This site is dedicated to all the good, honest, and hard-working people cheated and scammed by Kevin McDermott of Langley (Greater Vancouver), British Columbia, Canada. Any resemblance to other people named Kevin McDermott, living or dead, is purely coincidental and is unintentional. The following summarized information regarding Kevin McDermott and his scamming activities was gathered and compiled by, and from, several of his victims.
WHO IS KEVIN MCDERMOTT?
Kevin McDermott has cheated and defrauded innocent people of tens of thousands of dollars, and probably more. His modus operandi is to gain your trust and ask you for advance payments for whatever scheme he is pulling, and then he doesnt hold up his end of the bargain and takes off with your money. The RCMP doesnt regard his actions as criminal because he hasnt actually stolen money by force from his victims... They consider it a contract dispute so the only recourse is to try and get your money back by going through the court system. Kevin knows this, and he moves residences every few months so it is difficult to serve him with court papers, although some people have been successful. Kevin McDermott deserves to be in jail for his actions. The purpose of this site is to continue to shine light on Kevins fraud activities so other people can be warned about him.
WHO ARE WE?
We are a group of his victims who have been in contact with each other to share stories and information, and who have created this website composed of our collective knowledge to ensure that the word continues to get out about Kevin McDermott, and will not be removed until he pays back what he owes to every one of his victims.
ABOUT KEVIN MCDERMOTT (AS OF APRIL 2012)
Caucasian male
Mid-40s
Approx. 6 tall. Approx. 170 lbs, thin
Wifes name is Robin (Hodges)
Wife Robin is coach of the Mite Girls Cloverdale Softball Team. Information can be found at http://cloverdalefastpitch.com/downloads/. (/2012 Cmfa Schedules/Girls/Mite Girls 2012.xls)
Kevin is coach of the Bantam C3 JETS team of the Cloverdale Minor Hockey Association. Information can be found at http://www.cloverdaleminorhockey.com/leagues/personnel.cfm?leagueID=3985&teamID=270608&clientID=1433.
Legal Judgements in which Kevin and Robin have been involved can be found at http://www.courts.gov.bc.ca/search_judgments.aspx#SearchTitle . Enter kevin mcdermott in the Key Words field and hit Submit . Three judgements of McDermott v. Rebuck will be listed and their details are viewable to the public.
Note that Kevin McDermott is a very smooth talker, as most scammers are. He comes across as a nice, honest man and is very convincing that nothing is out of the ordinary. Do not believe his lies or you do so at your own peril.
Kevins contact information is:
Address: Exact address is unknown, but still residing in the Langley, B.C. area
RENTAL SCAM Plain and simple. Kevin doesnt pay his rent and then moves every few months.
CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTOR SCAM Kevin asks for up-front payments before starting work, or payments for materials/equipment that never shows up and the progress slows down. Eventually the work stops completely, leaving the client with uncompleted work and the advance payments are never returned.
CONTRACTOR HIRING SCAM Plain and simple. Kevin hires sub-trades for his construction work and does not pay them in full, or at all.
CAR IMPORTING SCAM Kevin claims to be able to import cars at a discount price and then sell them at a profit. He gathers advance payments from you, acting as a partner, and then the vehicles never show up. He then keeps any payments made to him.
PAYMENT SCAM In lieu of payment that clients/partners may owe him, Kevin has accepted large ticket items such as boats or trucks. Kevin then doesnt fulfill his end of the contract and keeps the items.
VEHICLE SELLING SCAM Plain and simple. Kevin advertises vehicles for sale, takes the payment and then doesnt deliver the vehicle.
Kevin often uses Craigslist to get his victims.
Here is a copy of a Craigslist posting warning others about Kevin:
Kevin McDermott - PROFESSIONAL CRIMINAL / CONTRACTOR (British Columbia)
This site is dedicated to all the good, honest, and hard-working people cheated and scammed by Kevin McDermott of Langley (Greater Vancouver), British Columbia, Canada. Any resemblance to other people named Kevin McDermott, living or dead, is purely coincidental and is unintentional. The following summarized information regarding Kevin McDermott and his scamming activities was gathered and compiled by, and from, several of his victims.
