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Hello everyone,
I received a call from a representative from Gold Coast Real estate from a 1-800 number. She is offering me to buy my timeshare because gold coast is looking to purchase Sunset resort property in Cancun Mexico. Is this legit? Appreciate your responses as always.
 

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Hello everyone,
I received a call from a representative from Gold Coast Real estate from a 1-800 number. She is offering me to buy my timeshare because gold coast is looking to purchase Sunset resort property in Cancun Mexico. Is this legit? Appreciate your responses as always.
No--it sounds like many other similar cold calls that people have reported. Even if they promise no upfront fees required of you, at some point they'll come back & say there's some Mexican tax you have to pay before the funds can be released. Don't waste your time.
 

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And to expand on Karen's response, there is no buyer. It is all scam to get you to pay them money then they'll disappear.
 

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Again, no legitimate broker cold-calls TS owners. It doesn't happen.
Even if they had a buyer, there'd be no reason to call someone who didn't list it.
There is simply no pot of gold. It's a total illusion.
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Gold Coast Real Estate

New name - same SCAM

You can buy on ebay or TUG for $ 1 / why would anyone pay more
They are fishing for your wallet .

Value of this and many other timeshares is all in the use .
Use for a great vacation .
 

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I received a call from a representative from Gold Coast Real estate from a 1-800 number. She is offering me to buy my timeshare because....[fill in fairy tale details here].

As noted by others already, this is purely a scam, using the same old unconvincing lines to put big dollar signs in the eyes and mind of the call recipient.
In truth, no such unsolicited "cold call" from out of a clear blue sky (and from a completely unknown entity) is ever going to be legitimate.
Run away now --- before mention of the inevitable "requirement" for pre-payment of (mythical) title tax, flan fee, notary public or other such nonsense.
 
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+1 - Yep, Scam - they will charge your some bogus fees, and then disappear with your money.
 

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Just received a cold call from Gold Coast Realty, 1-800 number, and I asked for the address , located in New York so they said, nothing on google maps at that location. they wanted the usual - you want to sell timeshare info. I have already been scammed by International real estate solutions and west united services, so I am on the crusade to warn others of all the scam names as they call me.. do not send or wire money at all. it took them 3 months of what I call expert work and skill to get me. they were professional and I checked everything and everywhere. I wish more folks would blog and warn others. it was so hard to find and when I did it was too late. thanks for the chance to warn others.
 

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I wish more folks would blog and warn others. it was so hard to find and when I did it was too late. thanks for the chance to warn others.

Actually, we have been doing that here on TUG for years. And to add to your warning, it does not matter what the outfit's name is. If it follows the criteria of a scam such as an unsolicited cold call and an offer to purchase from you (or sell your property) for way above market value, then it is a scam.

Now you might have a slim chance at some recourse by reporting this company to the Attorney-General of the state where this outfit is located. No guarantees but it might be worth a shot.
 

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Just received a cold call from Gold Coast Realty, 1-800 number, and I asked for the address , located in New York so they said, nothing on google maps at that location. they wanted the usual - you want to sell timeshare info. I have already been scammed by International real estate solutions and west united services, so I am on the crusade to warn others of all the scam names as they call me.. do not send or wire money at all. it took them 3 months of what I call expert work and skill to get me. they were professional and I checked everything and everywhere. I wish more folks would blog and warn others. it was so hard to find and when I did it was too late. thanks for the chance to warn others.

You mention having fallen for such scams twice previously. The sad and unfortunate irony is that it might very well be the very same scammers in each instance, including the newest one; perhaps periodically changing names (but not m.o.), maybe even operating under multiple names simultaneously.

No offense or disrespect intended, but you are likely now on a "sucker list" and may very well receive these calls periodically. New names, same games.

The contrived company names are endless --- and almost irrelevant. The real message (it is perhaps "preaching to the choir" in these TUG forums) is to NEVER pay an upfront fee to ANYONE in the course of attempting to sell a timeshare. Sellers receive money, sellers don't pay money to buyers. Licensed broker commissions may be taken from funds from the buyer and already firmly in hand, but sellers do not pay out of pocket --- it's that simple.
 
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