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22/05/2024Home Repair Contractors

Home repair scammers working their way through Halton – bayobserver.ca Hamilton, Burlington and GTA

The Halton Regional Police Service (HRPS) is issuing a warning to residents about a home repair fraud operating in the region.

The fraud involves contractors travelling door-to-door selling services that are unsolicited by a consumer. These services include but are not limited to chimney repair, general masonry work, step and driveway repairs and general debris cleaning or roof repairs and waterproofing.

The suspect may provide a quote with prices lower than market value and once a deal is reached, will ask fort a large cash payment.

Based on previous complaints, initial work may start, however the crew will not return

22/05/2024Home Repair Contractors

Halton police warn of home repair scammers – bayobserver.ca Hamilton, Burlington and GTA

With the advent warmer weather comes the beginning of home repair scam artists knocking on residents’ doors

Halton Police advise residents to keep and eye out for the following behaviours:

The fraud involves contractors travelling door-to-door selling services that are unsolicited by a consumer. These services include chimney or driveway repair and interlock stone work.

The suspect will provide quotes with prices lower than market value and once a deal is reached, will request a large cash payment. Based on previous complaints, initial work may start, however the work will be sub-par and/or incomplete.

After this initial work, the consumer

22/05/2024Home Repair Contractors

Home renovation fraud returns to Halton

Residents are warned about a home repair fraud operating in Halton. The scam involves contractors travelling door-to-door as they attempt to sell unrequested services to unsuspecting homeowners. These services vary from chimney or driveway repair to interlock stonework.

Halton Police have received multiple complaints and believe there are more victims.

How the home repair fraud works

To secure a deal, the suspected contractor provides quotes with prices lower than market value but requests the homeowner give a large cash payment to secure the fantastic price. Based on previous complaints to Halton Police, the contract may start the work. However, the

Home renovation fraud on rise in Burlington and across Halton Region

Halton Regional Police are warning residents in Burlington and the rest of Halton about a home repair fraud operating in the region. PEXELS PHOTO

Does the person at the door offering to fix your roof or repair your driveway for a real good price sound too good to be true?

Chances are, it is.

Halton Regional Police are warning residents in Burlington, Oakville, Milton, and Halton Hills about a home repair fraud operating in the region.

Police say there have been multiple complaints with a similar approach by similar suspects in Halton, with a number of these complaints happening in

22/10/2023Home Repair Contractors

Police warn of home repair scam at work in Halton

Fraud involves unsolicited offers of repair work around the home, which is never completed, police say

Halton Regional Police say there’s a home repair fraud operating in the region and are issuing a warning to residents.

They describe at least one suspect in the alleged frauds as a “middle-aged white male with a heavy Irish accent”.

The frauds involve the supposed contractor travelling door-to-door selling services that are unsolicited by a consumer, police said in a news release.

Services include chimney repair, general masonry work, step and driveway repairs, general debris cleaning or roof repairs and waterproofing.

Police said the