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#1 Mold Scam: "Free" Mold Inspections Offered By Mold Inspectors Who Also Perform Mold Removal The biggest mold scam is and always has been mold inspectors who are also in the mold removal business. You'll see their advertisements, "FREE PROFESSIONAL INSPECTION" - "FREE SAMPLES WITH EVERY JOB", but don't be misled. No one is in business to do anything for free. Free always comes with a hefty price that ends up costing far more than you thought it would. That Free Professional Mold Inspection may sound pretty good at first, but nothing good is ever free, and never has that been more true than in the mold business. The simple truth is: Anyone in the mold removal business offering mold inspections (either for a fee or for free) is doing so for one reason only - to find mold removal jobs. Their inspections are specifically designed to drum up expensive mold removal work. If and when they actually do find mold, the problem and the work they claim is necessary to fix it is often grossly exaggerated. But even worse, sometimes there really is no mold problem at all. Sometimes an expensive mold remediation job is sold just because of a water stain. That may be hard for most honest people to imagine, but it happens every day. For more information on this scam and actual examples of folks who have fallen prey to it, check out The Mold Inspectors Blog. Also, any mold inspector offering a few free mold samples with every inspection does so just to get a foot in the door so they can sell you a lot more samples that you probably don't need. Mold removal (also known as mold remediation or mold abatement) is a very profitable business and engaging in both mold inspections and mold remediation is a serious conflict of interest. The potential for fraudulently creating thousands of dollars in bogus mold removal work is tremendous and - unfortunately - an every day occurrence in this industry. This is the oldest mold scam going and its easy to pull off because most consumers (like you) dont know enough about mold to realize when theyre being bamboozled into work that often grossly exaggerated, and in some instance, may not even need to be done. REMEMBER: You do not want a mold inspector who is looking for mold removal jobs. They always find (or create) what theyre looking for.