Fraud, unfortunately, is something that we put up with more and more every day. I for one am sick of the robocalls telling me to refinance my student loans, that don’t exist. Telling me there is nothing wrong with my credit cards, but to call right away to speak to a manager who can help me stop paying any interest,… Read More
When the Cannefields were solicited by telephone by a man going by the name James Buchanan they had not yet considered selling their timeshare. Although they hadn’t used it in several years, they were still paying maintenance fees and hoped to use it again when their scheduled allowed. Buchanan immediately offered to purchase their timeshare for $49,960.10! An unrealistic price… Read More
Several days ago we were contacted by a worried timeshare owner. They had been solicited by online timeshare scam company Worldwide Timeshare Exchange, (WTE) www.wterus.com. WTE had managed to secure Resort Closings outdate closing and escrow paperwork and proceeded to use Resort Closings Inc. legitimacy company as a foil for their fraudulent operation. The seller was suspicious, after being offered $18,599.00… Read More
There is no doubt that technology has allowed timeshare scammers to conduct more elaborate, believable, and efficient scams in recent years. We have covered many cases of con men operating behind phony websites that only experienced timeshare industry professionals, such as ourselves, are able to identify as fraudulent. Imagine our surprise when we found out that the scammers had targeted… Read More
Jeff was contacted one day via email by a man who called himself “Kelly Ivan.” Mr. Ivan said he was interested in buying Jeff’s Wyndham timeshare points. The offer? A cool $15,000. As the correspondence between Jeff and Mr. Ivan continued, Jeff became increasingly suspicious. Jeff was savvy enough to contact our Timeshare Scam Hotline. A scam eerily similar to… Read More
80K for a Grand View Las Vegas Timeshare was the offer Katrina received on March 2018. A quick Google search made Katherine suspicious–after all, the offer seemed too good to be true: 80k for her Grand View Las Vegas Timeshare? There had to be a catch. And indeed there was. A quick call to our Timeshare Scam Hotline confirmed Katherine’s… Read More
While people around the country are scheming up pranks for April Fool’s Day, a leading group of timeshare experts is working to stop them—or at least the ones harmful to timeshare owners. A year ago this month, the founders of Timeshare Specialists, a timeshare liquidation company in Bozeman, Montana, started the nation’s first timeshare scam hotline in order to protect… Read More
A good broker can help sell your timeshare when it is all but impossible for the average owner to find a buyer in today’s depressed resale market. They know how to set the right price, properly market the property and get it sold for a profit. The problem is finding one that will actually take your property. As a rule,… Read More
Several days ago, repeat customers of Timeshare Specialists called us regarding a suspicious offer they received from a broker with “International Sales Group” (ISG). The owner had received phony offers to purchase his timeshare before and was able to ascertain they were illegitimate. However, he was unsure about the offer presented by ISG, so he contacted us. (This smart couple… Read More
With so many con artists and dubious companies in the timeshare resale market, it’s hard to know exactly who to trust. That’s why Timeshare Specialists turned all of their customer reviews over to an independent, third-party company: Trust Pilot. “We want people to know what our customers are saying about us,” says John Kushman, one of the owners of Timeshare… Read More
