target elderly people on fixed incomes. The system is installed the next day (fee waived verbally during the signing of contract) Detergent is included (for free) on the contract @ a value of $4,000. If during the 10 day cooling off period you can cancel the contract for no reason. Then they want to charge you an uninstall fee. It's not on the contract! They charge $150 + tax on each unit you bought, plus $300 to return the detergent if you opened any of the boxes. I find this deceitful and I had to argue vehemently with them over the phone. My parents initially bought the whole system for over $19,000, but changed their mind the next day and bought a basic system for $8,387. I brought it to their attention that they could get a system at an affordable price from someone else and how this company has been scamming people. They invite themselves into your house , sell you an overpriced system, install it and when you cancel within your consumer rights(10 day) they want to charge YOU money to come take it out! It seems like they're going to get money out of you one way or another. My parents had no plans on buying a water system that day! no money was exchanged. The contract was cancelled and so was the void cheque. The company called me back to tell me they were waiving the uninstall fee because I told them I was putting complaints in and talking with the Newspeople . They were waiving the fee just special for us because I was angry and felt that they had been deceptive with my parents....I know of other people who've been through the same with their elderly relatives and have helped a few of them to get out of paying the Uninstall fee. I learned that this company has been in our area over the past (2+) years , doing the same things. Most people don't question them because they're embarrassed for cancelling or don't want to fight for their money, so they just pay the fee to get rid of them.

Also, as part of my parent's initial $19,000 package, they were sold one of the units that filters Chlorine. My parents live in the rural country and have a dug well, there is no chlorine in it! The seller knew that, but said nothing about them not needing that unit. Very Deceitful!!

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- Virginia Beach, VA, USA • Feb 15, 2024
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Frank Rios claims to own this business. He always insists on customers paying cash upfront but will either not complete work, rush through it and cracks, or nake excuses as to why he can't finish.

He won't file permits or obtain proper liscenes to preform work.

When refunds are requested he will threaten then block you. Come to find out, Frank doesnt work there, he works under the table to evade taxes. Thats why he demands cash only. The real owners let Frank Rios continue to scam people.

BBB Note:  Please report this type of issue not only to your local BBB, but also the police, the IRS and your local board for contractor's.

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- Pittsburgh, PA, USA • Feb 08, 2024
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I received a mailer from the National Residential Improvement Association (NRIA). It was addressed to "Resident", not to me personally. The return address was REF NO. NRIA-PA-070119-1039 at PO BOX 597, Dunmore, PA 18512-9954; however, the physical address listed on the mailer is 125 Herman Melville Avenue, Newport News, VA 23606. This mailer claims to offer 203k limited repair programs for services provided by local contractors. A quick Google search of this program alerted me to this being a known scam that is potentially already under investigation. I wanted to report it here to help track and trend ongoing attempts at outreach to victims.

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- Plymouth, MA, USA • Jan 26, 2024
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FerroRedbrook Buy Nothing Group

· January 24 at 10:16 AM ·

Hey Neighbors! I am getting my Washer dryer Line cleaned by Peter Mossor. Would anyone else in the community like to join me and get the group rate? We needb at least 5 people to get the group rate, the date would be determined based on the amount of people that want a cleaning. If you want to get on the schedule you can message me. Let me know if you want in!

This was the post on Facebook Redbrook Buy Nothing Group (my community in Plymouth MA) , by ******* *****. I inquired via Messenger and received a response. Price quoted was $179.00 for cleaning

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- Ripley, NY, USA • Jan 25, 2024
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False promises of free home modifications

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- Saint Louis, MO, USA • Dec 22, 2023
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They called me and I think they have call me before.  So, they may have Identified but I was in a rush she wanted to know if they could look at my roof, and when was the last time I replaced the roof, and she confirmed my address.  She set up a time for today.  No one showed up for the appt nor did anyone call to rescheduled the appt due to rain.  They did not get any personally Identifiable information but they do know my address. 

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