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Scammer's website NONE
Scammer's address NONE, Tyler, TX 75707, USA
Scammer's email [email protected]
Country United States
Total money lost $6,000
Type of a scam Other
He gave her his card and told her that he had to go get the truck with the asphalt and that he would return later that day to do the initial portion. She then contacted me to tell me that she may be getting a new driveway that day. We discussed it and agreed that I would need to see it prior to any work being done. Robert then disappeared for hours until my mother called the number on his card to see when he might come back to do the introductory work (she naps often in her old age and was getting tired waiting for him to come out). A woman answered the phone and told my mother that he'd be there soon. When he finally arrived, he had his "nephew" with him to help.
She met them outside and she watched them get started on the "free" portion. Due to her old age and infirmities, she could only tolerate standing outside in the cold watching for a few minutes before telling them that she was going inside to wait for them to finish the "free" portion. Sometime later (she had fallen asleep on the couch waiting), my mother was awakened by them knocking on the door. They demanded payment of $6,000 for the completed job. Alarmed at this and not knowing what to do for fear of reprisal and seeing that they had done more than the "free" portion, she obligingly wrote them the check. They then wrote on the back of the business card "$6,000.00 Paid an Full" "Flat Price" " 5 year gautterd". This was the only "paperwork" for the job. Seems like trying to state that she paid a flat rate of $6000.00 paid in full with a guarantee of 5 years in attempt to put her at ease and make it "official." No contract. No agreement. (Note - I added notes to the card including "Drive way" "12/5/2024" and "Check #4126".)
My mother alerted me afterwards telling me that she had done a "bad thing" and so I contacted the bank the next day (due to her alerting me after bank hours on the day of the scam) in an attempt to put a hold on the check, but they had already cashed it and that until it posted to the account, we could not take any other action.
After doing my own research and discussing costs and the procedures of asphalt paving with colleges that have had similar work done, we concluded that she was thoroughly ripped off and taken advantage of. Upon my inspection of the job, I found it to be approximately 9' wide by 100.75' long making the square feet 906.75 (including the "free" portion). Using his verbal quote of $5 per square foot 906.75 X $5 = $4,533.75. According my resources the thickness of the asphalt is only half as deep as it should be in order to do the job that it was supposed to do. There was no approval to do any work other than the "free" portion and no discussion was had as to how large an area would be paved. There should've been nothing done except for the initial "free 5-square feet" from the road. Instead, this Robert Northern went carte blanche paving a swath of ground expecting to be paid handsomely by a lonely widow.
A few days later the "nephew" came back, waking my mother from her slumber, telling her that he was there to put the hardener on the paving.
He stood off to the side to avoid being seen by any cameras and stated something about the charge for the hardening. My mother, still in her pajamas and fearful, couldn't hear if there was a charge or if he said there is no charge. She told him, "no." He left and she hasn't seen nor heard from either of them since. If this was legitimate contracted work, Robert Northern should have then reached out to her regarding the hardener and the 5-year guarantee and/or to clarify the cost/no cost of the hardener. In my research of Northern Asphalt and Robert Northern, I could not find any references to it as a company nor his name with a local address. My opinion of the job, other than it shouldn't have been done at all, is that it was very poorly done with only the intention of making a quick buck off of someone that wouldn't fight back. It seems that she is out of luck getting anything back financially, but she has learned a hard lesson and will be more cautious in the future, including calling the local sheriff if necessary.