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[ 2017 ] Scammer - Thelma Rhodes (210) 646-1572

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Received an email from the Marketplace from this person. We are looking to rent a unit from someone. This individual came back with a 2BR unit at Disney Boardwalk for $1,500 for 7 nights. For the June trip, this is 350 DVC points at almost $2 less per point in MF.

I knew it too good to be true so I started doing searches. Found nothing on the name. However, a search for the phone number turned up several scams and warnings. I am just adding this name and number to the list.
 

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I also received a reply to an ad I placed looking for a rental timeshare in Cancun from this same person. This person said that they were hearing impaired so they could not talk on the phone but only through email or text. Red flag! Plus the email was awkward in sentence structure and wording.
 

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Also another reply that I received that also looked like a scammer that had almost the same language was from Philip vacationrentals zoho.com
 

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just another warning that anyone on the internet can send you a message thru your marketplace ad...not just TUG members.

as long as you do not reply to their email, they will not have any of your contact information! (sending messages thru the marketplace does not reveal any information to the sender)
 

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I also received a reply to an ad I placed looking for a rental timeshare in Cancun from this same person. This person said that they were hearing impaired so they could not talk on the phone but only through email or text. Red flag! Plus the email was awkward in sentence structure and wording.

She's back! The hearing impaired nurse!
 

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Thank you all for the warnings and for posting the names/ email/ phone numbers to protect other TUGgers.
One of the WorldMark owners created a database with successful transactions between WorldMark owners on WMOwners.com
To help owners identify scammers, there is also a tab with the usernames, emails phone numbers of attempted scammers.

many usernames have "love" in the username with the gmail domain
It's always good to google the email (usually a throw-away gmail) and phone (often a google voice). If nothing comes up that's a red flag too, that the email/phone was recently created for the latest scam.
 
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They also added a picture in their email of a middle aged couple.It’s so sad that we need to deal with people like this.I think the biggest red flag is the price that they offer the rentals for.If it’s too good to be true ,it usually is.
 

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It happened to me on my wish list too.They stated their names as Denis and Lisa Banks but the phone number was the same.I wasn’t comfortable with the price being half the of what the usual price should be so I started looking around and found this thread.Their email was listed as realheroslove@gmail.com buyer beware

This same person (Lisa?) also reached out to me this week regarding a week at Disney Aulani for very inexpensive. It felt too good to be true. I'm glad I found this thread on TUG.
 

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I suspect the concern comes more when renting from someone. I would be very cautious renting from a non TUG member that has been on the forum only a short period of time and with very few posts. You wouldn't qualify in this regard.
 

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I suspect the concern comes more when renting from someone. I would be very cautious renting from a non TUG member that has been on the forum only a short period of time and with very few posts. You wouldn't qualify in this regard.
I have been a member about 15 years and have rented out my timeshares as well as rented from members many times.I believe I qualify!
 

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They also added a picture in their email of a middle aged couple.It’s so sad that we need to deal with people like this.I think the biggest red flag is the price that they offer the rentals for.If it’s too good to be true ,it usually is.
This is so sad... Did they just steal some couple's photo?! I noticed the photo too... It almost fooled me until I found this thread and saw the email and phone number mentioned here were identical.
 

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Received an email from the Marketplace from this person. We are looking to rent a unit from someone. This individual came back with a 2BR unit at Disney Boardwalk for $1,500 for 7 nights. For the June trip, this is 350 DVC points at almost $2 less per point in MF.

I knew it too good to be true so I started doing searches. Found nothing on the name. However, a search for the phone number turned up several scams and warnings. I am just adding this name and number to the list.
This scammer is still active. Received a email in response to a wish list. Thanks to others for posting the warning flags!!!
 

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This person may be renting II or RCI exchanges. So indeed this could be a scam, or they could have a valid exchange, but renting exchanges is not a good idea.
 

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This scammer is still active. Received a email in response to a wish list. Thanks to others for posting the warning flags!!!

What name, email and phone number are they using?
 
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