Locksmith Scam News Clips
Locksmith Scam Update July 2011:
Due to recent news of locksmith scams throughout the nation, we are proud to provide you with the latest information. As the internet is more and more saturated with scammers, it is difficult to spot the good ones from the bad ones. In Miami-Dade County all legitimate licensed Locksmith is required to post their license number on all advertisement and on the work vehicle, so this will make it really easy to see who is legit. If you see an ad and it does not have the license number on the home page, they are scammers avoid them! The Miami-Dade License number will start or end with LK, LR or LKI-CRT and a combination of numbers. You can also check the business name at http://www.sunbiz.org (Florida Customers) if it is not registered in the fictitious name site avoid them. When you find one of these companies, report them to the site where you found them as spammers. No Spam, No Scam! for more info email us.
Due to recent news of locksmith scams throughout the nation, we are proud to provide you with the latest information. As the internet is more and more saturated with scammers, it is difficult to spot the good ones from the bad ones. In Miami-Dade County all legitimate licensed Locksmith is required to post their license number on all advertisement and on the work vehicle, so this will make it really easy to see who is legit. If you see an ad and it does not have the license number on the home page, they are scammers avoid them! The Miami-Dade License number will start or end with LK, LR or LKI-CRT and a combination of numbers. You can also check the business name at http://www.sunbiz.org (Florida Customers) if it is not registered in the fictitious name site avoid them. When you find one of these companies, report them to the site where you found them as spammers. No Spam, No Scam! for more info email us.
We Must Fight Back!
If you are a Professional Locksmith and would like to join the No Spam, No Scam directory send us an email with your interest to join. Your company name would be added to our directory of legitimate locksmiths, and your interested clients can verify your company by clicking on the No Spam, No Scam badge linking them to the directory. We will be verifying your credentials and business address in order to join.
This is an effort to eliminate the companies that are spamming, and scamming the general public nationwide. Your help is needed as this epidemic of scammers is taking our local business and scamming our clients daily, giving us all a bad reputation. There are no joining fees at the moment, only a donation to help us promote and make the public aware of these scams, as well as maintaining the directory. Thank you for your interest in the No Spam, No Scam project.
If you are a Professional Locksmith and would like to join the No Spam, No Scam directory send us an email with your interest to join. Your company name would be added to our directory of legitimate locksmiths, and your interested clients can verify your company by clicking on the No Spam, No Scam badge linking them to the directory. We will be verifying your credentials and business address in order to join.
This is an effort to eliminate the companies that are spamming, and scamming the general public nationwide. Your help is needed as this epidemic of scammers is taking our local business and scamming our clients daily, giving us all a bad reputation. There are no joining fees at the moment, only a donation to help us promote and make the public aware of these scams, as well as maintaining the directory. Thank you for your interest in the No Spam, No Scam project.
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Beware of locksmith companies that advertise or quote you $19-$29 charge for services. The truth is they just use those numbers to reel you in! Once they arrive to your location they will come up with an excuse to rack up the fees, and in an emergency situation you will have no choice then to pay them. They will also use tactics like “the service fee is $19 or $29 plus parts and labor” Again a big space of uncertainty that they will use to rack up the price. Or they will tell you that the lock you have is a hard one to pick, again an excuse to charge more. Bottom line is you will not be paying less than a $125, for service that a legitimate locksmith would normally charge $60-$75.
How these companies operate, typically they are all from out of town. They are just a call center that receives your call, and forwards it to some unknown unqualified local person typically un-licensed. That will make 50% of the bill, that’s why they have to charge excessive prices to cover their time. Just do the math; if they quote you lets say $29, 50% of that would be $14.50. That’s not realistic when they have to drive to your location, and spend at least 30 minutes to solve your problem. They are also using phony company names in their advertising, and of course they are using phony local addresses to make themselves look like they are local. They buy huge blocks of local phone numbers to saturate the internet and deceit you further. It is really difficult for the regular consumer to spot these phony locksmith companies, especially in an emergency situation. So don’t be afraid to ask them for their address and their license number, if they refuse to provide it avoid them. If they are an out of town call center avoid them, these are question you have the right to ask.
If these companies are using shady tactics to reel you in, and are using phony local addresses, phony company names, to deceit you. Why would you trust them to deal with your personal security and most of all your credit card?
The only thing you can do to protect yourself from these scammers is to check the company name at http://www.sunbiz.org. This is the official State of Florida website to check the required fictitious name registration of all companies. If the name does not appear in that list avoid them, and if it does appear check their address. If it is not the address they claim in their advertisement find someone else.
How these companies operate, typically they are all from out of town. They are just a call center that receives your call, and forwards it to some unknown unqualified local person typically un-licensed. That will make 50% of the bill, that’s why they have to charge excessive prices to cover their time. Just do the math; if they quote you lets say $29, 50% of that would be $14.50. That’s not realistic when they have to drive to your location, and spend at least 30 minutes to solve your problem. They are also using phony company names in their advertising, and of course they are using phony local addresses to make themselves look like they are local. They buy huge blocks of local phone numbers to saturate the internet and deceit you further. It is really difficult for the regular consumer to spot these phony locksmith companies, especially in an emergency situation. So don’t be afraid to ask them for their address and their license number, if they refuse to provide it avoid them. If they are an out of town call center avoid them, these are question you have the right to ask.
If these companies are using shady tactics to reel you in, and are using phony local addresses, phony company names, to deceit you. Why would you trust them to deal with your personal security and most of all your credit card?
The only thing you can do to protect yourself from these scammers is to check the company name at http://www.sunbiz.org. This is the official State of Florida website to check the required fictitious name registration of all companies. If the name does not appear in that list avoid them, and if it does appear check their address. If it is not the address they claim in their advertisement find someone else.
$19 Locksmith? Nice Price, But Beware!
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We at U-Locked! Locksmith are very concerned with the recent rise of "Locksmith Scams & Spam" circulating the internet everywhere. Most of all the bad reputation that those scamming companies are giving us. This page is dedicated to help our customers protect themselves from these scamming companies.
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