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- Winnetka, IL, USA • Apr 10, 2024
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Received a Travel Exhibit 2024 letter. Typical timeshare looking deal. Total scam circulating new areas every year. Signed by Rich Allen

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- Hyattsville, MD, USA • Mar 14, 2024
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I was contacted by a broker who said his client would like to purchase the timeshare vacation packages. They offered me $62K. The real estate company said the money will be in a Cashiers Check.

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- Gilbert, AZ, USA • Mar 05, 2024
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I have been contacted by this real estate agent who said his client would like to purchase the timeshare vacation packages in my name. They are offering $60K+, less fees (sounds like that would total about 20% of the offer amount, but they come out of that amount not out of my pocket). The title company said the money will be put in a trust account through 1 Above Title using a bank called Ban Bajio out of Mexico stating this is necessary because the vacation packages are there, or the timeshare company is based in Mexico (it's not) - haven't really gotten a straight answer on that one. I've asked multiple times if they would require any money out of pocket and they've adamantly said no. I'm not sure what the "scam" is but it seems a bit odd to be offered that amount of money for these packages - I didn't ask but they said their buyer is buying them for bonuses/employee giveaways and purchasing them through the same company I purchased through wasn't beneficial to the buyer because of tax purposes. The amount is determined based on what the cost would be to pay for the vacation without the discounted packages. Any concerns about the cross-border banking they suggest I open a bank account to be used strictly for this transaction. What I don't understand is why they wouldn't work with a bank that functions in both the US and Mexico (Citibank or Bank of America for example). What can I do to fully vet this company so I can move forward comfortably?

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- Luxemburg, WI, USA • Mar 02, 2024
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Was told they would dispose of timeshare within two years after two years they disappeared our personal contact told us he no longer works for them

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- Mattapan, MA, USA • Feb 20, 2024
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Scammer said they would pay me $65,000 for time share property and sent me a letter of intent via email. I called the building where address is located and was told no one by that company was listed there. I called my time share company who shared they had no association with this company.

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- Lewes, DE, USA • Feb 13, 2024
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We own a Timeshare in Las Vegas, NV since 2005. We wanted to sell it because we are in our 70's and due to a medical condition for my wife, and I can no longer drive at night we don't travel as much. In 2021 we received an invite and attended a Timeshare Help Source (hereinafter referred to as THS) seminar to find out how to get out of our ownership. There were at least 50 in the room for that particular session. And we were persuaded that Timeshare Resorts weren't truthful about how they did business pressuring people into buying them and that we would be paying the maintenance fees in perpetuity and if anything happened to us it would then be the responsibility of our children/grandchildren. We signed a Contract in August 2021. They told us it could take anywhere from 6 months to 1 year before we would be released from paying anymore maintenance fees. After several months had gone by, we received documents to sign so they could initiate business with Soleil Management. Several phone calls to THS 1/7/22 spoke with Isaiah, 2/10/22 spoke with Tyler (a female), spoke with Tommie on 7/19/2022, 10/25/22 spoke with Cheryl, and 12/9/22 spoke with Brianna and were told they were working with the resort and need to give it some time. During this time, we were told we couldn't use our vacation week, nor could we make any contact with them or else it would start the whole process over again. We decided to give them more time. In September 2023 we called THS to get a status and we were told it was with their Transfer Team and the representative would get back to us. When we called back in October 2023, the representative we had been speaking with was no longer there, and that they hadn't found a Buyer yet. At no time during any of our previous conversations were we told that they were looking for a Buyer. We told the representative we would give them another month and if nothing was resolved by that time we would cancel our contract. The Contract couldn't be cancelled prior to September 2023. When we returned from our trip in December we called them to get information on where to send a letter of cancellation requesting the refund of $20,000.00 pursuant to the Money Back Guarantee clause in the Contract. We mailed letters on December 8, 2023 requesting a Refund to the address that was given to us at 8600 Daniel Dunklin Blvd., Pevely, Missouri as well as a copy to the 525 N. Cascade Ave., Colorado Springs, CO listed on their correspondence. A few weeks later the letters were returned. The Missouri letter was marked "Not deliverable as addressed", and the Colorado letter had a forwarding address marked at 237 E. 5th Street, Eureka, MO 63025-1223. Another letter was then mailed to the Eureka, MO address. At this time, that letter hasn't been returned, nor have we received any communication from them. We also attempted to call the telephone numbers we had for them 800-637-5110 and 719-368-4141... both have been either disconnected or no longer in service. We did a search before attending their seminar and saw that there were a majority of positive reviews, and since they had a Money Back Guarantee for the return of "All Monies" paid to them, we decided to sign the Contract, as did most of the other people who attended. We paid THS monthly installments of $500 by way of a special credit card arrangement with CHASE BANK until the $20,000 was paid in full. Ironically, we received a letter dated January 19, 2024, from our Timeshare Resort referring to a letter we sent them dated September 19, 2023, advising us that they do not have a program to either sell or buy back a Timeshare, and that we would have to sell it ourselves. We did not send them this letter, we can only assume that THS sent it, but they never sent us a copy of this letter. We have also attempted to research for more information on this company all to no avail. Sadly, we have been scammed out of this rather large sum of money. How many more have they scammed. Is there a possibility that CHASE Bank could be held accountable? Any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated.

