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Sheriff's deputies investigating paving scam

By Lightning Reports, Published: September 2, 2015

The Henderson County Sheriff's Office is investigating a possible scam after two men took a $3500 check from a homeowner for a driveway sealing job they sold as a repaving.

The sheriff's office said it received a report that two Hispanic males in a full size, white 4 door truck with no markings came to the home of an elderly female and offered to re-pave her driveway for $3,500.00.

The men completed the work and were given a check as payment. When the victim and her son went outside to look at the work, they found their driveway had been resealed, not repaved. Luckily the victims were able to stop payment on the check. Investigators learned the workers had gone straight to First Citizens Bank in an attempt to cash the check but were unable to do so.

The victim told officers the two men were clean cut, polite and easy to trust. A hand-written receipt left with the victim showed the company was using the name Paving Solutions with a South Carolina phone number.

Henderson County Sheriff Charles McDonald warned that fly-by-night paving scammers often target Henderson County seniors with inflated prices and substandard work. He urged anyone who encounters a person or sees a vehicle matching the above description to immediately contact the Sheriff’s Office at 828-697-4911.