too good to be true
Diamond escrow services, Ultimate vacation solutions, vacation solution network, etc., etc. - all scams operating from virtual space and taking advantage of the naive (including my wonderful, sweet, trusting wife who thought she had contributed something of value to our family). They offer you $$ to buy your weeks for a period of time, money up front, no cost to you. They send you a contract and you send it back by fax or e-mail. You are then contacted by "Diamond Escrow Services" (or who knows what other name they come up with) who say that they have money in their account, they just need to do a couple of things to protect the buyer, and the buyer is paying 50% of the cost but it will be reimbursed to you on closing. Then they get you to sign an authorization for your credit card. And by the way, the individuals run on many different names - hard to tell how many their are but there are at least 4 of them. They sure act quickly to put the money in their account. Then they contact you again and tell you that they are ready to close but taxes have to be paid and ask for more money (first one is under $1k, second is a little over $3k). Same authorization process and, of course, they tell you that you will be reimbursed at closing. So, if you pay that one, then they call you again and tell you that everything is good to go and the only thing left to do is to cover closing costs (once again, your share being a little over $3k). Of course, they are trying to stretch it past the 30 days that you have to dispute the charges with your credit card supplier. We never got farther than this because I got wind of this and put a stop to it, cancelled our credit card, and requested an investigation with credit card company. I got wind of this by looking at my credit card account online that showed 2 charges in mexican pesos going to some mexican companies that I had never heard of before. That's right, the money leaves the country and now try to track it down! The credit card company told me that 1 account was for network solutions. I got most of my money back because I was quick enough to call for an investigation. Meanwhile, my wonderful wife can't believe that there are people like this - outright liars and smooth as silk who take advantage of trusting people. Even after I got wind of this and told them that they would have to deal with me, they still called my wife and had her convinced that they were legit.
So, as I have heard since I was very young - if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is!
Diamond escrow services, Ultimate vacation solutions, vacation solution network, etc., etc. - all scams operating from virtual space and taking advantage of the naive (including my wonderful, sweet, trusting wife who thought she had contributed something of value to our family). They offer you $$ to buy your weeks for a period of time, money up front, no cost to you. They send you a contract and you send it back by fax or e-mail. You are then contacted by "Diamond Escrow Services" (or who knows what other name they come up with) who say that they have money in their account, they just need to do a couple of things to protect the buyer, and the buyer is paying 50% of the cost but it will be reimbursed to you on closing. Then they get you to sign an authorization for your credit card. And by the way, the individuals run on many different names - hard to tell how many their are but there are at least 4 of them. They sure act quickly to put the money in their account. Then they contact you again and tell you that they are ready to close but taxes have to be paid and ask for more money (first one is under $1k, second is a little over $3k). Same authorization process and, of course, they tell you that you will be reimbursed at closing. So, if you pay that one, then they call you again and tell you that everything is good to go and the only thing left to do is to cover closing costs (once again, your share being a little over $3k). Of course, they are trying to stretch it past the 30 days that you have to dispute the charges with your credit card supplier. We never got farther than this because I got wind of this and put a stop to it, cancelled our credit card, and requested an investigation with credit card company. I got wind of this by looking at my credit card account online that showed 2 charges in mexican pesos going to some mexican companies that I had never heard of before. That's right, the money leaves the country and now try to track it down! The credit card company told me that 1 account was for network solutions. I got most of my money back because I was quick enough to call for an investigation. Meanwhile, my wonderful wife can't believe that there are people like this - outright liars and smooth as silk who take advantage of trusting people. Even after I got wind of this and told them that they would have to deal with me, they still called my wife and had her convinced that they were legit.
So, as I have heard since I was very young - if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is!
