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A few days before April 1, 2025, a man named Bill from "1st Call Paving and Masonry" approached my family's home to offer driveway paving services. He mentioned that he had been working on other neighbors' driveways as well. Seeing other neighbors had agreed to those services, my father asked for a written estimate, but they never gave one. Bill and his team showed up April 1 and started immediately drilling and working on the driveway. In a few hours, they were finished and Bill refused to take a check, and demanded my father (who is 71 years old and does not speak English well) to head to the local bank immediately to get him $5000 in cash. He was extremely rude and brash and almost felt like he held my father hostage until he got his money in cash. I was afraid he would get violent. I came out to talk to him and asked for his name and company. However, he seemed hesitant to tell me. He waited where my father had parked the car and took the cash from him. Afterwards, he gave my father a fake "contract" with the fake company name at the top. He had my father sign this after he took the cash. They even left one of the asphalt rollers on the lawn and did not seem interested in taking it back.

Dollars Lost

$5000

Targeted Person's Location

MD, USA- 20878

Scammer Information
Scammer location logo

Gaithersburg, MD

Mobile logo

(240) 536-5947

Web logo

https://www.1stcallpavingandmasonrycorp.com/

Scam Type

Home Improvement

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Business name

1st Call Paving and Masonry

Date Reported

April 1, 2025

Scam ID

966567


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