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On or around November 4, 2018 I received a call from Bedbooker offering to buy my Grand Solmar timeshare. I only have one week at this resort so I didn’t want to sell it. So I offered up my Globequest membership. I have 12 weeks every year that I paid $70,000 US for, so when Bedbooker offered me $85,700 US I thought it was reasonable for the remaining 28 years. The person I spoke with said they had lawyers who would help with the transactions and the only fee we would pay is 5% commission to the employee who reached out to us, AFTER we received the $85,700.

I looked up all the names and companies involved and the lawyer even has passed the Bar in Texas.

Patrick William Chapman license #24082801. This law office sends us a 6 page legal contract - they have 7 people I spoke with at least in the past 2 months.

Then came the timeshare membership transfer. I have a membership with Globequest Travel Club so of course I trusted them. But... when I look back now the lawyer gave me the phone number to the “Globequest Member Transfer Department” so it wasn’t even my timeshare people I was dealing with, it was a fake number. But when I call they ask the exact same questions the Real Globequest does. “What’s your member #. Before we continue please verify your phone #, email address and address on file.” They have at least 5 people I spoke with even “managers” as I complained about the high processing fee.

And that is where the first money SCAM came in. The processing fee to transfer our membership was 10% of the sale price $8,570 US. I argued with “Globequest” for 2 weeks to lower the fee and they said it was government taxes or this or that excuse, then they finally said - it was so high to deter me from selling my timeshare. Oh really. So why would a fake Globequest try and stop me from selling I asked myself.

The lawyer drew up a notarized document stating they had $85,700 sale + $8,570 processing fee in Trust and sent it to us. Now we have all the money in trust at the lawyers so we are not even out the $8,570 US.

Now I send the $8,570 by wire transfer through my bank -First Calgary Credit Union and they use Western Union to wire. It goes to a Mexican bank in Mexico City. We get confirmation it’s received the same day via email by Globequest Transfer Department and our timeshare certificate has been sent by Certified Mail. (Not)

Now IDFC Bank calls from NY (a real bank) and wants to confirm our banking information to wire us the $94,270 from the sale and processing fee we paid.

When we called this bank -You even have to press 3 when you call to get to “wire transfers” seems so legit. The next day when we spoke with IDFC bank Monica said there was an extra $17,911 US for us and asked if we knew what it was for? I said no but I’ll call my lawyer. Monica also said there was a hold on the money with a code “SAT” - does that mean anything? I said no. She said her boss would look into it.

So we call Ryan at the Law Office whom I’ve been speaking to since January 7th and he said he would look into it with Bedbooker and call us back.

Then comes the next money SCAM. Now the Mexican SAT (Secretaria de Administracion Tributaria) put a hold on the funds as they want to charge us a Capital Gains Tax. But don’t worry Bedbooker already sent the $17,911 US to cover it. Oscar Hernandez from the Mexican government sends us an email that I will include at the bottom about seizing the funds until we pay capital gains of $17,911US and where to wire this money. The lawyers office who is on this 3 way call asks if we can use the funds sitting at the IDFC bank, but Oscar says that’s not available until we pay capital gains. I point out to Oscar that I paid $70,000 for my timeshare and I’m selling it for $85,700 so he’s calculated the capital gains incorrectly. He then states if this transaction happened in Mexico we would have 14 days to pay it. I repeat myself and he keeps talking over me and never listens to my response. Not to mention I pay taxes in Canada so if there was even capital gains tax on a timeshare which isn’t a property that I “own” I wouldn’t pay it to the Mexican government. So the lawyer says he will get us a notarized letter stating we will get the $17,911 US back no matter what.

My husband then looks into this Mexican government because this is now way too fishy and the SAT exists but the email doesn’t. We start putting the rest all together and realize it was all a SCAM. They were going to keep asking for more and more money. We are still getting threatening letters from SAT saying there is a warrant out for our arrest and a $100,000 fine. I never contacted the lawyer after we figured it out or anyone else for that matter. Canadian Fraud Unit said to walk away and no more contact.

These places were involved. Please add all of these to your BBB complaints because when I looked them up before they were not showing up.

