Timeshare Scams and Fraud

Been Scammed by some very very slick talkers. Beware of this group they are master minds at taking advantage of trusting people. Received a call from a company called unlimited outsourcing inc. about selling my timeshare. After checking this company out and didn't find anything at this time. All looked ok. I then received a call from michael brown telling me he had a buyer for my timeshare. I received a timeshare purchase agreement (buyers Terrance and Theresa Duncan Newport Va.) through mail. I called michael brown to let him know i had received the purchase agreement. He then told me that I needed to do a wire transfer of $1496.52 for sellers legal fees and that i would be refunded this money back. this was also spelled out in the timeshare purchase agreement. I also received a... Read More

Got a phone call from Clearview Properties explaining that they were a timeshare reselling company and someone had interest in our timeshare that we own. When asked if they were a legitimate business all they could give us was a "word from mouth" certificate of good standing. "Supposedly" the buyers put $7,000 down that they would lose if they backed out of the deal. This payment was done before we were contacted by the company. We were suppose to put $1985 down for closing costs and we would "see the money back from the selling of our timeshare." We believe that the buyer's down payment was used as an incentive for us to put in money. A contract was emailed to us with "signatures", which does not look like a professional contract and... Read More

We contracted with Vacations direct USA to market and advertise our timeshare for sale. We signed a contract with them in October 2009 and paid them a total of $1295. We have been in contact with them ourselves for next few months after which they have disappeared and we haven't heard from them since. We are suspecting that this company is a fraud and want to know if any other person had dealt them.

This company says they will guarantee the sale of your timeshare for a ridiculous upfront fee, and if it doesn't sell in 10 months they will buy it. THEY DO NOT DO THIS. They just want your money. They will not and can not sell or rent your timeshare.

Phone/email scam - say they have a buyer and ask for closing fees upfront about $150.00 to be wired - Bob assures you he will fax documents -- guess what no documents and no communication after that.