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- Brighton, CO, USA • Feb 08, 2024
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We were invited to go to a timeshare relief seminar. we went they told us we needed to make a decision that day as they were giving us a great deal. I told them I don't have the money to do this they said we can get you a credit card to pay for this so we tried it found out we got a credit card then sent them all the documents they needed they processed the paperwork. then a year later I received a letter from Diamond Resorts that I needed to pay $1000.00 to Transitions to be relived from the time share so I paid for the transition. I was told that all I needed to do was Pay that fee they would reimburse the $1000.00 when I could prove I paid it then they were supposed to send me something telling my I was clear from My Timeshare. I tried calling them for a Year sent Many Many emails and no one has ever called me back. I even tried calling from different phones. I called 2/7/2024 to Find out they were no longer in Business and the phone number don't work. I call a friend in Colorado Springs an had sent them to the Address for these People and the Building was empty. I'm at a loss I did everything I was asked to do. I called Diamond Resort 2/7/2024 again and they told me again all I needed to do was pay transitions to get out of my Timeshare. But to get out of this mess I needed to File a complaint to other know don't pay Attorneys (or So called Attorneys) call your timeshare first

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- Buchanan, NY, USA • Jan 22, 2024
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Keep getting calls from death Valley about wanting to purchase the timeshare packages I have. Packages cost approximately $3000 and death valley representative is saying they want to buy them for $63,000. Sounds too good to be true. So trying to find out if it is false.

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- Peachtree City, GA, USA • Jan 02, 2024
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This company advertises online and on AirBnB to provide high quality temporary housing and furnishings but when we arrived after purchasing a stay through this company, we discovered our temporary housing had rampant mold, extensively dirty floors with previous guests’ short curly hairs scattered about, many broken fixtures and furniture (including exposed electrical wiring), and inaccurate or deceptive written and photo descriptions of their facilities. Attempts to contact this business with these issues were met with minimal and inadequate responses — for example, the business came to clean our facility’s floors but neglected to clean the kitchen floor and also did not remove the mold. Also the business advertised a jacuzzi on premises but after we could not recoup our money, they said the jacuzzi was not heated.

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- Vienna, VA, USA • Nov 08, 2023
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a person called Gary Kahler Haward, contacted and showed interest in purchasing my time share membership.

the membership was canceled 10 years ago, but he still insisted that could get me $180k for it.

he claimed his office and company located in KS, but a simple domain lookup showed they are in MADRID Spain.

