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, unsuspecting individuals. Taking advantage of a person's naivete for the sake of bilking that person out of his or her 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, it could cost you money that you will never see again.

Part of the service we provide is to offer a database of sorts. This particular page provides a listing of companies that, through their representatives have presented themselves as legitimate companies 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!

2023-07-25 Many of you received another notice from “Vidanta”. The email is from a domain called vidavacationmembers.com. Who? Vidavacationmembers.com is a 76 day old domain. It was created on May 10, 2023, and it expires a year later.

The interesting thing about this offer is coincidentally we received a call from a nice sounding guy who wanted to remind us that the bonus waits for us, but it won’t last long. This is the first time a caller has followed up on the bogus email.

The bottom line: Scammers are becoming more bold and convincing. The Timeshare Sales world has a reputation that is not very good unless you are a psychologist studying “Grit”. They found that personalities with boundless Grit are in timeshare sales people.

In many ways having grit is a good thing. But, the prospect needs to be ready to resist the temptations offered by the gritty sales person, otherwise you might spend your money on something you do not want, or on something that does not exist, such as the offer in the email that appears in the attached image.





2023-06-23 We must have received this offer at least 12 times this year alone. The note goes on the say we have 15 bonus weeks that we have not used. They are worth $2,400 per week, and we are responsible for paying the $965 usage fee. The guarantee is our weeks will be rented.

You can read the offer that follows our comments. Red flags include the following:

  • How long has the domain called vidavactionmembers.com been active? 44 days. You know from this very small bit of information that the domain has nothing to do with Vidanta, so steer clear.
  • Where is the entity located? Who knows. The address is purposely vague.
  • Who owns the domain? Who knows. Registrant ID is not available.

Here is the offer:
Please do not send them money or worry about missing out on renting your weeks. Remember, only YOU can help stamp out scams by not sending money!


2023-05-31 We received a call today from Mexico. The caller said he was with a Mexican Federal Government group that is investigating fraudulent calls about timeshares that originate in Mexico. Of course, we know the caller is a fraud and wants our information so he can send it to others in their network. Although I am not certain about this, it is highly likely that the caller is paid for each contact that provides personal information about his or her timeshare contract.

Anyway, what is unique about today’s experience is we received the following postcard, printed on both sides, in the mail. We have seen this sender before. The name is timesharecontractreview.com and the subject is Vidanta. This is a mailed document. The address is 1321 Upland Drive, #2580, Houston, TX 77043, which is an independently operated post office box supplier called US Global Mail. Here is the link: https://www.usglobalmail.com/pricing/

So we know timesharecontractreview.com is not located at the address on the postcard. What else do we know?

It turns out, timesharecontractreview.com is 299 days old. So in August, the domain will go away. We also know the domain is housed in Iceland.

Dates
299 days old
Created on 2022-08-04
Expires on 2024-08-04
Updated on 0001-01-01
Whois History  
Name Servers
NS1.HAWKHOST.COM (has 198,180 domains)
NS2.HAWKHOST.COM (has 198,180 domains)
  
Tech Contact
Redacted for Privacy
Privacy service provided by Withheld for Privacy ehf
Kalkofnsvegur 2,
Reykjavik, Capital Region, 101, IS
Bottom line - stay away! This group wants your confidential information to use in their expansive, creative network of sales people who make money off of empty promises and representations.





2023-05-26 An Aimfair member asked if we had heard about the SECTUR Legal offer to retrieve money spent by timeshare owners who have purchased timeshare interests based upon representations during timeshare presentations.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Secretariat of Tourism in Mexico

Agency overview
Jurisdiction: Federal government of Mexico
Agency executive: Miguel Torruco Marqués, Secretary
Website: http://www.sectur.gob.mx
The Mexican Secretary of Tourism (Spanish: Secretaría de Turismo, SECTUR) is the government department in charge of the nation's tourism promotion and development.[1] The Secretary is appointed by the President of the Republic and is a member of the federal executive cabinet.

The department conducts the development policy for national tourist activity and promotes tourist development zones in conjunction with the states.
The answer is yes.

