twin52
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Any one had any solicitation from theses people. Calling regarding Vidante resorts in Mexico
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LannyPC
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The first sign of a scam is that they called you unexpectedly. Did you even have your TS advertised for sale? Secondly, how much are they telling you they can fetch for the sale of your TS? Is it well above market value? If so, that's the second sign of a scam.
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I think this scam is as old as timesharing itself. Always the same except for the business name. It is all made up, including the business name and their physical address. Because it has been around for so long they have perfected their scam with dialogue and documents. People keep sending them money so they keep scamming.
Below is another post of just one of many questions like yours found on TUG. Same story, different name. Also described how the scam works.
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Received a call from this organization out of Indiana, wanting to put an offer on our Mayan Palace timeshare. Has anyone heard of or dealt with this organization before? I'm guessing it's a scam, but don't know. Thank you.
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It is pretty easy to root out these scammers.
Is the website new? One can check who.is to get website details. In some cases, you can see that the website domain was registered in another country In this case the website is about a year old and their domain registration was registered as private
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Does the business entity exist? Most scammers just make up a name and add “Corp” or “LLC” to the end. These are easy to verify that they don’t exist. Some scammers will use the name of a real entity so they can claim in business many years (despite their new website). I have even seen a few cases of a scammer fraudulently filing/paying as little as $100 to reinstate a dormant corporation they randomly found. A little more work but less chance of an existing business entity getting wind of a scammer using their name. In this case, the scammers are using the name of an active LLC established in 2016.
A search of the BBB can be helpful. In this case, the BBB has an alert for this company. There is still a C+ rating due to the business entity start date of 2016. The BBB is not aware that they are scammers fraudulently using the name of another company.
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One could also check the address. Most scammers will find an address on Google and use it. Most scammers don’t even bother to list a suite number. In this case, the scammers state their address as being simply “12th floor”. Probably because they don’t know how specific suite numbers work there. One could call the management number and it is guaranteed to be told that they they have never heard of this company.
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Is the website new? One can check who.is to get website details. In some cases, you can see that the website domain was registered in another country In this case the website is about a year old and their domain registration was registered as private
intercontinentalrealty.net whois lookup - who.is
intercontinentalrealty.net whois lookup information.
Does the business entity exist? Most scammers just make up a name and add “Corp” or “LLC” to the end. These are easy to verify that they don’t exist. Some scammers will use the name of a real entity so they can claim in business many years (despite their new website). I have even seen a few cases of a scammer fraudulently filing/paying as little as $100 to reinstate a dormant corporation they randomly found. A little more work but less chance of an existing business entity getting wind of a scammer using their name. In this case, the scammers are using the name of an active LLC established in 2016.
A search of the BBB can be helpful. In this case, the BBB has an alert for this company. There is still a C+ rating due to the business entity start date of 2016. The BBB is not aware that they are scammers fraudulently using the name of another company.
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One could also check the address. Most scammers will find an address on Google and use it. Most scammers don’t even bother to list a suite number. In this case, the scammers state their address as being simply “12th floor”. Probably because they don’t know how specific suite numbers work there. One could call the management number and it is guaranteed to be told that they they have never heard of this company.
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