World Marketing Solutions, Chicago, IL

[rsrjlw]

I have been contacted by World Marketing Solutions, Chicago, IL (Derek Gray) assistant director with on offer to by my Royal Sands week in Cancun. They say that Carlos Simn is interested in buying up several weeks. It seems too good to be true, so I assume it is. Does anyone know about this organization?

 

[DeniseM]

Here is the sniff test: if you have to pay ANY money up front, no matter what they call it, even if they "say" it goes into escrow - then it's not Legit.

ALL funds should come out of the proceeds of the sale - you should pay NOTHING.

 

[timeos2]

Every one of your posts are about the same thing and get the same answers. They call you - scam. They offer MORE than you paid or that you could easily buy it for on eBay or elsewhere - scam. They have a "corporate buyer" - scam.

By now I hope you realize no one is going to come to you and pay you to take your timeshare away. Have you tried to sell it rather than wait for these fake "offers"?

 

[Rent_Share]

Carlos Slim is the richest man in the world

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Slim

Perhaps they might suggest a phony buyer of more modest means

 

[pacodemountainside]

http://tugbbs.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1429719&posted=1#post1429719

 

[LannyPC]

Carlos Slim is the richest man in the world

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Slim

Perhaps they might suggest a phony buyer of more modest means

Amazingly, according to that article, Slim didn't amass any of his wealth by buying scads and scads of Mexican timeshares. :rofl:

 

[slubore]

I also received an offer too good to be true to sell my Vacation Village at Parkway time share unit in Orlando. I have been offered a little over twice what I paid for it 10 years ago.
They say that I do not need to pay upfront, only a 9% commission at the sale closing after I receive a check for the property. I may investigate further. The firm is not listed by the Better Business Bureau in Chicago.

 

[LannyPC]

I also received an offer too good to be true to sell my Vacation Village at Parkway time share unit in Orlando. I have been offered a little over twice what I paid for it 10 years ago.
They say that I do not need to pay upfront, only a 9% commission at the sale closing after I receive a check for the property. I may investigate further. The firm is not listed by the Better Business Bureau in Chicago.

Why do you need to "investigate [this] further"? This has all the hallmarks of the typical scam, the first one being "an offer too good to be true".

I hope you realize what will happen in this scam. They will send you a fake check for the thousands you were hoping for. Then they will ask you to send them a real check for their 9% commission. Once they get your money, they will be gone and all you will have to show for your efforts is a fake check.

 

[csxjohn]

Why do you need to "investigate [this] further"? This has all the hallmarks of the typical scam, the first one being "an offer too good to be true".



I hope you realize what will happen in this scam. They will send you a fake check for the thousands you were hoping for. Then they will ask you to send them a real check for their 9% commission. Once they get your money, they will be gone and all you will have to show for your efforts is a fake check.

LannyPC is 100% correct.


And the fake check they send you will clear your bank initially and you'll think your in the money and send them their commission. In about a month the check will turn out to be bad and your bank will not be responsible.

The way it works in the real world is, the company takes it's commission and gives you the balance. In Timeshare World anything goes and you can be sure you will lose.

 

[kair]

World Marketing Solutions Scam

I have also been on the phone with World Marketing Solutions long enogh to finally find out their scam. They insist no money up front, you pay comission only after recieving the funds and you have the option of having them do a wire transfer to an account. The scam comes in when they insist that taxes must be paid in Mexico, because the buyer's from there, and they must be paid first but will be reimbursed. Why would I as a seller be paying taxes in Mexico when the property is in California? They have lots of reasons and even direct you to a website that explains how Mexican nationals living abroad must pay taxes on real estate, I explained that I'm not a citizen of Mexico but they have excuses and reasons that this law applies. This is definatly another scam to be reported

 

[Rent_Share]

LannyPC is 100% correct.

Not necessarily

They may ask for a fee for tax, appraisal or some other expense that "Mexican Law" requires to be paid by the seller with the promise a refunding out of the proceeds, some have reported paying more than once to get the proceeds they so desperately want .

The broker and buyer always disapear

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Why do you need to "investigate [this] further"? This has all the hallmarks of the typical scam, the first one being "an offer too good to be true".

I hope you realize what will happen in this scam. They will send you a fake check for the thousands you were hoping for. Then they will ask you to send them a real check for their 9% commission. Once they get your money, they will be gone and all you will have to show for your efforts is a fake check.

Not necessarily

They may ask for a fee for tax, appraisal or some other expense that "Mexican Law" requires to be paid by the seller with the promise a refunding out of the proceeds, some have reported paying more than once to get the proceeds they so desperately want .

The broker and buyer always disapear

Let's just say it will be one or the other, or maybe even both. No matter, there are three certainties:

1. at some point the seller will be required to send some money,
2. the money will disappear
3. the seller will still own the timeshare.