Timeshare Scams and Fraud

Sent contract for timeshare resale, we briefly reviewed and sent $998 via Zelle to Eralza Hernandez tel # 646-703-3042, less than 24 hours called and canceled contract and that’s when Andrew Morgan, sales manager got online and said after listening to all recordings that, mr Lopez had not been upfront with us and he would refund our money/-told me to go into Zelle account and send to same person, same original amount and then put in special code and it would give error message///I was really stupid to click submit//as soon as I did, it took another $998 from my account—he claimed it did not get to their end and to do again with a different code//I said I damn sure not gonna do that again until some money goes back into my account. He said I have an urgent matter to take ca... Read More

Contract they sent me included a $15,000 closing fee that I was supposed to pay now. Travel Marketing said they would reimburse the money at closing. I told them they were crazy to think I was going to prepay anything. I called them a scam.

I have been contacted by a dubious timeshare “resale” company
that called TRAVEL MARKETING ASSOCIATES INC and they claimed their business location at 3030 North West Expressway, Suite 200, Oklahoma City, OK 73112. I contacted the office location provided and found out that the suite 200 is PC Executive Service and they told me that the location is not a sharing office and this business has not affiliation with TRAVEL MARKETING ASSOCIATES.
I perform a thorough research to verify the authenticity of this TRAVEL MARKETING ASSOCIATES INC business and find that there are two Customer complaints in last three years on Better Business Bureau website (Travel Marketing Associates Inc. | Complaints | Better Business Bureau® Profile (bbb.org)). I also found this business on Timeshare ... Read More

I have been contacted by a dubious timeshare “resale” company
that called TRAVEL MARKETING ASSOCIATES INC and they claimed their business location at 3030 North West Expressway, Suite 200, Oklahoma City, OK 73112. I contacted the office location provided and found out that the suite 200 is PC Executive Service and they told me that the location is not a sharing office and this business has not affiliation with TRAVEL MARKETING ASSOCIATES.
I perform a thorough research to verify the authenticity of this TRAVEL MARKETING ASSOCIATES INC business and find that there are two Customer complaints in last three years on Better Business Bureau website (Travel Marketing Associates Inc. | Complaints | Better Business Bureau® Profile (bbb.org)). I also found this business on Timeshare ... Read More

We were visiting Disney World in 2017 when we first became aware of Diamond Resorts. We were approached by their reps, and they asked us to attend a 60-90 minute travel investment seminar. This seminar was more than twice as long as we were originally told that it would be, which was pretty frustrating when you are trying to enjoy a vacation with your family. Since we were told that this travel investment would allow us to take our family on vacations all over the world, we thought it would be a great investment for our future. Since that purchase, we have been required to attend sales meetings every time we visited any Diamond property. These are always fraught with complex sales tactics and extreme high pressure. Every time we would mention the disappointments we had alrea... Read More