WHO IS KEVIN MCDERMOTT?
Kevin McDermott has cheated and defrauded innocent people of tens of thousands of dollars, and probably more. His modus operandi is to gain your trust and ask you for advance payments for whatever scheme he is pulling, and then he doesnt hold up his end of the bargain and takes off with your money.
The RCMP doesnt regard his actions as criminal because he hasnt actually stolen money by force from his victims. They consider it a contract dispute so the only recourse is to try and get your money back by going through the court system. Kevin knows this, and he moves residences every few months so it is difficult to serve him with court papers, although some people have been successful. Kevin McDermott deserves to be in jail for his actions. The purpose of this site is to continue to shine light on Kevins fraud activities so other people can be warned about him.
WHO ARE WE?
We are a group of his victims who have been in contact with each other to share stories and information, and who have created this website composed of our collective knowledge to ensure that the word continues to get out about Kevin McDermott, and will not be removed until he pays back what he owes to every one of his victims.
Posted an ad in Craiglist to have a small area under our stairs walled in. Trades people responded and one person came by and gave a quote. I was quoted $200 plus materials which I was happy with. Afther the job was complete I asked to quote on replacing our stairs with composite wood and metal stringers. He said it would be $600 and I also mentioned that I would like to get our fascia boards replaced with Hardie planks. Total job was about $700 which I thought was fair. After I paid him in advance, which was a big mistake, he never showed always providing excuses. He changed his phone service so that you can not leave a message. He uses gmail as an internet address which can just as easliy be changed or deleted. After a few days of not hearing from hom, I ended up finding out what his last name was and googled it. Under Kevin McDermott this came up:
I felt sick to my stomach as my hard earned money was given to this con artist. He is such a smooth talker and I feel betrayed by him. I do not trust this guy any longer as he is full of excuses and lies. I have spoken with the RCMP and I am not proceeding with small claims court action. Do not trust this guy or allow him on your property. I will find this guy as I toild him in an email, watch your back, I'm coming. Lesson learned, always pay when the job is compeleted and all my posts state this, without exception. Karma will get this low life.
Another customer that this scumbag con artist Kevin McDermott who says his name was KEVIN TAYLOR won trust over by bringing his 11 year old son who I might add, has learning disabilities!! Hmm, wonder how much of a law abiding citizen this young kid will be when he grows up!!!
This scammer was actually hired by the neighbour to do a very large project. You may ask how we became tangled up with the scammer ourselves was of course through the neighbour......FIRST MISTAKE!! Neighbour approached us with this idiot Kevin to share cost of fence/retaining wall. Before we said yes, we requested a full breakdown of the work that Kevin was going to do. Kevin provided this to us and so of course, trying to do the neighbourly thing and prevent conflict we agreed and gave Kevin a $750 deposit to start the fence/retaining wall.
Next mistake!! He started fence almost immediately so then we asked him to give us a quote to build us a deck. Quote was very reasonable and he told us he was waiting on subcontractors to complete large project at neighbours and he could start deck in a week's time. Then told us he generally gets customer to pay for material first however that he "TRUSTED US" and instead if we gave him a $3000 deposit he would look after getting the deck supplies himself. Of course, young son is always with him when he wants cash and this guy is such a smooth talker that we fell for it and gave him another $3000 deposit.
Next, this guys true colours come out. Deck is only partially completed, our side yard is an absolute disaster, no material for deck ever arrived. Each time you call this idiot on his cell he doesn't answer so you leave a message and he purposely will call back when he knows you're not around and leaves messages that material is coming next day and everything is slightly delayed. BULLS***!!!
Well, 1 1/2 months later, still a partial fence, no retaining wall, no deck and we are out about $3400 dollars. Apparently our neighbour is also out $2500 so between the two of us, amost $6000!!!
Tells customer if paying by cheque to make cheque payable to M-Govan. From what I understand he has a step-son whose name starts with "M" and last name is Govan so apparently he even has his under-age stepson already involved whether it be directly or indirectly.
Thank goodness I was able to track down a business that he deals with who gave us his true last name "MCDERMOTT" and not "TAYLOR" as he provided. Wow what a shock when I googled "Kevin McDermott". Ripoff artist to say the least!! And teaching his young 11 year old son to grow up to be a fraudster as WELL!!!
