MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. ( DC News Now ) — Montgomery County officials are warning residents about driveway paving schemes after seeing a recent rise in reports from homeowners.
In a release sent out Friday, Montgomery County’s Office of Consumer Protection (OCP) said the schemes involve unlicensed workers approaching residents and offering cheap driveway paving or resurfacing services. The fraudsters typically arrive in unmarked trucks and say they are working nearby with leftover materials before pressuring residents to agree to the labor.
However, the services are often poor quality, causing significant financial loss for the homeowner. In many cases, the “workers” ask for upfront payments, raise prices mid-job or leave the work incomplete, according to the OCP…