Now I know I'm Stupid!!

[Rent_Share]

Dell has an option that shuts off the track pad and buttons when a mouse is plugged in, I find that eliminates most of the random whipe outs

Fat Palms on the buttons

 

[csxjohn]

It's not that big of a problem and it may not be the timeout that caused some of my lost posts. It was aggravating to think through a reply and lose it.

The 30 mins will allow me to look through "new posts" without opening them in a new window all the time.

 

[Carol C]

Aeico Services, the escrow outfit lists their address as 112 S. Tryon. (http://www.aeicoservices.com/content/contact.html) That's the heart of downtown, the high-rent, skyscraper district. It's unbelievable that they would list this address with no floor or suite. Time to do some digging.

There is no Aeico Services incorporated in NC. Start here:
http://www.secretary.state.nc.us/corporations/CSearch.aspx and insert Aeico, check "Starting with".

How about this web page and email hosting? Go to http://www.nwtools.com and insert aeicoservices.com . Leave the selection at Express and hit Go!

IP address: 200.58.111.141
Host name: aeicoservices.com
Alias: aeicoservices.com
200.58.111.141 is from Argentina(AR) in region South and Central America​

This means the web page is being served from Argentina, not Charlotte, or even the US.

Looking further at the page, here are more goodies. The website registrant is:

Registrant conatct:
Name: Andrew
Company: Andrew
Email: stone.andrew35@yahoo.com
Address: 265 Periferico
MX - cancun ( zip: )
Phone : 52 - 99896​

The same data is given for the Admin contact, Billing contact, and Tech contact. Based on the location, I would have to guess that Aeico Services is a shadow outfit set up by the Mexican scammer (who might actually be named Andrew Stone.) The email address has to work--at least during the initial setup process but there's no guarantee that anyone looks at it or responds now.

Another tidbit from this page:

Domain name: aeicoservices.com
Creation Date: 2013-08-20
Expiration Date: 2014-08-20​

He just opened this page two months ago. Fly-by-night? The expiration date is not meaningful--the default is to pay a year at a time.

But wait! There's more! This traceroute shows the path to get to this website, located at 200.58.111.141.

TraceRoute from Network-Tools.com to 200.58.111.141 [aeicoservices.com]
Hop (ms) (ms) (ms) IP Address Host name
1 1 0 0 8.9.232.73 xe-5-3-0.edge3.dallas1.level3.net
2 0 0 0 4.69.145.210 ae-4-90.edge10.dallas1.level3.net
3 2 2 2 64.215.195.33 ae14-503-70g.ar7.dal2.gblx.net
4 222 222 223 67.16.164.165 xe0-0-0-10g.ar1.ros1.ros.gblx.net
5 169 168 168 201.234.144.150 201-234-144-150.static.impsat.net.ar
6 223 222 222 200.58.111.141 floyd.dattaweb.com​

The website is hosted/served by an outfit called dattaweb.com. They, in turn, are served by impsat.net.ar. an internet backbone in Argentina. You can contact them (ask me how) and get his web hosting cancelled, but it won't get your money back.

His domain names are served by a couple of outfits:

DNS servers
ns22.dattatec.com [200.58.122.66]
ns21.dattatec.com [200.58.116.42]
ns4.hostmar.com [200.58.112.101]
ns3.hostmar.com [200.58.112.193]
ns1.traxhost.com [200.58.122.190]​

You could probably get those cancelled, but again it would just annoy him, and you would have to get all three companies to go along.
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Just for something different, let's see what the Mecklenburg County tax records say about 112 S. Tryon in downtown Charlotte. Start here:
http://meckcama.co.mecklenburg.nc.us/relookup/ ,
change Search By: to Address and insert 112. S, and Tryon in the three fields on the next line. Sure enough, there are 44 (!) businesses paying real estate taxes in this building, and that doesn't even count the renters! Based on the way the addresses are annotated, it appears that there are at least 19 stories in this building. (It turns out that these are office condominiums; hence so many owners. See below.)

Okay, how about looking for mail forwarding from that address? Well, I naively (not really, I knew what I was doing) typed this query into Google:

mail box 112 s tryon charlotte​

and lo-and-behold:
several hits including this one:

http://www.yellowbook.com/yellow-pa...e,+nc+28216-2859&searchmethod=popularsearches
Pitney Bowes
112 S Tryon St
Charlotte, NC 28284-2191​

This company provides private mailbox service. You probably cannot get them to disclose anything about the boxholder without a court order.

