SCAMMission Title Agency LLC / Empire Vacation Properties LLC Reports & Reviews (1)
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Scammer's address 80 State Street, Albany, NY 12207, USA
Scammer's email [email protected]
Victim Location AB T7Z 1E9, CAN
Type of a scam Rental
A few days later around the 16th of January, we received an email stating the background check came back and we were approved. We thought 'Great!' the closing date on the agreement was set for February 16, 2018.
We were told the funds will be sent via, wire or cashiers cheque and we didn't have to send back the coupons until the bank cleared the funds. We thought "Awesome. Seems to be the real deal". We were to recieve a fed ex package containing coupons to sign to turn over the weeks. We chose the cashiers cheque was the safest way to receive these funds. That way no banking info was given up on our part.
So we were waiting for the cheque when we recieved another email, this one from the escrow firm (Mission) who had stated they had received the funds from the Lessee and it was placed in the Escrow account. Again, we felt comfortable with the deal.
Next correspondence was by telephone from the initiating company (Empire) stating there is an addendum to the contract, stating we were in agreement with the addendum which covered a recent Income Tax change for foreign investors who earn income from the rental of our timeshare. They explained that because we weren't residents of Mexico, we were required to register with the SRE (Mexican Income Tax Office). They also explained because we were foreign Investors and we were about to earn income we were being taxed on the total amount of rental agreement and needed to send a wire to Mexico in the amount of $2711.00 USD.
We got red flags, big time. so we went back to researching these companies. After hours and hours of searches thru New York phone directories, reverse phone lookup, business searches, we discovered, .... wait for it ... we could not find any info on these two companies; Other than the corporations search. The reverse Phone lookup put the Mission firm number in Manhattan. The contract and letter head stated they were located in Albany, New York. A completely different City. I performed searches for business at the address stated on thier letterhead, and I even contacted, by phone, a Title Agency at the address and inquired if there was this company (Mission) at the address. This firm stated they were the only /title /agency in the building and had never heard of Mission. The address for the initiating company (Empire) came back as "no such address".
Not only did this deter us, the wire transfer we were to send with the tax funds was not even going to the Bank of Mexico, which is the bank the Mexican Tax department uses. we would have sent the money unknowingly to someone in Acapulco de Juarez.
We contacted our resort and asked if there was a background check done on our membership. No contact of any kind was made on the status of our membership. Plus, foreign owners who want to rent out their units, do not pay taxes on the income for rental of weeks.
All I can say to those who read this...the sophistication of this scam is unbelieveable. These scammers actually pirated websites, put their phone numbers in and setup their own emails, and webites. To Fool You. But, we are sharper than they are.. Do your research People...it will save you money, headache, and heartache There are companies who are genuine who are not scamers who will find renters, with no upfront costs of any kind. Beware!