After being cold called from so many different firms over the years.. countless times trying to sucker me in for numerous different reasons, I have decided to do the public a service and make my own blog. I will dissect all these companies 1 by 1 in the event to eventually let the world know who are scammers and who are legitimate companies actually here to help us…

Posts tagged ‘Scams’

After being duped by DWVC and Cashback, now they offer a solution? I don´t think so??

Latest update on CASHBACK-SA has been brought to our attention. If it wasn’t enough being duped by buying into the bogus Discount Travel Membership Club DWVC from ILG, consumers also found that the Cashback certificate they received has resulted worthless and any excuse valid for not paying out. We already wrote an extensive article about [...]

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Cashback, Cold Calling Companies, DWVC, Incentive Leisure Group, Scams, Tips & Advice

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Equitas Property Ventures, cold call about Fractional Ownership

A new company by the name Equitas Property Ventures in Benalmadena has started to cold call Timeshare Consumers. This time it is not about resale or group’s claims, this time it is about Fractional Ownership! At first sight not a product we consider being dubious or connected to dubious companies, but here we have our [...]

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Cold Calling Companies, Resale, Scams, Timeshare Disposal, Timeshare Sales

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Department of Consumer Affairs offers tips to avoid timeshare scams

Department of Consumer Affairs offers tips to avoid timeshare scams A Staff Report • Published Friday, June 15th 2012 The Tennessee Department of Consumer Affairs warns residents that those offers that come in the mail promising cheap travel packages or short cruises are often part of a timeshare scam that has been traveling the state. [...]

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Tips & Advice

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europeanfairtrading.com why change a name if you are successful?

The European Fair Trade Advisory Group also known as EFTAG has done a name change to European Fair Trading. The change goes together with a brand new website for European Fair Trading www.europeanfairtrading.com which was registered on the 30th of April 2012 European Fair Trading in Benalmadena has their in Avenida Federico Lorca, Pueblo Quinta [...]

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Resale, Scams, Timeshare Disposal

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Common identifiers of Timeshare Scams

Unsolicited contact – If a company contacts you claiming to be able to help but you don’t remember ever giving them your contact information, it is probably in your best interest to say thanks, but no thanks. High-pressure tactics – If a company continues to contact you or pressure you to commit to their services [...]

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Scams, Tips & Advice

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Bouncing Back from a Timeshare Resale Scam

In the timeshare resale industry, there are few things that can be more damaging and devastating than timeshare resale scams. These are very real frauds that can cause very real and substantial problems for those who fall victim to their tactics. They are fast becoming one of the most common consumer scams in the country, [...]

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Resale, Scams, Timeshare Disposal, Tips & Advice

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How to Identify Timeshare Scams

One of the main deterrents that people list for not wanting to use a timeshare resale company to get rid of their timeshares is the threat of falling victim to timeshare resale scams. As one of the most common business frauds, these scams take millions of pounds from unsuspecting owners each year. To avoid these [...]

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Resale, Scams, Tips & Advice

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Typical Scams

One of the current scams that yourtimeshare has received a significant number of complaints about is the resale scam. Timeshare owners are being targeted by fraudsters who are offering to sell their weeks for them. The victims are being asked to pay upfront fees for any number of reasons and then hear nothing more from [...]

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Bogus Holiday Companies, Resale, Tips & Advice

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Resort Properties under investigation

We have just receviewed formal notification that the State Prosecutor in Tenerife has ordered a FULL BLOWN CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION against Resort Properties and 21 of their employees. On the 11th April an official notification from court No. 3 in Tenerife was published stating that on the 22 December 2011 the State Prosecutor ordered the police [...]

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Mindtimeshare "The Truth", Scams

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Kelly Consultants

Another cold caller for our lists: Kelly Consultants from Ireland. They have started their campaign not so long ago and are keen to offer their help with a reclaim. No explanation on how they obtained the details from the timeshare consumer of course! Kelly Consultants is actually a UK Companies House registered entity and the [...]

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Cashback, Cold Calling Companies, Reclaim Certificates, Resale, Scams, Timeshare Sales, UKASH

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