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- York, PA, USA • Sep 07, 2023
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Time share scam

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• Sep 05, 2023
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I was contacted and told that a prominent business man in Mexico (Carlos Hank Gonzales, represented by Alejandro Martin Calvillo) wanted to purchase Palace Premier VIP Club memberships. I was offered $1,200,000 for about 600 weeks. A lot went on; my attorney even spoke with their "legal department," and thought their explanations made sense. They needed $5250 wired to expedite the registration for me in order for the taxes, which were being paid by the buyer, to be tracked. I finally sent that. The money was to be wired to me; lots of legal contracts, copies of "bank statements" from Banorte bank showing that the money was being held in a trust account. I can give much more detail. When the money didn't come through, they said that Quinta Roo and other Mexican states have started imposing their own tax when timeshares or in this case, club membership weeks, are sold. They wanted me to wire $24,000. At that point, I hired an attorney who has an office in Texas and also Mexico, and who is of Mexican origin himself. He did research and determined it was a scam. David James, the "realtor," gave me his real estate broker number; it exists. I callled the office he was associated with from the web, and they assured me he would not be dealing with timeshares. The LLC is incorporated; does not have complaints filed against it, yet, when I researched it, although it lists a Fifth Ave address in the filings. It's a very slick operation. I even tried to contact Gonzales, who is the CEO I believe of Banorte, and he didn't respond.

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• Jul 19, 2023
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Lady called stated someone feom Mexico wanted to buy my timeshare. Sent an email with the offer. But very seemed very determined to get the copy of my deed before anything else was done. Called multiple times even after i told her I would call her back. Something just seems off

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- Aspen, CO, USA • Jun 14, 2023
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They have lied about what they could actually give to us...We made a 50th anniversary trip to Mexico and were really almost brainwashed by their kindness and promises. My husband is 77 and I am 76. We are trusting and trustworthy people. They said we would own 4 weeks and get $2500 per week guaranteed by Allianz when we turned in the weeks for them to re rent. And they lied. We do not own anything. They also told us we needed to own for a year to avoid capital gains and then they could resell it for our original investment plus 15%.

WE want other people to not be hoodwinked by these scammers. It all looks and sounds WONDERFUL but we have found from someone who knows that they are outright lying... Vallarta Gardens is also called a Boutique Residence Club. The people who serve there are attentive and wonderful and we want them protected too. They are being used to impress us. The marketing company is Allianz Marketing Strategies and they are unreachable at any of their contact numbers or emails and their website looks so Impressive. Put the word out there to save people please. This makes us feel very stupid. Thank you so very much.

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- Lincoln, NE, USA
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We attended a sales presentation and was told that My Member Price was going to save us $1,000s if dollars on big ticket items and travel. None of which turns out to be true. I was in need of a set of tires and a new furnace and was told that those items would almost pay for the membership. I did purchase the tires and saved about $125, but could never get a price on my furnace. Guy kept saying I'll get you a price tomorrow several times. Tomorrow never came. Recently I tried to purchase a range/oven, but was unable to use my credits that were in my account. I had asked them for a full refund before this and was given a $750 credit instead of a refund. We were also told that when you booked airfare you would receive a $25 credit per person. Now I find out that there is a $250 limit on this earnings. I also tried to book a cruise and the only savings was using my $750 credit. In the sales pitch the claimed savings of 30%-50% savings. We were also told that if we used their timeshare/hotel booking service that we would only pay for the cleaning service. Not true, they wanted more for a weeks timeshare that what I could buy it for on my own.

This company is a complete fraud/scam

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Womble & Crow and Tommy ******* the owner and broker are 100% Fraud and Scam!!! They promise you no money to be payed upfront for your timeshare and then they constantly harass you for money to pay for taxes upfront. All bank statements are forged as confirmed by the bank in Mexico they send you a statement from as I went to. There is no buyer!!! I had put in $30214.00 and they keep harassing for more money for another $35000 they claim for tax and will be reimbursed. They will not reimburse my $30214.00 after comfirmation of Fraud and forged bank statements and ask for more money instead. Even after written affidavits claiming they will reimburse the money.

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Numerous phone calls throughout the day insisted I buy immediately

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