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Locksmith Scams On The Rise
The rise of smartphones and mobile web searches is fueling a
ripoff that targets people looking for a locksmith.
Hundreds of times a day in South Florida, people are being
victimized by what’s known as “copycat” locksmiths using
the names of legitimate businesses, fake addresses and
phone numbers that funnel calls to boiler rooms with dozens
of phone lines, experts say.
“When you Google ‘locksmith,’ nine out of 10 times the
numbers that come up are not for legitimate locksmiths”. An
attorney with an office in Palm Beach Gardens, who represents
the Associated Locksmiths of America. “It has really
grown exponentially with the Internet and with the voiceover-IP
phones,” which turn simple telephone signals into
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digital data that can be sent anywhere.
“You can’t tell where anybody really is.”
Driving the trend is that people don’t always plan to call
locksmiths, instead turning to them in an emergency, for example,
when they’re unexpectedly locked out of their home
or car. Also, locksmiths aren’t licensed, which opens the field
to workers with little training.
The epidemic is putting consumers’ security at risk and costing
brick-and-mortar companies hundreds of thousands of
dollars in lost business.
“The tipoff is they won’t give a written estimate, and they
want payment upfront. They want cash. They will take the
ATM card and ask people to get money out. It gets consumers
at their most vulnerable.”
If someone answers the phone with a generic “lock smith”
or “lock smith’s service,” or “Florida lock smith” rather than
a company name, it’s most likely not a legitimate locksmith.
Be wary of a worker who shows up in an unmarked vehicle,
isn’t wearing a company uniform and doesn’t carry business
cards, work orders or an invoice with the company’s name,
he said.
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