Edward Smith the roofer will come out and look at your roof, review it in detail wiith you, then give you a written contract for the work to be done and take your deposit. He will immediately cash your check. Then, he strings you along for awhile with excuses for why the work has not yet started. Eventually, one reaches the end of ones patience. You try to contact him, he ignores the calls, text and disappears. A visit to his 8228 Elbron Ave address reveals an abandoned house that is padlocked. He has nothing to do with the address he uses. He is well know at this location for scamming people. Residence of this quiet Fox Chase neighborhood are "used" to seeing people show up looking for their money that have been scammed by him. He is said to be residing at another location in this Fox Chase section of Philadelphia. He has been doing this for many years. He is a professional scammer. This is how he make his money.
Edward Smith never does any work. He just takes deposits. After that, he will disappear. He is a rip-off artist. He is pure scum. This is someone who needs to be put in prison for fraud, conspiracy, theft and running a criminal enterprise (under the Ricco Statute).
The shocking part is he has been doing this for years to people. Sadly, most people don't report him because of the long odds of ever being reimbursed and all the legal hurdles and hassles.
Edward Smith is out there now. Doing this again to more victums. It is daily. This is what he is. Trash.
He has no fear of the Law of the Law or the authorities catching up with him, because he has maitained the same cell phone number: 215 651-3141 which is still active and he is still using it at this moment. What he did was intentional and criminal. He used a vacant house address to begin with, because he knew what he was going to do (Take Deposit, do NO work, then disappear) and did not want to be found.
Edward Smith uses other company names and drives around in a old van registered to Michael Ruth.
Avoid this filthy low-life at all cost.