WILMA VICTIMS TOLD TO USE CAUTION

Attorney Gen-eral Charlie Crist has advised Florid-ians to use extra caution when hiring workers to help clean up the damage caused by Hurricane Wilma. He warned victims of water damage and downed trees to be alert for contractors who offer water removal or cleanup services for homes and property.

Residents in the southern portions of Florida, who are facing significant cleanup, were cautioned to weed out legitimate contractors mixed in with those seeking to profit at the expense of storm victims. Crist cautioned that consumers face the risk that cleanup services will be offered by unlicensed contractors at unconscionably high prices, or that so-called “contractors” will accept down payments but will not do the work at all.