The Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection (DCP) is warning consumers who receive electronic offers for home improvement to check out the contractors before agreeing to any work.
DCP warns that sometimes scammers will try to lure unsuspecting homeowners into buying services they do not need. For example, a consumer who redeems an online coupon for a low-cost chimney inspection or sweeping could be pressured, sometimes with scare tactics, into hiring the contractors to fix other problems they “find” requiring immediate attention. These scammers get the consumer to pay up front and then do inferior or unnecessary work, and sometimes no work at all.
