Victim Location 80602
Type of a scam Identity Theft
They are using our private residency as their business address with google maps having people come to our home for business. We have been getting mail delivered for them for past 3+ months and we keep returning it as wrong addressee, return to sender, but still more. We got some that looked like tax information, so directory billing mail, etc…They have a phone number listed on their web page thru Hubbiz which is 303-502-1449. Both myself and my husband have tried to contact them via phone and each time we start to ask to talk with someone they hang up. I even tried asking if I good get a quote and someone to my address for the quote and they said call another garage door company. I don’t know why our address is being used or how it is, but we don’t want people showing up demanding work be done, payment, etc… We are a private residence. Thank you. Annette Nevitt
Victim Location 34777
Total money lost $50
Type of a scam Home Improvement
I was looking for a small local company in Orlando, Florida to examine and possibly repair my garage door. It would not close properly. There was a listing in the Bing search engine for a company named Garage Door Repair at 2100 N. Forsyth Rd, Orlando, Fl 32807. When I clicked on it, a website for leftysgaragedoor in California popped up. I interpreted this as a computer glitch and called the local number.(4079490377) The person who answered advised me that there was a $29 service call fee and he set up an appointment for a technician to come to my home the following day. However when the technician came, he tested the door and decided I needed to buy a new opener, which he would install for $300. He also advised me that I had to pay him an additional $50 for diagnosing the door problem. When I made out the check, he told me to make it out to him. I later got a call from an 800 number (800-714-7440) from a woman inquiring if the technician had been to the house and how much he had been paid. I called this 800 number the following morning in an attempt to get a refund of the $50 fee which I had paid above the $29 service fee. I felt that an diagnosis of the problem would have been included in the service call fee. The man who answered told me this was not possible. The fact that the technician wanted the check made out to him and not to the company and the call from a woman inquiring how much money was paid to him as well as the exorbitant price quote to install a new garage door opener($300) leads me to believe that the listing on the internet may not be a real business and should be avoided. I don’t know if this qualifies as a scam or just poor judgement on my part for paying the $50 diagnostic fee without first calling the company.. However I wanted to bring this incident to your attention and other potential customers can avoid this problem.