But the REAL question is have we heard about legalsecturgob.mx? This is the domain from which the Aimfair member was contacted. The answer is no, not this one. But we have heard about other supposed entities that imitated SECTUR.

Here is an email that you can look out for:
From: SECTUR LEGAL
Sent: Monday, May 22, 2023 4:46 PM
To: @gmail.com
Cc: 'Lic. Maria Sophia Garcia Sanchez' legalsecturgob.mx>
Subject: Engagement Letter - John Doe

Good day Mr. Doe ,

(SECTUR) Ciudad de Mexico (Mexico City) CDMX will be responsible for the conduct an adequate assessment with the institutions, entities, and individuals involved. Also, to develop a proof of funds paper trail, property title search, correspondence handling and managing. Fully utilize financial and managerial resources for basis, issuance, validity, terms, effectiveness or enforceability. Plus, gather comprehensive documentation, tracking and report status of funds for the audit committee to obtain reasonable assurance and avoid false and misleading statements and establish a legal procedure to resolve any deficiencies, material errors, illegal, unsafe or unsound illicit acts taken against you. Updating and inform you regularly on this matter and review, complete and assist for preparation of documentation, correspondence or any other type of release.

You will only be responsible for any signatory requirement, law obligations, testimonial requirement, evidence assistance and consent for any approval or rejection that may be needed directly from you. We will be responsible for any costs or fees such as, miscellaneous charges from any legal and financial entity that involves preparation of documents in order for us to present the standard procedures to the Board of Governors and Federal Government approval.

Institutions and services firms are obligated to protect the privacy of their internal and external parties. To that end, best practices call for the establishment of a Confidential & Sensitive Information Policy, governing the acquisition, use, disclosure, retention, and deletion of critical information and business records. Policy should apply to hard-copy documents, verbal conversations, and electronic communications provided and personally owned systems, sites, accounts, and devices.

SECTUR will perform professional work with due care and diligence, ensuring that all professional obligations are completed in a timely manner and are carried out in accordance with the relevant technical and professional standards appropriate to that work from the provisions of the articles 21 and 35 of the Political Constitution from Mexico City, CDMX.

SECTUR LEGAL
9am-5pm (CT)
Tel: 52 (55) 9035 5479
info@legalsecturgob.mx
Av. Nuevo Leon 56, Colonia Condesa, Cuahtemoc, 06100
In reality, the highlighted domain is only 69 days old.

Domain Name: legalsecturgob.mx

Created On: 2023-03-15
Expiration Date: 2024-03-15
Last Updated On: 2023-05-01
Registrar: Registrar.eu
TripAdvisor members discussed this scam as early as 2021. Here is what a TripAdvisor member stated on May 15, 2023:
Did you ever receive the $50,000? I supposedly have also received a settlement, I paid court cost and now they want money because it’s over $10,000 and the proper papers was not filed so there is a fine.
So you see, the scam is pay to receive your settlement and then pay more for additional fees.

These are very convincing statements, and the amount of money appears to be small relative to the amount of the "settlement".

No, they are not legitimate offers. Stay away!

Remember, only YOU can help stop scammers - DON'T SEND MONEY!



2023-05-15 This email is very convincing. The message is Vidanta is working with a company in Zurich, Switzerland to rent members' excess weeks. The story line is Vidanta wants to do something for members who do not use all their weeks each year. To accomplish that, the email says Vidanta has entered into a partnership relationship with a company called Alpine Asset Management.

First of all, the domain formation and expiration information for the email address at [email protected]:
  • Dates 235 days old
  • Created on 2022-09-19
  • Expires on 2023-09-19
  • Updated on 2022-12-06

The domain information for Alpine Asset Management is:
  • Dates 254 days old
  • Created on 2022-08-31
  • Expires on 2023-08-31
  • Updated on 0001-01-01

Finally, the domain information for the email address at thevidavacations.com is:
  • Dates 334 days old
  • Created on 2022-06-15
  • Expires on 2023-06-15
  • Updated on 2022-09-29

From: Vida Vacations <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, May 10, 2023 at 11:46 AM
Subject: Contract INT15839
To: <[email protected]>

Finally, the office management company at the office where Alpine Asset Management allegedly has its headquarters replied to our inquiry saying the company is in liquidation and is no longer in business:


Mr. "Doe "

On behalf of the Vidanta team, we would like to thank you for being a loyal member of our family.

