Is this locksmith real? Pocket card

Put this up now, while you are not locked out. Two or more of these signs on the phone or on your step, and it is time to hang up and try another number.

Warning signs on the call

• They answer with "locksmith" and never a company name
• Ask where they are based and you get no street address
• Ask how the price is set and they dodge until someone is on the way
• It's a dispatch line that can't tell you who is coming

Warning signs on your step

• A plain car, and no ID with a company name on it
• Nobody asks to see proof that you live there
• Drilling is the first thing they reach for
• The price goes up after they arrive, without a pause to ask you
• Cash is the only payment they take

Protect yourself

• Get the company name and search it before they arrive
• Ask the name of the person coming and the ID they will show
• Settle how the price works before anything is touched
• Ask for an invoice printed with the business name and address
• Check out a locksmith today and save the number in your phone
• Child or pet shut in a car or a house: 911 comes first