needed some work done on my front porch, called up two contractors who had good reviews on Google, one of them called me back, said he was a dude who worked for the first contractor but did his own thing and was in charge of the work in my part of town. Guy came out, spoke legit as far as the work that needed to be done took some measurements and said he would email me a quote , and if i agreed work would start in about a week or so, all pretty standard up to then.
Two days later as promised sent me a quote through my email using Square , I agreed to the quote then I got an invoice from square asking for half down on the job (which he told me would happen ) and the other half would be paid once the job was done. I sent the deposit and then go to thinking. When dude called me his phone # was different than contractor i googled, ok no biggie, go back on google, go to the contractors site, he is not listed on there. Go through the reviews no mention of his name. Google the name of his company which came up when he called, only has 2 reviews on google, both recent, both positive. Google his name, it checks out as far as where he says he is from but he does not have his own website for his company. Nothing on FB either.
I text dude next day to make sure deposit went through , dude said yup, thanked me etc said he will be in touch in a few days.
am thinkin i just got scammed on a home repair
