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County: Beware of Post-Sandy Scams, Price Gouging

The Burlington County Office of Consumer Affairs warns residents to be wary of phony charities and home improvement contractors.

In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, with residents in the process of assessing the damage to their homes and property, the Burlington County Office of Consumer Affairs is alerting homeowners to be extremely wary of scams, price gouging and unscrupulous contractors. “Our residents have spent the last week preparing for and battling Hurricane Sandy,” said Freeholder Mary Ann O’Brien, liaison to the Officer of Consumer Affairs. “After surviving that, they now have to be prepared for the potential consumer abuses that often arise from these types of emergencies.” County residents should be wary of the predatory activities of fly-by-night home improvement contractors, such as those who go door to door, demand to be paid up-front or paid in …

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Bobby29

12:35 pm on Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Terrible.   more ›

Scammed Renaissance Photography Customers Can Search for Missing Items

The county put together a database of names of customers who have missing photos from local photographer.

Victims of a local wedding-photography scam can now easily search for their names on a county website after officials recovered hundreds of CDs customers paid for but never received.  Jack Holton, who operated photography businesses in Cinnaminson and Palmyra under the name "Renaissance Photography," served in prison for fraud after not delivering on contracted wedding photographs. Read the whole story on Patch here. “Hundreds of CDs and negatives are here waiting for their owners,” said Burlington County Freeholder Mary Ann O’Brien in a recent release. “Many of the CDs are not labeled or marked properly, so it is difficult to locate the proper customers. ” All of the information marked on the CDs have been entered into a file that past …

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