I've been to the RCMP but they can't do anything. Go figure, this guy can go about his ways stealing from innocent people committing his FRAUD and we who have been FRAUDED have no recourse.
We've filed a claim with Small Claims Court however without an address it's impossible to serve to him. Anyone out there no where he resides?? Any clues would be greatly appreciated.
Kevin Mc Dermott, was arrested today Friday September 2014 at 7:20 pm at his wife's rental house located on 6951 - 179A in Surrey. He is now in jail, anyone who wants to serve him, Present the court papers to the jail/prison administration in Surrey Pretrial Svc Ctr - 14323 57 Ave, Surrey, BC, they will serve the paper on the inmate.
Kevin McDermott Reviews
KEVIN MCDERMOTT WARNING!
PROFESSIONAL SCAMMER/FRAUDSTER/CHEAT
DEDICATION
This site is dedicated to all the good, honest, and hard-working people cheated and scammed by Kevin McDermott of Langley (Greater Vancouver), British Columbia, Canada. Any resemblance to other people named Kevin McDermott, living or dead, is purely coincidental and is unintentional. The following summarized information regarding Kevin McDermott and his scamming activities was gathered and compiled by, and from, several of his victims.
WHO IS KEVIN MCDERMOTT?
Kevin McDermott has cheated and defrauded innocent people of tens of thousands of dollars, and probably more. His modus operandi is to gain your trust and ask you for advance payments for whatever scheme he is pulling, and then he doesnt hold up his end of the bargain and takes off with your money. The RCMP doesnt regard his actions as criminal because he hasnt actually stolen money by force from his victims... They consider it a contract dispute so the only recourse is to try and get your money back by going through the court system. Kevin knows this, and he moves residences every few months so it is difficult to serve him with court papers, although some people have been successful. Kevin McDermott deserves to be in jail for his actions. The purpose of this site is to continue to shine light on Kevins fraud activities so other people can be warned about him.
WHO ARE WE?
We are a group of his victims who have been in contact with each other to share stories and information, and who have created this website composed of our collective knowledge to ensure that the word continues to get out about Kevin McDermott, and will not be removed until he pays back what he owes to every one of his victims.
ABOUT KEVIN MCDERMOTT (AS OF APRIL 2012)
Caucasian male
Mid-40s
Approx. 6 tall. Approx. 170 lbs, thin
Wifes name is Robin (Hodges)
Wife Robin is coach of the Mite Girls Cloverdale Softball Team. Information can be found at http://cloverdalefastpitch.com/downloads/. (/2012 Cmfa Schedules/Girls/Mite Girls 2012.xls)
Kevin is coach of the Bantam C3 JETS team of the Cloverdale Minor Hockey Association. Information can be found at http://www.cloverdaleminorhockey.com/leagues/personnel.cfm?leagueID=3985&teamID=270608&clientID=1433.
Legal Judgements in which Kevin and Robin have been involved can be found at http://www.courts.gov.bc.ca/search_judgments.aspx#SearchTitle . Enter kevin mcdermott in the Key Words field and hit Submit . Three judgements of McDermott v. Rebuck will be listed and their details are viewable to the public.
Note that Kevin McDermott is a very smooth talker, as most scammers are. He comes across as a nice, honest man and is very convincing that nothing is out of the ordinary. Do not believe his lies or you do so at your own peril.
Kevins contact information is:
Address: Exact address is unknown, but still residing in the Langley, B.C. area
Phone Numbers: (604) 719-5329; (604) 576-9677; (778) 908-0178 (Robins Cell)
B.C. Drivers License #: 4478XXX
E-Mail Addresses: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]
KEVIN MCDERMOTTS SCAMS
RENTAL SCAM Plain and simple. Kevin doesnt pay his rent and then moves every few months.
CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTOR SCAM Kevin asks for up-front payments before starting work, or payments for materials/equipment that never shows up and the progress slows down. Eventually the work stops completely, leaving the client with uncompleted work and the advance payments are never returned.
CONTRACTOR HIRING SCAM Plain and simple. Kevin hires sub-trades for his construction work and does not pay them in full, or at all.
