See: The Postal Inspectors Court Affidavit.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/22161763/Affidavit-for-Complaint-of-Eli-Barhanun

Excellent blog

If any one wants to research the facts they can.

Facts

The locksmith Industry has always been built on trust and honesty. There have been very few problems in the past. Yes like anything something can always happen that is sleazy, but this industry has been mostly free from sleeze.

Over recent years there has been an explosion of complaints across the country. The BBB has logged over 1000 complaints from one or two of these companys and we all know that that is just a small percentage of what is really happening.

After I first looked into this years ago to find out what was going on with all of the phony address listings appearing in the phone book and on the internet I found out that all of the scammers that I looked into and that was for the most part all of them were infact Israeli.

I think the problem occurs when someone refers to them as israeli, there is usually people who try and act like it is a race thing and then try and call people racist just because they pointed out the fact that this is an Israeli scam ring. I have never seen anyone cry racist when they are talking about nigerian scams which in my opinion is small potatoes compared to this phony advertising scam.

I challange anyone to do some research and conclude that this is not an israeli scam.

I have been sued by David Peer alleged owner of Dependable lock inc. formerly known as priceline or superb solutions. The federal complaint alledged that myself and 3 people from the state of illinois conspired for financial reasons to deny them a license to do business. ( they forgot to look at the reality of it being that they were not real locksmith businesses but self proclaimed locksmiths that seemed to only know how to drill a lock or pry open a car door and then have the audacity to charge wild prices such as 800, 500, 1700, 600 for a service that should generaly be about 90 dollars give or take.)
The Federal Judge dismissed the counts against me. David Peer and some of his cohorts were arrested recently by Federal authorities and they were charged with various crimes such as Money Laundering, wire Fraud, Mail Fraud, and one of the most important ones Stucturing a business using foriegn illegal workers from Israel.

I am not a racist and do not have problems with Israelis or Jews.

David Peer and his attorney filed an amended complaint which names 2 state employees an investigator and Judge who were only doing their job to protect unsuspecting consummers from these scams. The new lawsuit is accusing them of denying their license because they were Israeli. This is an absolute joke seeing the prosecuter who helped take their license away is an Israeli woman.

I would also like to point out an israeli company called AMDOCS. There is a self proclaimed locksmith business in Colorado called Basad Locksmith. Peleg Foreman seems to have a very nice relationship with them and is even involved with Ruben H Donnelly. Look it up his profile is on the web. This same guy was fined 100,000 dollars for defrauding Colorado citizens. If only the Colorados AGs office knew this is just a slap on the hand and 100,000 is just a small cost of doing business. And the scam continues.

So just to let everyone know the locksmith industry is not sleezy. Most locksmiths are of good moral and ethical character.

It is the Israeli scam that is well organized that has introduced sleeze into this industry. This has actually become a world wide scam and they are operating across the borders also.

Call one of these scammers and listen to all the phones ringing in the back round. These scams are Huge and not penny ante.

This scam is not only affecting locksmiths and the same players are also involved with florists, tow trucks, carpet cleaning, duct cleaning, movers and who knows what else.

These scams I believe are being perpetraited by professionals that are in the advertising business. These scammers are very cunning and educated and will try and confuse everything with smoke and mirrors.

The fact that these self proclaimed locksmiths are Israeli is irrelavant, this is just a common denominator that points to this phony advertising conspiracy which is not 1000s of different locksmith companys as the scammers would have you believe but rather an inticate network of corporations that are centraly run by the same people. Then you have the copy cats that are former employees trying to run the same scam.

I have been studying these guys bait and switch game for years. We have the stricktest licensing in the US that I know of. A quote from the ATF “They may be terrorist funded” They spend more money then anyone in the US in Yellow Page ads. Even more than doctors, lawyers, construction workers etc. More than anyone period. It looks like their daddy owns the phone company and the computer. I have talked to a lot of people and everyone kept saying they were illegal aliens, no licenses and complaints and this proves it. I hope Americans Most Wanted, 60 minutes and the nightly and local news everywhere will run this story.
At first I didn’t know how big they were until I studied them and seen the massive amount of money they spend. I get every new Verizon phone book in my state and other phone books throughout the US. I have called the scammers before, blocking my number, and they told me what number I was calling from. When they moved into our state a few years ago they had 60-90 full page color ads. Not including half page, quarter page, dollar bill, business card size ads. 1,2,3, mhs in column ads, color bold listings and with 3500-6000 different phone numbers, all with bogus addresses, different names. They even copy ligitamate locksmith names to bury them in massive advertisment. Very big advertisements, pages full on computer, 1st listings (I’ve seen the Verizon phone books, all of them in the state before they came to town and since they have been here. Other phone books kicked them out.Verizon won’t. And now Idearc prints the yellow pages for Verizon and Idearc has filed bankrupcy. After the scammers have come into these 10 phone books of Verizon and they are still in there. There is not that much business for that amount of money spent). Not including very high tech professional answering telephone tree service. Example when you call their number it instructs you to press 1 for immediate locksmith service press 2 for a previous call or press 3 for customer service. Some of the different numbers you call they answer with “locksmith” or “Hello” In some states they have made up their licensing number in advertisement. Legislating with these laws is running the cost of business up and sales are down in a tough economy.
In NYC the Verizon phone book 2002 and NJ Holboken 2006 Verizon phone book and Virginia 2008 and in other states. Most states have been legislated. It is not fixing the problem. In these 3 older phone books to name a few the scammers phone numbers still work!
Consumers- When calling a locksmith just ask them what mall or any landmark around your problem to see if they can answer a simple question.
Locksmiths-If you are in a scammer area, go out on every call. Once we start calling the law out on all calls and arresting some of them It will be more work for locksmiths. call the police. Once the police is there ask the officer to ask the scammer for licensing if your state requires it, drivers license and run license plate number. SERIOUS WARRANTS WILL GO TO JAIL! And this will cost you nothing.
I think really there may be something else behind this. A lot bigger! The Florida flight school 911 highjackers were very nice guys and no one knew.

I have been a locksmith for a very long time. If I started today with all the legistation in my state I wouldn’t be able to afford it. We have caught a locksmith scamming disease throughout America. I can’t even move to another state because most all states are being legislated and I cant keep continuing to pay these very high prices. Please on behalf of all the locksmiths in America and the consumer HELP US DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS IMMEDIATELY IN ALL 50 STATES