"GoGo Travel Consulting" Scam warning

[TUGBrian]

https://fox59.com/news/lawsuit-indiana-travel-company-ordered-to-cease-operations-for-fraudulent-timeshare-transactions-linked-to-mexican-city/

An Indiana travel company has been instructed to cease operating after Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita filed a lawsuit claiming the company was involved in fraudulent timeshare transactions.

This eventually led investigators to Puerto Vallarta, a city based on the west-central coast of Mexico, where they determined the phone number GoGo Travel was utilizing during these transactions was linked to two Mexican nationals, who were allegedly involved in the scheme. Rokita said the number had been spoofed to make it appear that it originated in southern Indiana.

 

[RX8]

This is the classic Mexican timeshare scam - a fake address, spoofing phone area codes using VoIP to make it appear that they are located at the fake address, stealing identities of actual real estate people, claiming they have a buyer/renter willing to pay thousands of dollars, fake documents, and a request for upfront fees (and likely more fees until the victims stop paying).

The LLC was created way back in 2013. According to the state of Indiana, the business entity report was past due for 2015. It appears that this old LLC was dormant for a long time. While the AG's suit has the appearance of tough action with their default judgment and judicial dissolution of the LLC, I believe that this was a case of Mexican nationals simply finding a random LLC to use in their scam. No one was brought to justice, and no one was found to pay fines. The lawsuit makes it appear that Go Go Travel Consultants, LLC (and by association its original owner John Kucich), were the guilty party when in fact it was Mexican Nationals outside of the US essentially stealing the identity of the LLC (in addition to stealing the identity of a licensed real estate agent).