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Scam Alert

Mr. G · 2014-06-30 09:09:39

Found on Facebook Something to watch out for.

30-06-2014 10:09am

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Mr. G

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Found on Facebook

URGENT: Heads up for a royal blue Ford Transit Van reg # CEZ 5765. There was three men in the truck and I fell for the good price of €350 on fixing a small area of our roof. Long story short, their form of extortion was by removing 41 roof tiles, each 18" X 12" from the roof leaving part of the attic open to the elements. Then told me an outrageous price which was over 6 times the amount quoted yesterday. I had paid them some money yesterday, I borrowed from a neighbour and thought the job would be done today but then told they couldn't do anything until I came up with an additional €1000 they wanted today to get materials to finish the job. There would have also been further balance due. They left and not seen again. So now we have a roof open to the elements and no money to fix it. If you see the van in a driveway and know the homowner, give them a call to see if they are ok, I have already reported them to the Garda station in Ennis and can do nothing about the money already paid but wanted to warn others
Taken from Ennis Town Forum.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Spotted-In-Clare/593817660706756?ref=stream

Something to watch out for.

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