{"id":331123,"date":"2023-04-20T13:02:44","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T03:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=331123"},"modified":"2023-04-20T13:02:44","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T03:02:44","slug":"bitumen-scammers-back-in-qld","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2023\/04\/20\/bitumen-scammers-back-in-qld\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitumen Scammers Back In Qld"},"content":{"rendered":"

April 20, 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n

Police are warning that\u00a0 “bitumen bandits” have resurfaced in Queensland.<\/p>\n

The “tradesmen”, who travel from town to town, offer to lay cheap driveways or other bitumen surfaces.<\/p>\n

People were caught out in the South Burnett by the scam late last year.<\/p>\n

The supposed workers are usually a group of five to six men, with vehicles that have no signage.<\/p>\n

If payment is not made upfront, the scammers may become aggressive when the finished job is questioned and demand immediate payments before leaving without rectifying the job.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The jobs are often completed in record time, however the materials used are of very low quality and the ground is not properly prepared.<\/p>\n

As a result, the victim could be faced with further considerable costs as the substandard material has to be removed before corrective work can be conducted.<\/p>\n

Police have urged members of the community to call Crime Stoppers on 1800-333-00o or Policelink on 131-444 should they be approached for work by these men.<\/p>\n

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