Be on the lookout for timeshare resale phonies

Has anyone gotten a check from these guys? I am getting calls and can't believe it's legit.

My husband and I were contacted by Estate Exchange group a few weeks ago, received the contract, and gave it to our attorney to review/investigate. I too, like UVCMember, made calls to check on the Broker. I was told they were informed about one year ago that Timothy Clark was the victim of identity theft and to be very skeptical of anything with his name attached. Today I have been investigating the information about their title/escrow agent and can't find anything that makes sense. I am a former Real Estate Paralegal and currently a Realtor so I was skeptical from the very first call.

My first comment hasn't posted yet, but FYI to all who have posted here about Estate Exchange Group: This is the email response from the registered owner of "Estate Exchange Group": Thank you for your call and email. I do have an LLC with that name in Illinois, however, we do not have a web site nor do we deal in time shares. I did a Google search and found the site which apparently is referred to in your email and on the FTC link. I would report this suspicious activity. Best of luck and thank you for the heads up on this other entity. And here is the response from the owner of Title Authority Inc, which is the title company that EEG supposedly uses: Carolyn, We are the Registered Agent for a company called Title Authority, Inc. which is located in Downers Grove, Illinois and which to my knowledge has nothing to do with the time share business. I am alerting our client in regard to your warning. Larry Gold

Folks do not get involved at all with Property Connect or The Transfer Group. I consider myself fairly intelligent and usually I am suspicious of things to good to be true as I was with these offers. Long story short I feel for their scam lost thousands of dollars and never received a penny!!!! If they call you DO NOT FALL FOR IT!!!!

Does anyone know anything about a company called Recovery Investments, LLC from North Carolina. They offered to buy my vacation club in Mexico and knew all the details about it and me. Called the Attorney General's office in North Carolina, but they have no complaints, just know they are calling people.

Here is our letter: Thank you for considering the re-sale of your vacation membership. Attached is the sales offer we spoke on the phone about. Please read it, and attach a copy of proof of ownership. This can be the front page of your contract, a maintenance fee, or ownership certificate. Please make sure to write across it (void non-negotiable) for your own protection then email or fax it back to us as soon as possible. Thank you, I look forward to doing business with you. Angel Diaz Thanks for saving us huge $$$$$$

I got a call out of the blue from Vacation Resort Experts. They wanted to purchase my Unlimited Vacation Club timeshare--something I would be happy to unload to the first taker. I guess I asked too many questions, because I wound up speaking to a "supervisor" named Eddie Von. Twice, in fact. He told me that they are buying up these timeshares and reselling them. No one ever mentioned a thing about fees, or commissions, or about my having to hand over a penny. Has anyone else had the pleasure of talking to those guys? So here's the real question: is there a LEGIT way to unload an unwanted Unlimited Vacation Club time share? Where do you go to do that?

I am just curious if anyone has had any experience with a company out of Chicago IL which is wanting to buy our uvc membership for much more than we have paid plus what we still owe. Does or has anyone had any experience dealing with International Group Trading Inc.

I learned a difficult lesson after being scammed by a fake company called Goldstein Funding over a year ago. Recently been contacted by Estate Exchange Group LLC and a company going by Property Management. Same old story...ALL SCAMMERS!! And there are many more listed in this thread...how many are there?!! Terrible.

Estate Exchange Group LLC and Title Authority, Inc. are scams. As mentioned above, they are based out of Chicago and are pretty much using the same technique to take your money. It starts with a non-binding contract you must sign and it also has the signature of Tim Clarke. Then they approach you about wiring the 16% sales tax to Mexico, then AIG insurance. All the while insuring you the buyer will reimburse the fees. It's a scam and don't buy into it!!!! If you've sent funds, DO NOT send anymore!

Thousands of International travelers, particularly from the US and Canada, have fallen victims of timeshare fraud while vacationing. Resort developers hire skilled salesmen to represent their timeshares as many different attractive packages, such as financial investments, deeded properties, or vacation clubs, just to increase their sales.

