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Buying Timeshares on eBay and how to bid for the Best VacationsPosted on February 3, 2014
Timeshare Laws that Protect the ConsumerPosted on September 23, 2013
Reasons You Should Not Sell Your TimesharePosted on June 21, 2013
A Look at Timeshare EvolutionPosted on May 13, 2013
Where to Look for Affordable TimesharePosted on April 10, 2013
Vacation in Style on a Budget with TimesharesPosted on March 2, 2013
Explore the Beautiful Coastline of Wales with a Timeshare in PembrokeshirePosted on January 22, 2013
Advantages of Timeshares Appeal to More Baby BoomersPosted on December 8, 2012
The Truth about Timeshare Fraud in MexicoPosted on November 9, 2012
The Purpose of Timeshare ForumsPosted on October 22, 2012
Going on a Green Timeshare VacationPosted on October 20, 2012
How to Transfer Timeshares from One Owner to AnotherPosted on October 9, 2012
Decadent Timeshare Destinations around the WorldPosted on September 28, 2012
An Overview of the RCI Timeshare CompanyPosted on September 15, 2012
Timeshare Deedbacks: The Best Way to Unload an Unneeded VacationPosted on August 23, 2012
Timeshare Resale Firm Busted in Lake Worth
LAKE WORTH, FLA. – Two men were arrested last week, and charged with pretending to be working for the Florida Attorney General’s office while they were claiming to help victims of timeshare fraud get refunds. Instead, the office of Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi said it was all a ruse. Nicholas Paul, the owner of Provident Choice LLC, and Gerald W. Clarke of William Clarke, P.A., got
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A low cost vacation? Visit a Timeshare
PORT WASHINGTON, WI – It’s a frequent complaint from travelers: those sounds-too-good- to-be-true vacation deal offering several nights at a luxury resort, for a suspiciously below average nightly rate. The catch, they often complain, is that the property is a timeshare and the guests are required to sit through a presentation on the benefits of what it’s like to own a timeshare – a p
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Sad tale of elderly woman scammed by timeshares by owners
HUDSON VALLEY, N.Y. – A writer for The Times-Herald Record, a newspaper based in Upstate New York, has recorded the cautionary story of a woman determined not to allow her elderly mother to become another victim and sorry statistic by fake timeshare resale firms. In an article published on Feb. 17, writer Steve Israel chronicles how New Yorker Aviva Schwab is still trying to get justice for he
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Timeshare Mega Media employees get charged with defrauding customers
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL. -- Four more telemarketers who used to be employed at a timeshare resale company in Fort Lauderdale have been charged with conspiring to defraud people that wanted to sell their vacation rental property, The Sun Sentinel is reporting. The newspaper based in South Florida noted that since last year, 19 former employees of Timeshare Mega Media and Marketing Group have been
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Florida Attorney General Bondi taking a lead on timeshare fraud cases.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.– Since taking office in January 2011, Attorney General Pam Bondi has used her office to crack down on timeshare resale fraud, highlighting an important conviction last year against a woman accused of stealing $30 million from timeshare owners, while also spearheading new legislation designed to make these kinds of fraud cases much harder to pull off in the future. Last Oct
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Florida legislation cracking down on timeshare fraud
TALLAHASSEE -- Legislation aimed at protecting people from timeshare fraud won the endorsement on Jan. 31 of the American Resort Development Association and the American Resort Development Association Resort Owners' Coalition. Both groups lent their public support for a bill now before the Florida Legislature known as the Timeshare Resale Accountability Act. Sponsored by state Sen. Andy Gardin
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Denver DA warns consumers about timeshare scams
DENVER – Using his Facebook page to reach a wider audience, Denver’s District Attorney, Mitch Morrissey, is warning consumers about a growing problem with timeshare resale scams. “Fraud Alert! Don’t Fall Victim to a Timeshare Resale Scam!” Morrissey posted on his Facebook page on Tuesday, Jan. 17, when he advised buyers, “Don’t Fall Victim to a Timeshare Resale Scam.” In his pos
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Desperate timeshare seller are easy prey, Mitch Lipka Consumer Alert warns
People hoping to get out of a timeshare obligation all too often become targets for timeshare scams, cautioned Mitch Lipka, author of the Consumer Alert column for The Boston Globe and The Worcester Telegram & Gazette. “After writing last month about a timeshare scam that involved a made-up company, a flood of timeshare owners reached out with a lot of questions,” Lipka wrote in his J
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Woman behind a telemarketing scheme sentenced to 15 years
Anyone who thinks authorities don’t take telemarketing fraud cases seriously can think again, now that the woman behind a telemarketing scheme that defrauded more than 22,000 victims of $30 million got sentenced to 15 years in prison. According to the Associated Press, a federal judge waved off the woman’s sobbing claims of remorse, even as she noted that she became a mother just a year
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Scambusters calls Timeshares one of the TOP 10 Scams in 2011-2012
BOONE, N.C. – Scambusters is calling timeshare and vacation schemes one of the top 10 scams for both 2011 and 2012, and warning vacationers to proceed cautiously. Scambusters, devoted to continuously updating the public about the worst scams and fraud cases going on across the United States, just issued its list of the top 10 scams for 2011 and 2012. Coming in at Number 10, the service
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