Beware of the Brinks Home Alarms Systems Scam
There has been a company posing as Brinks Security agents going door to door to existing Brinks customers and trying to get them to purchase or upgrade unnecessary equipment and services.
How they operate is that the scam artists will prowl neighborhoods and target homes that have Brinks security signs on the front lawn. They will then try to con their way in the home wearing Brinks uniforms and use aggressive sales tactics to try to scare the customers into buying more security products and services.
It has been a very effective ploy since many customers will not hesitate to open their doors and invite these so called Brinks representatives into their homes. Some customers were led to believe that there was a problem with their system and that they needed upgrading.
It seems that this scam has been spreading through out many states, from Nevada all the way to Florida and has victimized many Brinks customers in their wake.
This has prompted a nation wide federal investigation which is looking into the matter very closely. In the meantime Brinks has sent out a message via the media to warn their customers about the scam. If anyone comes to your home posing as a Brinks representative, do not let them in and call the authorities.
This is not a situation that is merely isolated to existing Brinks customers, there has been a wide spread of home security systems scams all throught North America in the past couple of years.
Many people have fallen prey to these fraudulent home security companies as they pursue aggressive and misleading tactics to defraud unsuspecting customers.
Some unscrupulous home alarms systems companies will offer “free” alarms systems in which offer the most basic of security features and of course come with a contract that inevitably bounds their customers to long term obligations and subjects them to exorbitant rates.
Another ploy used by these so called home alarms systems companies is that they will operate telemarketing campaigns that tell people that they have won a brand new alarm system. Of course there is always a catch. The customers must agree to certain contractual obligations which can bind them for many years with the company. Also as with the ‘free’ alarm system scam, customers are equipped with an inadequate system, comprising mostly of 1 battery powered motion detector and perhaps an additional door and window sensor that could barely offer security for a one room apartment.
So the message of this article is “buyer beware”. Don’t let yourself fall prey to these scams. There are plenty of credible and reliable home alarms companies on the market and do it your self systems available at local hardware stores that will definitely offer a much better product or service for alot less.
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