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Nationwide [Resorts and Travel]: scam?

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I was contacted by Evelyn (689) 205-8814, and then by Jason (407) 564-6352 from Nationwide Resorts and Travel, (scam link removed) regarding selling my weeks for about $2500/week. I agreed to do it and then was transferred to the manager to confirm details for the "contract". Something felt off so I then said no, I changed my mind and hung up.
I'm just writing to let people know, be careful. They knew my personal information, email and phone and knew that I owned Hilton. When I asked, "How do I know you're not scamming me?", Jason walked me through the website and how the company makes money. It sounds very real. Maybe it is real. But I wasn't going to go down that road. If it's not a scam, please let me know.
 
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Don't even answer the phone unless you recognize the phone number. 90% of the calls made in 2025 are from people trying to scam you. Of the last 30 calls in my phone history, only 1 was legit.
 
TolmiePeak said:
Don't even answer the phone unless you recognize the phone number. 90% of the calls made in 2025 are from people trying to scam you. Of the last 30 calls in my phone history, only 1 was legit.
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I only have an Android cell phone, it has a do not disturb feature, I leave it on all the time. My phone only rings for entries that are already in my address book, it works great to stop scam calls.
 
zora said:
I was contacted by Evelyn (689) 205-8814, and then by Jason (407) 564-6352 from Nationwide Resorts and Travel, (scam link removed) regarding selling my weeks for about $2500/week. I agreed to do it and then was transferred to the manager to confirm details for the "contract". Something felt off so I then said no, I changed my mind and hung up.
I'm just writing to let people know, be careful. They knew my personal information, email and phone and knew that I owned Hilton. When I asked, "How do I know you're not scamming me?", Jason walked me through the website and how the company makes money. It sounds very real. Maybe it is real. But I wasn't going to go down that road. If it's not a scam, please let me know.
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You did the right thing. Well known scam. They know your info cause deeds are public record. I am sure they were going to charge you upfront to rent your weeks. If someone cold call you about a timeshare, you can be confident they are trying to just get your money. Don't look back and block there calls.
 
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Personal information can be found on the internet very easily.

Marketing scammers will sell your personal information to other scammers for a price. IMHO
 
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TolmiePeak said:
Don't even answer the phone unless you recognize the phone number. 90% of the calls made in 2025 are from people trying to scam you. Of the last 30 calls in my phone history, only 1 was legit.
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Excellent post and advice.
 
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SmithOp said:
I only have an Android cell phone, it has a do not disturb feature, I leave it on all the time. My phone only rings for entries that are already in my address book, it works great to stop scam calls.
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This is exactly what I also do on my iPhone. It is a shame, but every once in a while, I get a real call (not in my phone contact list) that goes to voice mail. If I know that a call will come in, I temporarily suspect that feature. Overall, it works great.
 
GT75 said:
This is exactly what I also do on my iPhone. It is a shame, but every once in a while, I get a real call (not in my phone contact list) that goes to voice mail. If I know that a call will come in, I temporarily suspect that feature. Overall, it works great.
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I too do this on my iPhone. “Real” callers will leave a voice mail, spammers won’t. Also, AT&T puts a little check mark beside the number if the call is really coming from the number listed, and it’s (not) surprising that many unknown numbers aren’t verified.

It’s funny, lately I’ve been getting a lot of calls from various numbers with the tag RCI where the person’s or company’s name would be. The area code is almost never from anyplace that I know RCI has offices. It wasn’t until just now that I realized those calls are probably from spammers wanting me to rent my TS weeks with them! They never leave a message, of course, so I can’t confirm that suspicion.
 
Everyone on here is right this is a SCAM. The reason I know is I used to work for them doing customer service and let me tell you it was a nightmare. The owner's sister who claims her name is Angel or some other names whos real name is Sally and the owners name is Nofal Dewarha knowingly scam people on a daily basis there also was a guy named Tiny or Rob who was a sales manager and they have about 6 other reps working for them who are all scammers. Do not I repeat DO NOT give these people your money and if you already have contact your credit card company ASAP for a refund do not call them because they will try and talk you out of it and try and give you a partial refund. Call your card holder and get the full amount of your refund. These people are the worse type of scum and the owner Nofal has some other guy named Johnny working there as the "owner" but he is just the name on the business. I would also recommend anyone reading this go to their google reviews and blast them . It's time to put a stop to these people who think they can just steal other peoples money because they found a loophole in a Florida law.
 
Jacksonp885 said:
Everyone on here is right this is a SCAM. The reason I know is I used to work for them doing customer service and let me tell you it was a nightmare. The owner's sister who claims her name is Angel or some other names whos real name is Sally and the owners name is Nofal Dewarha knowingly scam people on a daily basis there also was a guy named Tiny or Rob who was a sales manager and they have about 6 other reps working for them who are all scammers. Do not I repeat DO NOT give these people your money and if you already have contact your credit card company ASAP for a refund do not call them because they will try and talk you out of it and try and give you a partial refund. Call your card holder and get the full amount of your refund. These people are the worse type of scum and the owner Nofal has some other guy named Johnny working there as the "owner" but he is just the name on the business. I would also recommend anyone reading this go to their google reviews and blast them . It's time to put a stop to these people who think they can just steal other peoples money because they found a loophole in a Florida law.
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There is no question Nationwide Resorts and Travel is a scam. The website was created July 8, 2023. Looking at the website, they claim to market to corporations and attend conferences. These are lies used by many scammers. They also lie about renting getaway weeks. In fact, I’m looking at descriptions of various resorts on their website and they always add a comment like this one for Wyndham Sacramento “Owner has (4) Getaway weeks available for rent $2400 negotiable per week”. Is Wyndham Sacramento even a timeshare? Looks like a hotel to me.

The member of record for the company is Johnathan Echeverry. He is tied to prior printing companies. You might be on to something with the relationship between Echeverry and Nofal Dawahra. Nofal is also linked to printing companies. He was also the owner of an out of business company called Corporate Timeshare Networrk, LLC, an out of business company rated F with the BBB. Their business model was the same as Nationwide Resorts and Travel which was to cold call for upfront fees promising the same lie to rent getaway weeks. It would make sense for him to be behind the scenes since he scammed others with another company.
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I saw a listing on eBay that was for a huge list of contact information about timeshare owners. I’m not sure how the contact info is being leaked in the first place. Maybe timeshare companies are selling it for marketing purposes, and then it ends up in the wrong hands?
 
Attached is an example of one such listing:

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