Carpet and Floor Cleaning Industry Chat Forum : Beware of scam https://www.kleenkuip.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sun, 21 Jun 2026 08:44:39 +0000 Tue, 10 May 2011 15:38:09 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.06 360 https://www.kleenkuip.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=6545 <![CDATA[Carpet and Floor Cleaning Industry Chat Forum]]> https://www.kleenkuip.com/forum/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.kleenkuip.com/forum/ <![CDATA[Beware of scam : I haven&#039;t heard of those...]]> https://www.kleenkuip.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6545&PID=163413&title=beware-of-scam#163413 Author: XtremeClean
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Posted: 10/May/2011 at 3:38pm

I haven't heard of those kind of scams in Canada; at least not in my area.  But speaking of scams, there was a guys going around here and some of the nearby towns a few years back claiming to be a carpet/air duct cleaner.  He'd call folks up telling them he had just cleaned their neighbor's carpets/ducts and hook them that way.  Then he'd go in with a shop vac and shove the hose down their vents while he rooted through their belongings.  One of the worst cases we heard of his, he nabbed some old lady's stamp collection and charged her upwards of $1500 for next to no work. . . and she paid.  I can't remember the guy's name or aliases off hand, but I'll post them if I can find the information.  This all happened in BC, Canada.
]]> Tue, 10 May 2011 15:38:09 +0000 https://www.kleenkuip.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6545&PID=163413&title=beware-of-scam#163413 <![CDATA[Beware of scam : Similar, thing happened to me....]]> https://www.kleenkuip.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6545&PID=163305&title=beware-of-scam#163305 Author: amera
Subject: 6545
Posted: 20/April/2011 at 6:12pm

Similar, thing happened to me.  I got an email from a lady claiming to be in the hospital,  dying from cancer.  She said, she had several area rugs to be  cleaned and could she drop them off and pay with a credit card later. I refused and blocked her email.
]]> Wed, 20 Apr 2011 18:12:34 +0000 https://www.kleenkuip.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6545&PID=163305&title=beware-of-scam#163305 <![CDATA[Beware of scam : I have received a couple more...]]> https://www.kleenkuip.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6545&PID=163291&title=beware-of-scam#163291 Author: CDRX
Subject: 6545
Posted: 18/April/2011 at 10:52pm

I have received a couple more similar email requests in the last couple weeks.  They're still at it.
 

 
]]> Mon, 18 Apr 2011 22:52:11 +0000 https://www.kleenkuip.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6545&PID=163291&title=beware-of-scam#163291 <![CDATA[Beware of scam : Sounds like a scam. Anyone who...]]> https://www.kleenkuip.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6545&PID=162796&title=beware-of-scam#162796 Author: westcovina
Subject: 6545
Posted: 19/January/2011 at 6:31pm

Sounds like a scam. Anyone who wants you to front money is usually up to no good.]]> Wed, 19 Jan 2011 18:31:02 +0000 https://www.kleenkuip.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6545&PID=162796&title=beware-of-scam#162796 <![CDATA[Beware of scam : If it seems like a scam then it...]]> https://www.kleenkuip.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6545&PID=160038&title=beware-of-scam#160038 Author: sgordon
Subject: 6545
Posted: 26/May/2010 at 2:58pm

If it seems like a scam then it probably is.]]> Wed, 26 May 2010 14:58:36 +0000 https://www.kleenkuip.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6545&PID=160038&title=beware-of-scam#160038 <![CDATA[Beware of scam : Couldn&#039;t tell. ]]> https://www.kleenkuip.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6545&PID=159740&title=beware-of-scam#159740 Author: CDRX
Subject: 6545
Posted: 30/April/2010 at 11:18pm

Couldn't tell.]]> Fri, 30 Apr 2010 23:18:27 +0000 https://www.kleenkuip.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6545&PID=159740&title=beware-of-scam#159740 <![CDATA[Beware of scam : I&#039;ve had the real Relay calls...]]> https://www.kleenkuip.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6545&PID=159738&title=beware-of-scam#159738 Author: Duck Country
Subject: 6545
Posted: 30/April/2010 at 11:00pm

I've had the real Relay calls before.  Are you saying the AT&T Relay operator in this case was not the real thing?]]> Fri, 30 Apr 2010 23:00:06 +0000 https://www.kleenkuip.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6545&PID=159738&title=beware-of-scam#159738 <![CDATA[Beware of scam : They called me the same way with...]]> https://www.kleenkuip.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6545&PID=159727&title=beware-of-scam#159727 Author: CDRX
Subject: 6545
Posted: 30/April/2010 at 9:37am

They called me the same way with an operator, pretending to be deaf. Then they tried email a couple weeks later.I hope no one is falling for this.]]> Fri, 30 Apr 2010 09:37:40 +0000 https://www.kleenkuip.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6545&PID=159727&title=beware-of-scam#159727 <![CDATA[Beware of scam : Same thing happened to me the...]]> https://www.kleenkuip.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6545&PID=159724&title=beware-of-scam#159724 Author: bigrich
Subject: 6545
Posted: 30/April/2010 at 9:22am

Same thing happened to me the other day but with a twist. They had AT&T call me because they were supposedly deaf so AT&t offers a service where they type to the opperator and the opperator talks to you. Well, it was the same scenerio. I just emailed them back stating I was going to turn them into the feds and informed them that they needed to know how to spell and write correct sentences. ]]> Fri, 30 Apr 2010 09:22:55 +0000 https://www.kleenkuip.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6545&PID=159724&title=beware-of-scam#159724 <![CDATA[Beware of scam : It sounded like a spin-off of...]]> https://www.kleenkuip.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6545&PID=159692&title=beware-of-scam#159692 Author: CDRX
Subject: 6545
Posted: 25/April/2010 at 11:04pm

It sounded like a spin-off of the Nigerian scams.  I didn't realize so many people already knew of this.
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