Police Warn of Home Repair Scam on Route 25
A woman and her son outsmarted a group of suspects. Here are the details.
Keep an eye out for a home repair fraud that involves a ruse to get inside your house, police said. A group of men tried to pull the scam at the home of a 78-year-old woman, according to North Aurora police. The incident occurred at about 10:30 a.m. Jan. 19 on the 100 block of South River Road (Route 25). A man came to the woman’s door and offered to repair her driveway by fixing the cracks and resurfacing the driveway with a “new type of coating,” not blacktop. He said the work would cost $1,000 and would come with an eight-year guarantee. He provided some fliers with the company name of “Father and Son Construction.” The woman agreed to the repair but asked for some written paperwork. When she was going to write a check for the repairs…
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3:11 pm on Wednesday, March 20, 2013
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