Javier Munguia Landscape Company Owner Stole $1700 Phoenix Arizona Javier Munguia asked for $1700 deposit for backyard and landscaping work and never showed up. Phoenix Arizona

Javier Munguia showed up based on an AD we posted on Phoenix Craigslist for remodelling our fire-pit area and some landscaping work. He seemed smart and knew what he was talking about. Ofcourse, we got lured into his ideas and he kept texting my husband every 5mins that night till my husband actually agreed to work with him.

He was right on time the next morning to get the deposit money. We made a few changes to the initial proposal and he gave us what looked like a fake contract. He asked me for $1700 advance and I said I did not have any more than $1000 and I gave him a check. He left promising to return in 2days with the material.

The next day he called my husband asking for another $700. I resisted but he told my husband he would not be able to get all the material needed. We gave him a check of another $700.

It has been 5days since and he has not returned. He remains unavailable for the most part and whenever, he texts, it is full of lies. We found other rip-off reports on the internet yesterday and it has freaked the hell out of us. How I wish, we could have looked him up before giving him the money.

I have tried reaching out to the police and they claim they cannot file a complaint against him. I am going to pursue this matter till I get my money back - no matter what police says.

People beware...This man is of no conscience...May he pay for the all the wrong he has done to others. How difficult he has made for people like us to trust anyone else.