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Imagine you’ve worked hard your entire life to live in your dream home with your family. You work every day and enjoy relaxing at home at the end of the night with your family. Unfortunately, one day you notice a slight hole in your roof.
Ugh. You aren’t too skilled in repair work so you decide to hire a roofing contractor to come to your home and perform some work in order to prevent the issue from worsening. But you didn’t look into the contractor you hired. He arrives. He says things like “Looks like you’re going to need a lot more work done than we originally thought.” And he spends hours on end atop your roof. After a week or two, you notice that the hole isn’t fixed, your roof looks even worse than before, and the contractor has stopped arriving at your home. You call and call and call. No answer. You look for his company online and can’t find anything. Then it finally sinks in. You are a victim of a roofing scam. These kinds of scams happen all the time all across the United States. These scammers are criminals and have no remorse for taking people’s hard-earned money. It’s not right but it happens so much. It’s important to know how to identify these illegal schemes and what to do if you come across a scammer. Beware of Roofing scams If you’re in need of roof repair or other roof maintenance jobs, you’re going to need to hire professionals. There are plenty of hardworking, experienced, and quality roofing workers out there, but there are a handful of fraudulent ones, as well. Whenever you research roofing contractors, make sure you spend some time checking references, going over the quality of their work, and actually talking to them in person or on the phone. Many fraudulent contractors will scheme people into believing they are going to perform roof leak repair jobs and then will take the money and not finish the job or not do any work at all. Roof replacement jobs can cost a significant amount of money, as well. So if you’re not working with a team of experienced roofing contractors, you might end up losing a ton of money and having an unlivable home because the roof is so damaged. There are all kinds of illegal scams involving roofers. According to TC Palm, a Pompano Beach man has been accused of posing as a roofing contractor and stealing over $16,000 from local residents. An unlicensed contractor was accused of taking thousands of dollars from three elderly people after telling them that they need to have significant work done to their roofs. Paul John, 52, of Pompano Beach, was arrested in late June on charges of organized scheme to defraud, grand theft between $20,000 and $100,000, and three charges of theft from a person 65 or older. Records have shown that John is not a licensed contractor and doesn’t actually own or operate a roofing business in the state of Florida or anywhere else across the United States. The Better Business Bureau (BBB) has started warning residents about upcoming roofing scams, especially as COVID-19 restrictions begin to lessen. “It starts with a phone call or maybe a door-to-door visit from somebody who is a rep for a roofing company, and they tell the homeowner that they’re in the neighborhood doing somebody else’s roof, and they offer a free roof inspection,” said Susan Bach, a regional director for the BBB. Here are some of the most common roofing-related scams to watch out for this year:
If a roof inspection is free, it can’t be a scam, right? Not true. In fact, since scammers are often very creative and clever, they are coming up with all sorts of tricky ways to steal people’s hard-earned money. “If you ask questions about where the business is located or how their services work, you’ll most likely be met with vague answers, or, if you are speaking on the phone, they may simply hang up,” said BBB officials in a press release about the free inspection warning. “If you accept the free inspection, the ‘inspector’ shows up at your house, and if they don’t find enough wear and tear to merit a whole new roof, they may fabricate it by tearing off shingles to mimic wind damage. Or they may simply show you pictures of someone else’s damaged roof.” If you’ve been the victim of a roofing scam, report it on BBB Scam Tracker immediately. Your report will help alert others to the danger of this or other potential scams. “Keep a close eye on previous reviews and any complaints other consumers might have had,” added BBB officials. “This is one of the best ways to know if a roofing company is reputable or just a cover for a scam.” https://lawterminology.net/beware-of-fraudulent-roofing-contractors-identifying-and-avoiding-scams/
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