{"id":10341,"date":"2025-01-17T16:08:35","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T19:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/?p=10341"},"modified":"2025-01-17T16:08:36","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T19:08:36","slug":"police-warning-of-a-roofing-and-chimney-contractor-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/2025\/01\/17\/police-warning-of-a-roofing-and-chimney-contractor-scam\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Warning of a Roofing and Chimney Contractor Scam."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Police in the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) are warning of a roofing and chimney contractor scam and are seeking information from the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Between January 5 and January 10, RCMP Halifax Regional Detachment and the Halifax Regional Police responded to four reports of fraud where a group of men were canvassing door-to-door and offering homeowners chimney repair services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Investigators learned that homeowners paid an agreed amount to the men representing a false masonry company. Once demolition occurred, the men then request a much greater amount in order to complete the work agreed upon. During each incident the work was never completed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At this time, the information gathered indicates that the masonry company is fictitious and that victims were referred to a very convincing construction website, leading them to believe the company is real.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In each incident, there was a group of at least four men. Photos of the men believed to be involved are attached.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"238\" src=\"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/FB_IMG_1737140653502.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/FB_IMG_1737140653502.jpg 800w, https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/FB_IMG_1737140653502-300x89.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/FB_IMG_1737140653502-768x228.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"404\" height=\"306\" src=\"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/FB_IMG_1737140657220.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/FB_IMG_1737140657220.jpg 404w, https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/FB_IMG_1737140657220-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The investigation, led by the RCMP\/HRP Integrated Criminal Investigation Division, is ongoing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact police at 902-490-5020. To remain anonymous, call Nova Scotia Crime Stoppers, toll-free, at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), submit a secure web tip at www.crimestoppers.ns.ca, or use the P3 Tips app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: RCMP Release <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police in the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) are warning of a roofing and chimney contractor scam and are seeking information<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10339,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,10,12,13,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-general","category-latest","category-news","category-top-stories"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10341"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10342,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10341\/revisions\/10342"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}