This real estate site lists several condominiums for sale at 112 S. Tryon:
http://www.cityfeet.com/cont/nc/stanley-income-property#pgNum=3
which explains why there are so many owners.

Sorry I cannot travel to Charlotte for you, but I am convinced it would be a waste of time.

Larry
(internet forensics my specialty)

This should be a TUG "sticky" so other folks can use the same research tactics if they suspect they've been scammed. Larry provides a great wealth of info in his posting...so kudos to you Larry!

P.S. So sorry to the original poster for the loss of money and trust in people, not to mention the stress. I honestly wish timeshare purchases weren't going into public record, because I think scammers out there think all timeshare owners are patsies and easy marks for various timeshare-related scams. Not a happy state of affairs for sure.

 

[Carol C]

I sent emails to the Mexican consulate in Ontario,Illinois and North Carolina explaining what I've been through. I received two emails.

From: Carrera Aguayo, Felipe (fcarrera@sre.gob.mx)

Thank you for sharing with us your experience with companies that you suspect are practicing scam activities to travelers interested in visiting Mexico. We strongly encourage you to request the opinion of a law professional qualified to review the circumstances and merits of the case to proceed legally against them. Likewise, as far as your questions regarding Mexican Tax Regulations, we recommend you to seek the opinion from a Certified Public Accountant or Tax Law Specialist in Mexico. In the case you need a power of attorney in order to hire a professional to represent you before an authority in Mexico, the Consulate of Mexico in Raleigh can provide you that service.
From: Fabio Corominas de la Pera (fcorominas@promotur.com.mx)
Sent: October-30-13 6:31:32 PM

Cc: Rafael Muñoz Fraga (rmfraga@promotur.com.mx); cgmtoronto@consulmex.com (cgmtoronto@consulmex.com); conchicago@sre.gob.mx (conchicago@sre.gob.mx); conraleigh@sre.gob.mx (conraleigh@sre.gob.mx); dgpinternacional@sre.gob.mx (dgpinternacional@sre.gob.mx); Jose Maria Barquin Del Puert (jbarquin@promotur.com.mx)

My name is Fabio Corominas - Head of the Litigation Department for the Mexico Tourism Board. In this e-mail you will also find copied, among others, our General Counsel Mr. Rafael Muñoz Fraga.
We have become aware of your current situation regarding the purchase of a timeshare in Nuevo Vallarta as stated in your e-mail dated October 15th, 2013. In this line of thought, we would be glad to assist/advice you in the course of actions to be performed pursuant to recover your money or to conclude with the aforementioned transaction. Please do consider that we all are Government Officials; therefore, we are not allowed to act on your behalf or anyone´s regarding any civil or commercial matter. Nonetheless, we could provide you with a pretty objective perspective and, if necessary, to recommend you an Attorney at Law. In order to do so, we would need to go over certain details since after reading your e-mail there are some facts we need to get straight.
In order to avoid distracting anyone else from their many occupations, please feel free to contact me directly by copying only to Mr. Muñoz Fraga.
Looking forward to hear from you.
Kindest regards,

Fabio Corominas

What do you people think???

Fabio is well-intended and seems to have a heart. But he works for the national tourism dept and cannot do much. I'd request a mtg with a Mexican official there in Canada asap. Go armed with print-outs of all pertinent emails and TUG postings. Go armed with a list of questions and facts/history you've written down. A face to face mtg is always better than emails...so get some face time with a Mexican official. I just googled this info...hope it helps:

Mexican Consulate
Address: 11 King St W #350, Toronto, ON M5H 4C7, Canada
Phone:+1 416-368-2875
Hours: Friday 9:00 am – 1:00 pm -

 

[TUGBrian]

Good, Brian. I've not experienced the problem - my sessions don't every seem to time out (is that because I have cookies set so the site always recognizes who I am?). But for timeouts, 15 minutes is definitely not enough time.

keep in mind, thats not 15 minutes of not posting on the site...its 15minutes of not doing anything...no clicks, no refresh, nothing.

its the default period for every vbulletin installation on the internet =)

 

[Carol C]

Shouldn't debates about WordPad vs Word and other internet related stuff be in TUG lounge? Seems like Loser1 still visits this topic he started and still has much to share. It should stay focused on the scam he's fighting...JMHO.

 

[loser1]

Thank you Carol for the info

Mexican Consulate
Address: 11 King St W #350, Toronto, ON M5H 4C7, Canada
Phone:+1 416-368-2875
Hours: Friday 9:00 am – 1:00 pm -

I'll try to remember to call this coming Friday.