Suspected Home Repair Scammers Victimize Elderly Couple
A story by KRNV-TV Channel 4 in Reno, Nevada serves as another reminder to approach with suspicion unsolicited visitors knocking on the front door of your home offering to provide services that will purportedly help you avoid trouble.
According to detectives, four men approached an elderly couple and told them their home was not up to code and offered to make the "necessary" repairs so as to avoid inspectors from "red tagging" the residence.
The elderly couple then reportedly paid the suspects more than $12,000. The suspects then came with a crew of laborers and did some yard work, scraped some paint from the house and worked on porch repairs. The couple reportedly saw one of the suspects come down from the home's second floor where jewelry and coins were later reported missing. The suspects failed to return the following day to complete the work for which they had been paid and haven't been seen since.
For more, see Reno Police Looking for Home Improvement Scam Suspects.
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According to detectives, four men approached an elderly couple and told them their home was not up to code and offered to make the "necessary" repairs so as to avoid inspectors from "red tagging" the residence.
The elderly couple then reportedly paid the suspects more than $12,000. The suspects then came with a crew of laborers and did some yard work, scraped some paint from the house and worked on porch repairs. The couple reportedly saw one of the suspects come down from the home's second floor where jewelry and coins were later reported missing. The suspects failed to return the following day to complete the work for which they had been paid and haven't been seen since.
For more, see Reno Police Looking for Home Improvement Scam Suspects.
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posted by Home Equity Theft Reporter at 2:17 AM
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