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Fake tradies
Fake tradies (also known as travelling con men) are dodgy tradesmen who offer to do maintenance work on your home or office then disappear with your money, leaving unfinished or substandard work, if they start work at all.
- Organisation:
- Consumer Affairs Victoria
- Topic:
- Legal issues
- Target audience:
- General
- Service area:
- VIC
- Published:
- October 2025
- Last reviewed:
- November 2025
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Fake tradies
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