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AKRON, Ohio _ When hundreds of homeowners try to pick up the pieces from devastating tornados, there's no doubt that scam artists will try to prey on people's distress.
So it's important to keep your wits about you when you set out to rebuild.
``In every situation where you have misery, you have somebody who wants to make a quick buck,'' said Michael Paris, president of the Canton Regional Better Business Bureau.
After flooding along the Ohio River left much of the village of New Richmond in Clermont County, Ohio, under water five years ago, scam artists came in by the busload, said village Administrator David Kennedy.
The ...
Source: HighBeam Research, Scam artists often roll in after storms.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)