Unauthorized Soliciations:
Unauthorized Solicitations and Possible Scams are now joined together to reinforce the importance of being alert. We don't want to be paranoid, but we do want to be careful.Cold calling is fine. Sales personnel have to generate leads somehow, and sometimes, the cold call is the appropriate way to reach out.
However, there is a big difference between selling legitimate products and services and trolling for naive, trusting individuals. Taking advantage of a person's naïveté for money is unconscionable.
There is a fine line between wanting, trusting, releasing personal information on blind faith and conducting a meaningful level of due diligence. Sometimes, gut reactions are alright. But other times, paying money without proper due diligence could be lost forever.
Part of the service we provide is a database of sorts. This page provides a listing of alleged companies that, through their representatives, have presented themselves as legitimate parties who want to buy your timeshare. Interesting stories...yes. But very dangerous. Do not fall into temptation.
Please send us your experiences and company names so we can post them here and in the Possible Scam pages.
Thank you for your participation. Without it, this would be a blank page!
| 2021-12-08 |
Der.com and Daniel Caggiano - Possible Scam On November 23, 2021, our foremost Aimfair scam investigator sent us a wonderful description and account of a series of conversations he had with a group in California and Mexico. The story is as follows: So, our investigator took up the conversation. Here is what he sent me: So the conversation continues. Here is what I sent to Daniel, the lawyer and Albert, the paralegal:Then, the Aimfair Member asked for clarification and legitimacy. Not much came from that request: From: Aimfair MemberThe lawyer sent the following email in response to Aimfair Member's request for legtitmacy: From: daniel at lawofficeofdanielcaggiano.comSo there you have it. A wonderful exchange that an Aimfair Member had with individuals who claimed to have a buyer for the Aimfair Member's contract. Clearly, the Aimfair Member was able to flush out the true agenda by asking for evidence of legitimacy that remained unanswered and the lawyer discontinued the conversation. The issue is payment. If we all stop making payments to supposedly legitimate representatives of buyers, they will stop asking us to take their calls and get the idea that we will not fall for their scam. By the way, one final note: LawOfficeOfDanielCaggiano.com is a new domain:
Thank you for sharing your due diligence and experience. It is a great story and wonderful reminder that we all need be alert. Remember, ONLY YOU can help stamp out scams - DON'T SEND MONEY TO PEOPLE YOU DON'T KNOW.Return to Current News ...OR... Return to Photos and Videos ...OR… Summary Page | |
| 2021-09-28 |
Possible Scam - The Brokerage Exchange, Homer, LA. Received a cold call from a person saying they had an investor to buy our Vidanta Estates property for $1.2 million +. All they needed from us was the title page (w/ owners name, address and description of the property 'owned') and the page with the Assignment Clause. They would review to ensure that we could actually transfer the property and then make a final offer. If we agreed, then they would put a deposit into an escrow account with a Mexican Bank. All we had to do was pay the transfer fees directly to Vidanta, who would then give us a 'paper' that we could send to The Brokerage Exchange. Once they received Vidanta's acknowledgement of the paid transfer fee, they would deposit the rest of the sales price into the escrow account and provide paperwork to complete the sales process. Not the typical scam, at least in my experience. The BS flag went up when they said that they would pay me $1.2 million upon the sale completion; not over time, not in scheduled payments, but all at once! Who trades $1.2 mil in today's dollars for essentially the future value of the right to rent a few weeks each year? Anybody else heard of this? | |
| 2021-09-17 |
Fastest Exit recently sent a letter and also cold called us in March or April - 2020. The pitch: Send us your contract info to bring action against Vidanta. How did the caller get our name, address and phone number? Vidanta? Regardless, we passed..... | |