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Don't get SCAMMED Trying to Sell your Timeshare

senorchivas

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Lucy Gardner from luxuryresort-services[dot]com contacted me initially by phone asking if I was interested in selling my timeshare. I gave them my email address and they sent me a quote for more than 27K, which was much higher than I expected. I then started looking at other details such as their website and the fact that they don’t have a phone number listed on their site. It’s just a form that you submit to get in touch with them. I did a search on some of their customer testimonials on the internet only to find that the same customer testimonials were in another website however, the names were different. This other site was exchangepropertymanagement[dot]com Not only that, but their websites are pretty much identical. The only difference is that this website is based out of New York instead of Oregon. exchangepropertymanagement[dot]com did have phone numbers but none of them work. I did a search for this company and found out a lot of people had been scammed by these crooks. I learned exactly how the scam works. Basically, they get the “contract” going then they tell you that the Mexican government requires the taxes on the transaction to be paid up front. These will need to be paid out of pocket by the seller and once you send them the funds for the taxes, you never ear from them again. They take any money they can from you in this manner of “Closing” costs for the transaction then eventually shut down their operation and open a new site doing exactly the same thing. These people are stealing thousands from innocent individuals and should be prosecuted for their actions. I hope that this post helps others avoid being scammed by these crooks. I have also reported them to the FBI in hopes that they end up taking an extended vacation of their own where they deserve to be..prison.
 
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Welcome to TUG!

Hope you didn't send them any money. Any outfit that (a) calls you cold and/or (b) wants money upfront is 99.99% a scam. You are a little late to the party. Between preaching 'buy timeshares resale' and 'pay no upfront money to sell your timeshare', we've been telling people this every day for years.

Jim Ricks
 
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