Timeshare Scams and Fraud

I have talked to sales broker George Micheals and Amanda Gill senior Broker, of Master International Company, 1090 3rd Ave #9B, New York, NY 10065 and Richard Shore Head Escrow Officer of Management Group International, 132 Columbus Ave, New York, NY 10023 for the last 2 months. In that time they all very nice and answered all my questions, encourage me to check them out. I was very apprehensive because it was to good to be true and seemed quite simple. Letter of Intent, Sales aggrandizement and Citibanamex's trust application were sent to me, I was told at the beginning we would not have to send any money or pay any fees. (which didn't sound right to me) I went along with everything as long as we did not have to put our Social Security information or have to pay any money. Whe... Read More

This was a very elaborate well planned scam. A friend of my nevwas contacted from Magnum Realty by phone in April 2018 to sell her timeshare. She passed the info to me and I called them. Chris Johnson told me to send by timeshare info and that they were representing companies that wanted to buy time shares in Mexico for their employees to visit. They sent us an offer and contract. They contacted us by phone and email. Early in the deal, they started asking for money for a tax number and taxes for the state of Narit. The deal seemed very real as we talked to someone from the SAT office is n Mexico and the buyer Frances Harrington from the UK. Erickn Esparasa was our contact at Capital Transfer. Every time we paid money, the money appeared on n an escrow account. We finally agreed ... Read More

Approached us to sell our time share He worked in conjunction with escrow company Smith and sons When payout day came they stop taking calls

Escrow company to close in resale timeshare. They request that money wire be sent to Mexico to cover taxes and fees but when they say this is the last fees to send they stop answering the phone and there is no more contact with them

Marci Stewart contacted us to buy one of our timeshares, saying she was working through her broker because she was deaf. Was planning on setting up a travel company. Broker's name is Richard Stemp, but he was on vacation and would handle everything from there. Sent me a $2900 check; 500 to hold the timeshare, 2400 for Richard's fees, which I was to Moneygram to Aziza Izoyatova at an address with a typo that probably equated to the St. Regis Hotel in Istanbul.