Timeshare Scams and Fraud

We got an unsolicited call from someone pretending to work for Opodo with an offer to purchase our membership with Bahia Principe Privilege Club at a double the price we paid in 2015. After confirming our interest, we got a formal offer via email.
Then we got contact by another person from Terri James law office with the paperwork, and the another person pretending to be from Bahia for the transfer process which requires 2600 USD to get the release certificate approval.
After the wire transfer was flagged as potential fraud by the Bank, we contacted Terri James law office and they still asked us to get the fund cleared by the Bank as transactions with Mexico often get flagged, so not to worry.
We were lucky to be suspicious to cancel the whole thing before it was too late. We c... Read More

My husband and I received a phone call in regards to selling our travel smart vip membership. We were offered $50,000 for our $35000 membership. We were of course interested. We were then called by a law firm by the name of terrijames law office. We were emailed extensive documentation. We checked out the law firm, everything looked 100% legitimate. The only catch was that we had to pay off our amount owing of $28000. We were then contacted by travel smart to whom sent us all of the wire information. These were not the real travel smart people and my money is gone. This was our savings for my husbands upcoming medical treatments.
This has absolutely ruined our lives. They still answer travel smart from one number and Terri James law office from the other. We are devastated, We h... Read More