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Got the call tonight, same name Don Hopkins. Out of town for a week or two and to email Tim. My email kicked it back and wouldn't deliver it so I Googled the email address and it brought me here. Thanks for all your posts!

Recieved a call (voicemail) from this number tonight at around 7:45 pm.  A man said his name is Don Hopkins and he owns several properties that need to be re-wired, but not all at once.  (I am a licensed electrical contractor)  He also stated he will be out of town the coming week and for me to E-mail his partner "Tim" at tim@alcar.com with my info and what I am responding for...  After reading all these other comments, I feel it's a debt collector or someone pfishing for... whatever!!!

This call came in tonight, exactly like the several already mentioned.  Sad that our economy has forced people to do such dispicable things.  Contractors are so desperate for work I am sure many people fell for this crap.

Word for word, got the same guy Hopkins @ 745pm with federal housing jobs. Googled it and here I am. These guys need a tune up.

Word for word, got the same guy Hopkins @ 745pm with federal housing jobs. Googled it and here I am. These guys need a tune up.

Same message as several previous posts. The call came in at 10:49 pm. We are in Michigan. Thanks to all the previous posters for your information.

I got same call at 10 p.m. for electrical work....thanks to all who posted about this scam!!

Go same message. Dozen older homes to rewire, wants me to call his partner Tim about it tim@alcar.info

Thanks to everyone who posted about this scam -- SINCE 2010!!!!

Got the message last night, almost emailed until my apprentice decided to google the email address.  Thanks to this site we didn't fall victim to the scam.  Same "Don Hopkins" and Tim@alcar.info setup as previous post.  Appreciate the heads up.

Called my business several times about needing rewired work for single family units. I've been in my field of work for over 30 years & know when someone is pulling a scam. Don Hopkins & Tim. I traced the call to a ”MAGIC MAN” @ ext. 3910

Same here, didn't call back.  Wanted me to rewire old single family dwellings over time.  Email his partner Tim, which I didn't.  We have enough problems with todays economy for people like this to waste our time.  Lock him up as far as I am concerned.  Just my 2 cent worth

Thank you for posting your message.  The exact same person and almost word for word called me about alot of houses in our earea that need to be re-wired.  Scammers.

Rec'd same info. Don Hopkins, email tim@alcar.info. They are still trying. Happy I found this info.

Fake opportunity for work call.  Guy says his name is Don Hopkins and he has several older units that need rewiring.  He was going out of town, so he said to message his partner Tim@alcar.info.com.

Well don now has several house in the Atlanta market that he wants rewired. Same m.o. left a message saying he will be out of town for a few weeks and that i should email his partner tim for more info. This guy must be one rich mother to have homes all over the us that need roofing and painting and rewiring.

got a call from Don Hopkins with same message as to say would be leaving town for a week. We do our homework this is a scam. So don't waste your valuable time with these unreliable sources.

This number called and left message for me to email them all of my contact info about rewiring soem homes for them.  All you get is a recording phishing for your info.

Same info, Same message.  Good thing I googled.

I received the following call and email.  Strange and sounds like a scam.  I submitted a inquiry to the BBB to follow up.  I highly suggest each of you file a complaint also.  

From: Tim@AlCar [mailto:Tim@AlCar.info]
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 7:29 PM
Subject: Re: SINGLE FAMILY UNIT


Concerning your email below,  Don was referring to several houses that will need wiring per a project we work with.  Our primary job at the moment is to select the electrical contractor to be used.  Before final questions can be addressed, it is going to be important for you to have a brief conversation with one of the principles involved so you can both eliminate any questions on either side.  That would also be the time and place to address any questions that may come up.  Not with me at this time.   In the meantime, let me bring you up to date on where it stands at the moment so you can be prepared.  After that, I should pass you up to the person you really need to discuss this with.  The following are the main points I think you should be aware of before you both speak:  There should be 12 to 21 single-family units over the year that should have electrical work done.  There also could be more each year over the next five years if the initial units are handled properly.   We’re considering the following proposed arrangement:   Two thirds of the money down in advance before the job is started,  half the balance the day the job starts and the final amount upon the day of completion.   Do not be concerned with the job prices on your end needing to be too low or the cheapest.  Quality is preferred over discounts or lowest prices.  For this reason, do not approach this with discounts or reduced costs.  Approach from quality results.



The circumstance around these jobs is unusual so you should be aware of some things before deciding to consider them.  We’re working with two partners that manage a large project which covers housing expenses for term workers brought in for their project and the project itself controls and manages the units however the individual worker/tenant will be doing an upgrade on the unit per their mutual agreement.   The upgrade involved is the electrical work.  The project requires this work done by the occupant-worker within a certain time frame.  A program to assist with the initial two thirds before the work begins is being considered for possibly one quarter to a third of the tenants who may need help to comply financially before the time-frame deadline.  That program would advance up to two thirds to the electrical contractor for the project, based on a formal estimate from the contractor.  The occupant would cover the balance.   That program would be repaid later directly from the principles who also own the units and in turn would collect from the occupant later.  If it is decided by all parties that this program solves the issue, both the project and the electrical contractor would have to be registered with the program in order to receive the payments up front by either direct deposit or check, per the choice of the electrical contractor who would be receiving the money directly from that program based on the written estimate supplied.  The other occupants not using the above mentioned program would pay in full in the manner as would any normal resident of the unit.





For the above reasons, this divides the houses into two groups from our position:  



1.  Those where the worker/tenant will cover the entire cost out of pocket with two thirds down.  

2.  Those who will need the assistance arrangement, which again could be one quarter to a third of those involved.   From your standpoint,  you are paid on all of them with two thirds to seventy percent up front and balance as explained earlier.



Conclusion:  If we want the rights or access to service the group using assistance as well as the others,  you need to consider the points I outlined above.  If we don’t want to consider the second group or in essence you do not want to consider them because of the suggested program involved,  then on our side we must determine what we are going to do about them with perhaps another direction.   The project would like to have one contractor for all but if you have a problem with it, we may have to go to a different arrangement.



Overall, there appears to be work available over the next 5 years as I mentioned earlier however, the jobs would certainly be spaced out over time so it wouldn’t disrupt your current workload.   If you see that there is any issue at this point that would be a problem with any of this on your side,  please do not follow up with us any further at this moment.  It would only be a waste of time for both sides.  However, if you do wish to pursue this further, please do the following:  Contact the principles that control the management of the units and let them know that I have sent you to them and who you are.  There are three partners however,  you should only contact the one that is handling the initial setup on this project.  That would be Van Telman and you should email him first at van@jordan-franks.com before trying to speak.    In the subject line of the email to Van, put “Electrical work”  and nothing else so he knows right away what this concerns. In the email itself,  let him know who you are and that I sent you over to him.



Caution -  Do not approach anyone else on this initially other than Van or it may appear to all of them that you are trying to go around him to someone else and that would likely cause them to tell us all to forget it on the basis we are not even following their initial requests before you even do the jobs.   There is five years of work involved later on aside from what we have in hand. For this purpose, the partners are very concerned about keeping things simple with proper contacts and procedures used in order to keep organized on their side.   We certainly don’t want to show that we can’t handle things properly or as requested.



Once again, if you feel this is not something you can handle, please do not respond.  If we don’t hear from you we will automatically assume you want to pass on this one.  There will be no purpose to contact me back on this either way because I will be out of the loop on this once you contact Van.



Thank you for offering your services.



Tim Connors

I got the message on my phone, email my "partler" at alcar. a dozen houses to rewire. I did email, got no responce. Must be a rip off..........