1)Bedbooker 1.800.884.5265 [email protected] or [email protected] www.bedbooker.com

2)Patrick William Chapman Law Office

[email protected]; [email protected] 1.713.597.6882

3) FAKE "Globequest travel club" (which I have a timeshare with) the lawyers gave me a fake number to call to transfer my membership to Bedbooker 1.866.378.5536 "Member Service Department"

4) IDFC Bank - NY bank 1.917.444.9247 the bank that hold the funds to wire to you which never come

5) SAT Servicio de Administración Tributaria 1.877.381.0157 Oscar Hernández Dept. Servicio de Administración Tributaria

This advisory is to inform you that this matter has been filed with the Federal District Attorney’s Office (Fiscal del Districto, Mexico D.F.) for prosecution on the grounds of Tax Evasion. There is a generation of interest of 4.6% until this Capital Gains Tax is paid in full.

You will be receiving a court case number as well as a court appearance date that you must attend in Mexico City. Failure to appear will result in a Warrant for your arrest. The penalty for Tax evasion in Estados Unidos Mexicanos is up to 10 years in Federal prison and a fine of up to $2,000,000.00 mxn ($100,000.00 Dlls).

The funds held at IBFC Bank have been seized by Secreteria de Gobernacion.

Dept. Secretaria de Administracion Tributaria

1- 877-381-0157

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This company initially contacts you with an offer to buy your timeshare. They'll send a website link to show they are a real company. If interested, you sign a document that 'only expresses interest' and send it back. You are then contacted by what has come to be a fake US law firm. White Law Firm in Houston, TX. Names given to help facilitate the deal are Andrew White, Randall Coleman, Charlotte Green, and Micheal (unk last name). They even provide a contract with a bar number. The contract says you pay nothing but a 5% commission fee after the law firm has verified you have received payment in a US wired account. You sign because it sounds like a no-brainer. The attorney contacts your timeshare place who calls you and asks permission to discuss your request to sale with the Atty on the line. Again, sounds very authentic. After informing YOUR timeshare place that you are in agreement, they send you docs asking for a 10% transfer fee that the buyer will pay you back. The paperwork they send actually has your timeshare company's logo! They even answer calls and ask for your contract number as if they are real. Money is wired and you wait. A few days later, you receive an email from the Mexican government saying that you need to pay a tax fee for attempting to collect money from a Mexican bank within 72 hours or a warrant will be put out for your arrest. I attempted to argue because I've yet to receive the agreed upon payment. I contact White Law Firm who is facilitating this agreement and they tell me I have to pay it. They send information of where to send the wire. Money sent because the last thing you want is to end up in a Mexican jail. Three days later, I receive an email from Scotiabank of Mexico claiming that because my bank doesn't have a swift (or ADA) code, the money was rejected and I now have to pay a fee within 72 hours or risk losing the payment. (know that each of these payments are in the $1000.00s. At this point, I've paid $24,000). Money is sent because I'd like to receive the payment. A week later, Bedbooker contacts me and says that I need to pay them the 5% commission fee before they will have the money released from the bank. The contract stated that I wouldn't have to pay until the Attorney has confirmed that the money has been wired. I attempt to argue this point, and even call the attorney and they are rude and tell me that I need to pay the commission if I want the deal to go through. I wire more money. I realize during this time that I've yet to receive my certificate of release from my timeshare place. I contact the memberservices phone number on the paperwork they sent me. Initially, they promise to get it in the mail; then after a week or so, they claim they had sent it; then after another week, they block my calls. The attorney again was not helpful. I'm finally contacted by Bedbooker again who claims that we're at the final stage and they are sending the money via courier since my bank didn't have a swift code. Four days later, (today), I receive an email from customs in Mexico telling me the money has been seized due to a missing 504 filing report needed to bring money across country lines, and I have 72 hours to pay it. Really? In the meantime, I decide to contact the original number of my timeshare company since I can't get through on the other line and learn that they never received a request from me to transfer my timeshare. Wow, I've really been duped after $31,000. These are professionals! The websites appear real, the phone numbers and workers seem legit, and the company information they send (typically for wires) are different and appear real. It didn't help that a United States company was involved and helping. Today I went to change all of my checking account information since it was included on each of the wires. I'm sure I'll continue to be threatened about jail, collections, etc but I won't send anymore money. Be warned and be careful if you have a timeshare.

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