Toronto Police are warning east end homeowners of a roofing and chimney repair fraud that has appeared at least five times since March. Most recently, the perpetrators, a man and woman appeared Tuesday but failed to persuade a homeowner on Coleman Ave. fix a vent cap on her chimney. She had been alerted to a scam by a neighbour. The couple take money and disappear. This has occurred in various forms on Cedarcrest Blvd., Sibley Ave. (twice) and on Meighen Ave. On one occasion the two used a debit machine to obtain a PIN number and also stole a debit card, quickly withdrawing $800 from the account. The man and woman are described variously as aged 25 to 30, or 30 to 40. He sometimes wears a baseball cap and her hair, which is black, is in a bun. They have been seen on a white scooter.
