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Scam artists put storm-ravaged homeowners in cross hairs.

Publication: Mississippi Business Journal
Publication Date: 26-SEP-05 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America has already put out a warning: homeowners need to be aware of whom they are hiring to clean up or rebuild their homes in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The environment is ripe for the vulnerable to become easy prey to the unscrupulous.

"As the rebuilding process gets underway, unlicensed contractors and scare artists will be looking to cash in on your misfortune," said John Eager, senior director of claims for PCI.

To Marty Milstead, executive vice president of the Home Builders Association of Mississippi (HBAM), he sees no difference between unlicensed homebuilders and con men. They are the same in his book.

"I'm not going to go out and operate on someone just because I...

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