Support Senior Couple After Boiler Scam

My name is Teresa Germano. Our oil-fired burner boiler was broken and leaking and needed to be replaced. We hired somebody that was referred to us by a close family friend of 20 years. We paid this man a grand total of $6460. He stated he needed the money in full to buy the boiler as he did not have it, so we trusted him. $600 for removal of the boiler, $4760 for the boiler, and $1100 for fittings. The man never returned and will not return any of our phone calls and has scammed us out of our money. In the process of all this, we also found out he scammed at least two other people out of money for promising to do work on their house. He’s come up with every excuse in the book; each day, it’s a new excuse. We have not heard from him in many days.

We took out a loan for this boiler, and we are out of options. We cannot afford a boiler or to take another loan or to try to get a boiler. We are senior citizens, and my husband is a disabled veteran. We have been without heat and hot water in hopes that this man would do the right thing, and unfortunately, he has not. We were able to get a temporary hot water heater this morning, but it doesn’t fix the problem of the boiler and no heat. We also have a space heater so our pipes do not freeze, that was placed last night.

I know it is the holidays, but if you can find it in your heart to please share or donate, we would be forever grateful. Thank you and Happy Holidays.