The Better Business Bureau issued a warning as scammers target elderly homeowners in Middle Tennessee with at least one couple losing more than $60,000 to fraudulent driveway contractors.
The scam begins with an unannounced knock at the door where fraudsters claim they have leftover asphalt from a nearby road project and offer what appears to be an attractive deal on driveway work.
In the reported case, scammers approached an elderly couple offering what the victims believed would be a small patch job for around $1,500. Instead, the workers paved their entire driveway without permission and demanded $64,000 across three credit cards…