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The attorney replies that a company called All Travel Services, Inc, who had cold called saying they had a buyer/renter for a Mexican timeshare but needed money upfront for a Mexican SAT fee, was not a scam.
https://www.justanswer.com/law/bfc76-approached-travel-services-inc-1755.html
To his credit the attorney did also suggest to check references, check with the AG, get consent to sell the timeshare, and a few others but his bold statement “It is not a scam” and even a second time “I confirmed not a scam” may be all the person relies on.
The attorney may have been drawn in to the fact that the corporation has been around since 1985, exactly what the scammers are hoping for. However, the website was created only in November 2017. A look at the Colorado SOS shows the corporation was dissolved in 2005 and reinstated October 2017, just prior to the website creation. These scammers paid a nominal $100 to fraudulently reinstate someone else’s corporation. That $100 is a small investment for the scammers if it can fool people into thinking they are legit. It certainly looks like it fooled the attorney.
https://www.sos.state.co.us/biz/ViewImage.do?masterFileId=19871612064&fileId=20171767094
https://www.justanswer.com/law/bfc76-approached-travel-services-inc-1755.html
To his credit the attorney did also suggest to check references, check with the AG, get consent to sell the timeshare, and a few others but his bold statement “It is not a scam” and even a second time “I confirmed not a scam” may be all the person relies on.
The attorney may have been drawn in to the fact that the corporation has been around since 1985, exactly what the scammers are hoping for. However, the website was created only in November 2017. A look at the Colorado SOS shows the corporation was dissolved in 2005 and reinstated October 2017, just prior to the website creation. These scammers paid a nominal $100 to fraudulently reinstate someone else’s corporation. That $100 is a small investment for the scammers if it can fool people into thinking they are legit. It certainly looks like it fooled the attorney.
https://www.sos.state.co.us/biz/ViewImage.do?masterFileId=19871612064&fileId=20171767094
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