Same as others. I have filed a complaint with the Colorado Secretary of State using the Colorado No Call reporting process (since my phone is on the no call list). I encourage everyone to do the same (in your state of course)
I got on from John this morning. number on the phone was Ad-Base Systems 315 218-0558 but the call back number on the message was 415-449-8787. Same schtick. Need help on a job site. I asked for the directory. Got a loong bit of hold music before I got Jeanie on the phone. Apparently John works for her. She said they are a handyman/independent contractor business. I told them I am a seamster and she said "sorry, I don't know why we called you. Thanks for calling back." I have an ad with my number on CL too.
I was gonna call this guy back and thanks to reading these posts I decided not to.
I do offer services in the area and almost fell for this [***].
"Just what I need a slew of phone calls from porn sites" GEEZ!
Good Luck guys.
Well, unfortanutely we fell for this alltradesnow.com, they actually used the name contractortrades.com. Told my husband the exact same thing that everyone else has been told and my husband was to qucik to response and paid the $99.00 background check. Now, after reading all these posting I'm fearful of what can happen. Lucky, we gave our american express card number, but stinks that he gave his social number. So now I don't know what to do? Should we pull his credit report? Ever since we gave them our business email, we seem to be getting alot of fraudulent emails that we don't even open or reply to. Any help or suggestions would be great. We've been in business for 15+ years as general contractors and I'm just at a awww about this.
John has decided to go with a different name today (Dave) when he called me from 315-218-0556 saying he was with a construction outfit that was in my area (Sioux City, IA) and would like to schedule us out if we were available. Thanks for posting the stories!
This guy left me a voice-mail, and I thought the message was odd for various reasons.
1. He never actually said my name
2. Said he wanted "my services", but never said what those services were
3. Gave the name of BLONDIE CONSTRUCTION which I googled & it does not exist... at least in my area
4. VERY vague
**ALSO he said his name was DAVE & left his call back number as 315-218-0556**