CAR IMPORTING SCAM Kevin claims to be able to import cars at a discount price and then sell them at a profit. He gathers advance payments from you, acting as a partner, and then the vehicles never show up. He then keeps any payments made to him.
PAYMENT SCAM In lieu of payment that clients/partners may owe him, Kevin has accepted large ticket items such as boats or trucks. Kevin then doesnt fulfill his end of the contract and keeps the items.
VEHICLE SELLING SCAM Plain and simple. Kevin advertises vehicles for sale, takes the payment and then doesnt deliver the vehicle.
Kevin often uses Craigslist to get his victims.
Here is a copy of a Craigslist posting warning others about Kevin:
Kevin McDermott - PROFESSIONAL CRIMINAL / CONTRACTOR (British Columbia)
________________________________________
Date: 2012-01-06, 4:29PM PST
Reply to: [email protected]
________________________________________
Kevin McDermott
604-719-5329
BC -- DL# 4478XXX
7111 -- 195A Street Langley B.C.
IF YOU KNOW THIS PERSON, OR ARE ABOUT TO DO BUSINESS WITH THIS PERSON, RUN
HE LEAVES A TRAIL OF UNPAID TRADES IN HIS WAKE, (WITH NO INTENTION OF EVER PAYING THEM)
HE LEAVES ALL HIS CUSTOMERS HIGH AND DRY WITH TRADES, SUING THEM FOR UNPAID INVOICES.
HE CHANGES HOMES EVERY THREE MONTHS SO NO ONE CAN CATCH UP TO HIM.
HE MOSTLY WORKS OUT OF THE LANGLEY B.C. AREA, BUT HAS RIPPPED OFF PEOPLE AS FAR AWAY AS NEWFOUNDLAND
DO YOUR RESEARCH BEFORE HIRING OR WORKING FOR ANY CONTRACTOR (THIS FELLOW HAS COURT JUDGMENTS AGAINST HIM)
IF YOU HAVE YOU HAVE ANY EXPERIENCE WITH THIS FELLOW, PLEASE EMAIL, ""THIS ADD"", TO SHARE STORIES & DETAILS OF HIS CRIMINAL ADVENTURES.
ALSO - Check this website for further info :
http://bchomebuilders.blogspot.com/
This site is also keeping track of his exploits.
OTHER LINKS REGARDING KEVIN MCDERMOTT
http://www.bbb.org/mbc/business-reviews/contractors-general/kevin-mcdermott-contracting-in-surrey-bc-1227766
http://bchomebuilders.blogspot.ca/2010/06/building-home-in-vancouver-bc.html
http://canada.market4free.com/classifieds/kevin-mcdermott-20120419179261.
This site is dedicated to all the good, honest, and hard-working people cheated and scammed by Kevin McDermott of Langley (Greater Vancouver), British Columbia, Canada. Any resemblance to other people named Kevin McDermott, living or dead, is purely coincidental and is unintentional. The following summarized information regarding Kevin McDermott and his scamming activities was gathered and compiled by, and from, several of his victims.
WHO IS KEVIN MCDERMOTT?
Kevin McDermott has cheated and defrauded innocent people of tens of thousands of dollars, and probably more. His modus operandi is to gain your trust and ask you for advance payments for whatever scheme he is pulling, and then he doesnt hold up his end of the bargain and takes off with your money.
The RCMP doesnt regard his actions as criminal because he hasnt actually stolen money by force from his victims. They consider it a contract dispute so the only recourse is to try and get your money back by going through the court system. Kevin knows this, and he moves residences every few months so it is difficult to serve him with court papers, although some people have been successful. Kevin McDermott deserves to be in jail for his actions. The purpose of this site is to continue to shine light on Kevins fraud activities so other people can be warned about him.
WHO ARE WE?
We are a group of his victims who have been in contact with each other to share stories and information, and who have created this website composed of our collective knowledge to ensure that the word continues to get out about Kevin McDermott, and will not be removed until he pays back what he owes to every one of his victims.
