Timeshare resellers scammers

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Gerald Belitski
Country: Canada
We purchased a timeshare in PV (Belaire) they said they had a company called CORPORATE VACATION MANAGEMENT of Dallas to sell our timeshare in Florida. They have a affiliation with PLATINUM ESCROW SERVICE INC.of Denver. They said they had a buyer, they required a transfer fee, which we paid to a Mexican Bank. In a couple of weeks at closing, they said a red flag came up from the bank that the Mexican Government required 19% for taxes. We did not pay it. They said the deal would be on hold until we paid. We asked for a title search on our property which they could not provide. We have left messages to call us back for several months with no reply

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    tj
    "they required a transfer fee, which we paid to a Mexican Bank."
    "they said a red flag came up from the bank that the Mexican Government required 19% for taxes."

    Those are your clues it's a scam from the beginning.
    Why would a sale of property in the U.S., with supposedly a Denver based "escrow service", use a Mexican bank for anything?
    Why would the Mexican Government be owed taxes on a Florida timeshare?

    The second "fee" is typical of fraudulent scam "reloading".  If you will fall for the first "fee", now there is a "problem" requiring another.

    Basically the same as "advance fee" loan scams.  Find desperate people and string them along, milking them for "fees" or "taxes" for as much as you can before you disappear.

    Safer to use a local licensed real estate agent who knows the local market.
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    Al
    This does not look like a real company, and there are some other companies with the same web pages... such as High End Vacation Properties. I wouldn't do business with those companies at all.
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    bill hardie
    The same thing happened to me.Both companies appear to be scammers.
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    scammed
    They got us too. The Belaire is denying all affiliation. Of course this is a lie. The mexican clabe used for money transfers is a clear indication that they were working together. Profeco has been fighting for us for two years.

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