Tree Kings Florida LLC Tree Kings Tree Service Scam ORMOND BEACH Florida

3/20/2017

A man is walking door-to-door in Edgewater, Florida asking if people want a free estimate for tree work (removal of trees, etc.). After he left I tried to do some "due diligence" on the company. After looking into the company, it appears to be a company that was recently set up to scam people because both of the addresses used on the company registration paperwork are fake addresses. The company was registered only last month with these addresses. 

The company was recently registered on SUNBIZ.ORG in Feb 2017, and is effective 4/1/2017. 

The address listed as the principle address/mailing address (148 VIA MADRID DR. ORMOND BEACH, FL 32176) does not seem to be a legitimate address. It does not come up as an actual location on Google Maps, and it does not come up as a property location on the Flagler County appraiser's website. The number (148) does not match the street numbers that are actual street numbers on VIA MADRID DRIVE in ORMOND BEACH. 

There is also an address for HANKIN, AARON J at 1686 BISCAYNE AVE, DAYTONA BEACH, FL 32119. When I searched this address, it is a legitimate address for a home in DAYTONA BEACH, but it is associated with a different name, and it is owned by yet another name. I found the owner's name in the Volusia County appraiser's website and contacted the owner by phone. He said that no one by the name (of AJ Hankin) lives at that address.