A Florida woman says someone stole her driveway from her house while she was at work.
  • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
    183·
    11 months ago

    Sanchez is helping Brochu sell her home. She posted about the situation online and believes Brochu is the victim of a scam. But neither woman knows what the scam is.

    it’s simple.

    1. [steal the drive way]
    2. [offer to repair the drive way]
      1. [charge inflated prices]
      2. [use high pressure sales tactics to scare them into what happens if it doesn’t go through]
    3. [reinstall the old dive way]
      1. [put lien on house]
      2. [find reasons to drive the price up and delay work]
      3. [use lien to scare/force continued payment]
    • Aatube@kbin.social
      20·
      11 months ago

      Actually, you’ve gotten that almost completely wrong. What they wanted to steal was not the driveway; they wanted to steal the contractor (driveway replacement worker)'s money. They pretend to be the owner looking for a driveway replacement, “accidentally” pay too much, ask for the surplus money back, and then do a chargeback on everything they paid. In this case the contractor went ahead before realizing they’ve been scammed. Experienced contractors ask for an in-person meeting or proof of ownership.

      Source: https://www.wftv.com/news/local/why-does-someone-steal-driveway-contractor-explains-how-scam-works/LVEJBTGRLRGQFEMW5AY6W7BOUY/ (the original source of this video)

    • CrayonRosary@lemmy.worldEnglish
      83·
      11 months ago

      Never mind. It’s just my app. I though Sync was good. 😭

      It doesn’t support nested lists, which I couldn’t tell you had done because it looked so bad in my app. Sorry.

      I see what it is. You’re technically supposed to have a blank line before the start of your list. The Lemmy website doesn’t care, but I guess Sync does.

      it’s simple.

      1. [steal the drive way]
      2. [offer to repair the drive way]
        1. [charge inflated prices]
        2. [use high pressure sales tactics to scare them into what happens if it doesn’t go through]
      3. [reinstall the old dive way]
        1. [put lien on house]
        2. [find reasons to drive the price up and delay work]
        3. [use lien to scare/force continued payment]

      What I see:

      My original comment:

      1. Lemmy has markdown for numbered lists.
      2. It’s really easy.
      3. You should use it.
      • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
        32·
        11 months ago

        whats funny is that is lemmy markdown. (I looked it up cuz i couldn’t remember if it was '1. 'or '1) ’ to start . that said it could simply be that Sync formats the lists differently. Dunno. I use liftoff! on my phone without complaints.