One autumn day, a woman and man appear at Carrie Franklin’s door. They introduce themselves as chimney sweeps who would like to

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One autumn day, a woman and man appear at Carrie Franklin’s door. They introduce themselves as chimney sweeps who would like to

clean her chimney before she begins to use her fireplace. The man says it will be inexpensive and make her home safer, reducing the chances of a chimney fire. Carrie sees the name “Chim Chim Chimney Sweeps” on their truck. What can Carrie do to protect herself from scam?

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k0ka [10] · Answer 1 · 2022-10-16T07:41:14+03:00

The things which Carrie Franklin can do to<em> protect herself </em>from possible scam include:

Calling the telephone operator to verify if the Chimney Sweeps actually exist.
Next thing would be to enquire if the office sent anybody to her home.
Next thing would be to ask for their ID cards.

Based on the given question, we can see that Carrie Franklin received some visitors who claimed to be chimney sweepers from a company and she would<em> have to pay them</em> for cleaning her chimney.

It is important that she verifies that they are a legitimate company then look them up in the telephone listing and if she has any additional suspicions she can call the police just to be safe.