Complaint Review: ASA Home Inventory - Tampa Florida

I am posting thought I did not give him my money because this sounded much too similar to other such ripoff attempts I have read about since first contacting ASA Home Inventory yesterday. I almost gave this guy, goes by Thomas, $295 yesterday after seeing a Santa Barbara craigslist ad and speaking to him at length. Offers ipad and camera plus training but wants payment via Vanilla Preload or netSpend Reload cards. Drove all over town to find one - finally did with is help locating a specific  store. Went to scratch off the code and read it to him but scratched too deep and could not read all the numbers. It will take 10+ days to recover my money according to the card company. But the manager at the store told me that these cards are usually flags for scammers and maybe my accidental scraping off the numbers was a sign from God. It did give me a day to research and voila - he's posting his ads across the country. Guess he grabs a bunch of cash and then gets another phone and web and starts over. Isn't there anyone out there to investigate and prosecute these guys?

He told me not only would I get the materials, but that they provide clients they get directly from insurance companies; that they had 11000 inspections yesterday alone; that n Santa Barbara they need 100 inspectors the demand is so high; that 'd have work everyday if I wanted; that I would most often be paid in cash and that I would keep 60% of the profits. Rushed me to get payment to him by 5 pm his time (whoosh, lucky I didn't). Also found it curious he only one I talked to - and we talked several times. That he was "Staying late" so I could reach him as late as 7:30. Received an email today requesting payment by 4 p.m. so they could ship my materials to be received by tomorrow.

I kept asking about the prepaid card and why couldn't he just take a credit card. He claimed it was for my safety. Right! Cuz then I couldn't do a chargeback.

I read through your prior fraud posts and t sounds like the same guy others have called Thomas McIntyre aka Tim Matthews out of Florida and going by other company names such as Thomas Business Consulting and Gateway Home Inventory.

Anyway I am glad I found your board Fred and hope we can keep people from falling for this. Such a shame - I had really gotten my hopes up.

His post:

Home Inventory Specialist, $100k (santa barbara)

Earn $450-$600 daily doing home inventories for insurance purposes. No Selling. We supply the clients and you perform the service. For details, go to

http://asahomeinventory.info/

ASA Home Inventory

Principals only.

• Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster.
• do NOT contact us with unsolicited services or offers

post id: 4843313792

posted: a day ago

Home Inventory Service Provider Certification Criteria

1. Certification is required to perform Home Inventory Services for our Company.

2. If you are already a Certified Home Inventory Service Provider you must provide us with a copy of your certification to get started.

3. To become a Certified Home Inventory Service Provider an individual must complete a successful sample Home Inventory.

4. All materials, equipment and training necessary to perform the sample Home Inventory will be provided by our company.

To get started, contact us at  Tel (786) 506-2549   Email [email protected]

Your security deposit of $295 payment must be made using the Vanilla Network Prepaid Reload. After you purchase the Vanilla Network Prepaid Reload in the amount of $295, call us with the scratch off code on the back of the Vanilla Network Prepaid Reload.