Scam Type
Home Improvement Scam
Business Name Used
Itinerant Roofing Contractor Scam
Date Reported
June 29, 2024
Postal Code
11358
Total Dollars Lost
$ 0
Scam Description
One Irishman can saying there was Pool of Water on the Roof.
He saw it from a job they were working a block over behind the house
When permission was given to check the roof he came back with another Irishman with a Ladder.
They when up and came down with Pictures of Damage around the parging around the Chimney.
They spoke with my Fiancee
They said the Job would cost $3600. She agreed
They came back the next day Friday 6/28/242 hour late.
They dropped off a Mexican laborer with a ladder and he started working on the Chimney.
Later in the afternoon both Irishman returns and went up to the roof then said there was a major problem that showed us a video of a roof that looked like ours that had severe damage we didn’t believe them because the roof was replaced four years ago they left for the day leaving a ladder on the side of the house Fill Up on the Roof we inspected the roof and took pictures and there was no damage the other thing we discovered was that the chimney that they worked on was actually the next door neighbors and not ours the houses on the end of a row house in Bayside Queens on 195th Street.
We sent the cease into cyst email to the email given to what’s on the flyer and the letterhead they’re due to come back tomorrow one of the things besides leaving the ladder up during a major storm which is happening at the moment they left all the debris up on the route to next to the neighbor’s chimney they were driving trucks with New Jersey tags and no company logo or license information for New York