I've contacted by Vacation Resort Experts (actually they have called me more than 20 times). They want me to sell the timeshare I have with UVC. They are asking me for the sales contract but I'm afraid that this is not legit. Anyone knows about this company? I've forward the email received by them to UVC for some advise or if they know about that company and their advice was not to provide my personal information.

Got a call from a Chicago number, a girl with a British accent asking if I'm interested in selling my timeshare with UVC. I said, "Sure, I'd be interested." So they sent an email with an attached letter of intent, just like those mentioned above. And, like those above, the offer was for slightly more than twice the purchase price of our timeshare. Suspicious, I googled "The Estate Exchange Group" and looked at their website. I then called UVC's membership services to ask if this was a legit request. The person with UVC said, "This is a scam. We are investigating it. Do not respond to them." Curious about these things, I decided to have a little fun and call The Estate Exchange Group directly, using the number they provide on their rather generic website. The person answering the phone acted surprised by the call, and then tried to play it off that he was the secretary. I asked a couple questions and he was very dodgy, so I hung up. This is a scam all the way. If you've been offered this deal, UVC asks that you contact them and send to them the letter of intent you received as part of their own investigation into what's happened here. Obviously their member information has been compromised. "If it seems too good to be true, it probably is."

Seems like the recent name of the callers is Vacation Resort Experts in Illinois. Names used are Steven Wood and Kevin Ortiz. Also got a call from the alleged lawyer representing the AM Resorts, AVG and Assoc. in Guadalajara Mexico. Asking for $2450 upfront to cover transfer, fees, taxes etc. BE AWARE!

UVC Member | Jan 6, 2015 Another caller wanting to buy my UVC Membership, from 1-708-669-0372 I got 2 letters following the call from Steve Wood President & Founder Vacation Resort Experts Part of their letter: 2. Scan and Email or Fax a copy of your original sales contract of your vacation membership. Please note; we do not need any sensitive information. Should your original contract contain your social security number or credit card information, please black that information out before emailing or faxing. 3. Once we have your information, it will be forwarded to a licensed title company who will perform a soft inquiry as to the current standing of your membership. E.g. Membership balance, maintenance or any outstanding fees currently due. 4. Upon receipt of your membership inquiry, a purchase offer is then drawn up and forwarded to you for your approval. One of our agents will contact you and review the terms of our agreement. I also got calls and letters from MAC Inc in 2014, wanting to buy m UVC Membership for $28K - I didn't pursue it since he said UVC Mgt lies

