Victim Location 90272
Total money lost $300
Type of a scam Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill
This is a website/fraud business that offers locksmith services. On its website, it says for house lockout, the service call fee is $15 and the service starts from $35. It also says it accepts credit card/debit card payments. When I was locked out of my apartment tonight (2016/03/16 at 9:14pm), I called the number (888) 300-0605 on the website and a locksmith came 30 minutes later, asking $55 for the service call and up to $261 to open the lock. In order to confirm the service charges, I called back to (888) 300-0605, which is supposedly the number of the company, but the one on the phone said he was not familiar with the prices nor could he give an estimation or ask a co-worker about it. In other words, according to him, all charges depended on the words and "professional opinions" of the technician.
The locksmith who came originally offered 3 options, $160 to open the lock with a pic, $216 using a bg-key, and $261 to do a drill. He almost went directly for a drill after 2 minutes and destroyed the lock comepletly, and said that their credit card system would not work and so asked for a payment in total of $344. He gave us an invoice with no address of the business and even no name of contact. When we tried to call him again, he would not answer the phone.