ABOUT KEVIN MCDERMOTT (AS OF APRIL 2012)
Posted an ad in Craiglist to have a small area under our stairs walled in. Trades people responded and one person came by and gave a quote. I was quoted $200 plus materials which I was happy with. Afther the job was complete I asked to quote on replacing our stairs with composite wood and metal stringers. He said it would be $600 and I also mentioned that I would like to get our fascia boards replaced with Hardie planks. Total job was about $700 which I thought was fair. After I paid him in advance, which was a big mistake, he never showed always providing excuses. He changed his phone service so that you can not leave a message. He uses gmail as an internet address which can just as easliy be changed or deleted. After a few days of not hearing from hom, I ended up finding out what his last name was and googled it. Under Kevin McDermott this came up:
I felt sick to my stomach as my hard earned money was given to this con artist. He is such a smooth talker and I feel betrayed by him. I do not trust this guy any longer as he is full of excuses and lies. I have spoken with the RCMP and I am not proceeding with small claims court action. Do not trust this guy or allow him on your property. I will find this guy as I toild him in an email, watch your back, I'm coming. Lesson learned, always pay when the job is compeleted and all my posts state this, without exception. Karma will get this low life.
Another customer that this scumbag con artist Kevin McDermott who says his name was KEVIN TAYLOR won trust over by bringing his 11 year old son who I might add, has learning disabilities!! Hmm, wonder how much of a law abiding citizen this young kid will be when he grows up!!!
This scammer was actually hired by the neighbour to do a very large project. You may ask how we became tangled up with the scammer ourselves was of course through the neighbour......FIRST MISTAKE!! Neighbour approached us with this idiot Kevin to share cost of fence/retaining wall. Before we said yes, we requested a full breakdown of the work that Kevin was going to do. Kevin provided this to us and so of course, trying to do the neighbourly thing and prevent conflict we agreed and gave Kevin a $750 deposit to start the fence/retaining wall.
Next mistake!! He started fence almost immediately so then we asked him to give us a quote to build us a deck. Quote was very reasonable and he told us he was waiting on subcontractors to complete large project at neighbours and he could start deck in a week's time. Then told us he generally gets customer to pay for material first however that he "TRUSTED US" and instead if we gave him a $3000 deposit he would look after getting the deck supplies himself. Of course, young son is always with him when he wants cash and this guy is such a smooth talker that we fell for it and gave him another $3000 deposit.
Next, this guys true colours come out. Deck is only partially completed, our side yard is an absolute disaster, no material for deck ever arrived. Each time you call this idiot on his cell he doesn't answer so you leave a message and he purposely will call back when he knows you're not around and leaves messages that material is coming next day and everything is slightly delayed. BULLS***!!!
Well, 1 1/2 months later, still a partial fence, no retaining wall, no deck and we are out about $3400 dollars. Apparently our neighbour is also out $2500 so between the two of us, amost $6000!!!
Tells customer if paying by cheque to make cheque payable to M-Govan. From what I understand he has a step-son whose name starts with "M" and last name is Govan so apparently he even has his under-age stepson already involved whether it be directly or indirectly.
Thank goodness I was able to track down a business that he deals with who gave us his true last name "MCDERMOTT" and not "TAYLOR" as he provided. Wow what a shock when I googled "Kevin McDermott". Ripoff artist to say the least!! And teaching his young 11 year old son to grow up to be a fraudster as WELL!!!
I've been to the RCMP but they can't do anything. Go figure, this guy can go about his ways stealing from innocent people committing his FRAUD and we who have been FRAUDED have no recourse.
We've filed a claim with Small Claims Court however without an address it's impossible to serve to him. Anyone out there no where he resides?? Any clues would be greatly appreciated.
KEVIN IN CUSTODY
Kevin is in Custody, serve him papers now.
Kevin Mc Dermott, was arrested today Friday September 2014 at 7:20 pm at his wife's rental house located on 6951 - 179A in Surrey. He is now in jail, anyone who wants to serve him, Present the court papers to the jail/prison administration in Surrey Pretrial Svc Ctr - 14323 57 Ave, Surrey, BC, they will serve the paper on the inmate.
Feel free to contact his wife with any questions.
kevin mcdermott
Im after this prick too, he has taken my money too email me to discuss on how to get the back. I know where he lives june 30 2015. [email protected]