June 2013 my daughter and I went to the presentation. Tim and Tom were the young boys that gave us the Playa de coco lounge pass and coupons and gave us a discount for the Coco Adventures. Spouses were suppose to attend together. Mine wasnt there. To good to be true. They served us mimosas and talked a great game. Todd Richards was our second guy (think real name is Todd Dehn) (picture attached Todd Dehn and Fernando May) the pressure guy. Dan Shade? was the guy that had breakfast with us. My daughter was with me not my husband. We loved the place but I wish I wouldn't of gave them money. We got 1 registered week and 5 corporate weeks I had paid 8,150.00 (1,000 admin and 1,000 to Amerashare Annuities with Hong Kong address) and pd 699.00 to Mercury Property Management. That same day I wanted to cancel and they said I couldn't. I went back the next two days crying and begging. I was scared. In another country Mike Flores Mercury Property Management to rent them at 2600.00 week for 5 years. This is the only reason we signed up. They would use the weeks for marketing. We werent going to use for 5 years and get all our money back then some. I came home I cancelled all my cards after reading everything on the internet. I emailed them back begging to let me get out of this. We have not seen any rental income. I have read Redweek and Pissed consumer and Travel Advisors and they are still doing this scam in November of this year. Now I hear that Bahia Turquesa is claiming they never set up with the rental company. I talked with them (Mercury Management) who knows maybe they were upstairs in the office) on the phone standing on the balcony on the hill at Bahia Turquesa. They are all liars. I called him but he didnt call me back. I need help!!!!!!!!! Now Logistical Services Group called and said they are working with Las Palmas to take care of the clients that didn't get what they were promised through Mercury Management. This is the recovery scam. Jonathan Rinaldi sent me a rental contract to give me 26,456.00 for my 6 weeks. Said I needed to pay the maintenance for the weeks. I had to give it a try so wired 2,370.00 to some bank. I got an emailed receipt from Las Palmas Travel Network showing the received the funds(fake of course). Now Jonathan has me talk with Alex Perez the accountant and now they want 16% taxes paid before I get the money. This is the point where I wont fall for their s again. Asked Alex if I can talk with Jonathan again and he said it wasn't possible anymore for the file is now in his hands. They say the taxes are $4,050 and they will pay 49% of that so I just need to send 2,000 or something and they will send the money in 5 days. Right?? So I am out $10,905.00. I still owe on the vacation club membership(was suppose to be a fractional ownership in very expensive places and low costs and cooks etc etc) of course that was Todd Richards talking to me and when you see the actual contract is says nothing of the sort. It's a vacation club membership. The flim flam artists. I remember him saying when I went up to that Chantel Matthews office "Don't mention the re-sale of weeks, you want to get that money" I cant believe how stupid I was. We loved the place and we were there on my moms Interval International exchange. She bought the week for us. I thought they were legit, so why would this be so screwed up. How can Bahia Turquesa have these sales/developers on their property and not know what is going on. I am going to contact Las Palmas and send them the receipt supposedly they received the fees. I is amazing how many companies name are involved in this elaborate scam. We need to get to Enselmo Baldini. I will email my contract number and other info next.

I too have been contacted by International Group Trading, Inc., out of Chicago, Illinois offering almost 3 times what I paid for my UVC Dreams contract. The catch, I think, involves the 6% commission "held by the title company" until the funds of the sale have been verified by the seller. I've got a pretty strong feeling that one would never see that 6% again or the illusory proceeds from the sale. My contact was one Venessa Rodriquez. Thanks to all who posted on this blog.

We must all be in the same boat. Got a UVC package and now trying to unload that and get a call from Estate Exchange Group. So not wanting to be duped twice, I checked and this is what I find. Thanks for all of your comments. 'Too good to be true" is still the rule.

Has any one had any dealings with Recovery Investments LLC out of Raleigh, North Carolina?

Received a call from Revel Event Management, wanted to buy our vacation club. They provided us a contract, which all look legit. My question is, we were told that there is a tax that has to be paid to the Mexican Secretaria de Hacienda Y Credito Publico, which look to be similar to the Mexican version of the IRS. Any info, it sounds like a scam. No money was requested up front. We were told there would be a commision for the sale, but we had to pay the taxes directly to Secretaria de Hacienda Y Credito Publico, to release it us from the deed. Does anyone have any information about this company, or this type of sale.

The same scam is now operating under the name Investment Affiliates Inc from Stoughton, MA. First, a phone call from Joe Garcia. Then the letter of intent and a .pdf contract from Stacy Webb (admin asst.) on behalf of Peter Costa the broker. Double the price that we paid and only 6% commission upon closing. Don't do it!!! I'll be filing my report asap to the FTC since this appears to be a new company name, also in a vacant building for sale when I confirmed the address.

I am a private investigator in Chicago who is working this right now! The companies offering these "SCAMS" have hijacked the names of real companies, they start up sham websites under those companies names, use very similar addresses of those companies registered agents. They are using an off-shore bank and eventually have the funds transferred to a bank in Mexico. This is all a big scam!

Has anyone heard of Third Coast Group? I have received calls and unbelievable offer for our UVC membership. Received market analysis worksheet and intent agreement, neither of which I have sent back. What makes me leery is that every time I call, I only seem to speak with one person, David Williams. If it is too good to be true, probably is, right? Just wondering if anyone else has heard/dealt with this co/person and whether or not to report...

Vacation Resorts Experts is s scam (Kevin Ortiz 708-231-1018) thanks for your posts, saved my wife and I from learning the hard way.