I took a chance on someone and they bit
me Clementine Thakur is still hoping to
get back some of the money she lost when
she trusted the wrong people she admits
when John and Dan Sullivan came to her
house and said they could help renovate
her house she was interested they would
go door-to-door seeing if people wanted
any home repairs done and she was
convinced by the Sullivan brothers to
sign contracts so she could repair the
second floor if she renovated the second
floor she could rent it out for
supplemental income when she said she
didn't have the money for renovations
the Sullivan brothers had a suggestion
they convinced her to take out a
mortgage against her house that had
already been paid off for decades so she
did and paid them up front but when it
came time to begin the renovations money
hadn't been there for a week and asked
him what happened she called the office
and was told there was a death in the
family I saw my god I'm sorry dear dad
you know they should be back in about a
week and we turned into months they
never returned Clementine was not alone
they were looking primarily for older
people preferably women who didn't have
other family members living with them so
there was nobody else around to question
the information that they were providing
to the victims in all 35 victims lost
more than $700,000 postal inspectors say
elderly financial fraud is rampant and
all consumers need to do their homework
they should show you that they're
licensed and bonded and there's ways to
verify that inspectors suggest online
searches but that's not always easy for
senior citizens so calling the Better
Business Bureau is a good start for
Clementine the damage has been done I
don't trust anybody
don't say nothing okay how honest they
seem appear to be or look don't say
anything