Here at Vidanta, we pride ourselves on being a socially conscious company. We take this approach not only in preserving our natural surroundings and working to improve our community, but also in knowing that all our members are different and have different needs.

We know a percentage of members don’t take advantage of their fractional ownership to its full potential. We believe this shouldn’t stop you from profiting off the equity your membership has built over the years.

After receiving numerous requests from our members and thorough due diligence on our behalf, Vidanta has partnered up with a company that meets our quality standards, to help our members connect with the right buyers or renters for their fractional ownerships.

Alpine Asset Management is assisting us in the sale/rental of your ownership.

Your contact information has been forwarded to Alpine Asset Management (Emphasis added.) and below you can find their contact information.

888-228-2154

All though we would like to keep you as a loyal guest, we encourage you to take full advantage of the business opportunity your timeshare ownership presents, and if you decide to sell, thank you for being a loyal member throughout the years. We hope to see you again.

Kind regards

Rebeca Walters
Quality Control Agent

Carretera Federal Cancun - Playa Del Carmen Km. 48, 77710 Playa del Carmen, Q.R., Mexico

Phone Number: 1 800-340-0893

www.vidanta.com/
[email protected]

Lifestyle
Lifestyle © 2023

All prices and special offers apply to NEW bookings only, are accurate as of the date of publication, are subject to availability at the time of booking, and may change without notice. Call for updated information. Prices are in US dollars, per person, capacity controlled, and based on double occupancy. Not all accounts qualify for the maximum savings discount. Other terms may apply.

Mid-Year Deals: Offer applies only to new, eligible reservations booked between June 8-25, 2023. Offers, prices and savings shown are accurate at time of posting, are on a first-come, first-served basis, based on double occupancy, are capacity-controlled, and subject to availability. Offers may change without notice. Some offers or discounts may not be combinable with other promotions. Cancellation of reservation(s) may void offer eligibility. Cancellation policies are subject to each cruise/travel provider. Other restrictions may apply and are subject to change without notice. All typographical or clerical errors made are subject to correction. Other terms and conditions may apply for the offers displayed therein.

Cruises: Cruise prices are in US dollars, represent cruise fare only, are per person and based on double occupancy. Government fees, taxes, port charges and fuel surcharges are additional and may apply. Available offers may differ by cabin category, departure date, cruise, destination and cruise line and may be limited to one offer per member account only, unless otherwise noted.

Travel offers including resorts, hotels, car rentals, flights, and excursions: Prices are in US dollars, per room, based on double occupancy and subject to availability. Fees and charges imposed by the provider may apply and are not included in the price, such as resort fees, parking, deposits, taxes, and other resort-related charges. Available offers may vary based on availability, travel provider, destination, arrival dates and the specific property booked.

The Best Value Guarantee guarantees that the price paid when combining our already low prices with the redemption of any loyalty currency (where applicable) will be better than the lowest publicly available market price from any other qualified seller. If our combined value is no better, we will match the lowest market price from the qualified seller at the time of purchase or within 24 hours of purchase.

Arrivia, Inc. d.b.a. Lifestyle life. Arrivia is a registered seller of travel in the following states: Florida #ST-29452, Washington UBI #602 443 155 001 0001, Hawaii #TAR-5192 (the Hawaiian travel agency trust account named Client Trust Account #1 is held at First Hawaiian Bank); and California #CST 2066521-50. Arrivia does not participate in the California Travel Restitution Fund. California requires certain sellers of travel to have a trust account or bond. Arrivia maintains a Consumer Protection Bond issued by International Fidelity Insurance Company for an amount of $100,000.00 USD.

lifestyle life | 15147 N. Scottsdale Rd. STE 210 | Scottsdale, AZ | 85254

You received this email because you signed up to receive offers.
Drop out
Amazing! This is a bold and outrageous offer.

Remember, the only way to help stamp out scams is - Don't Send Money - Don't Send Personal Information



2023-05-04 What is the Unidad de Inteligencia Financiera in Mexico? Is the person who says he is with this agency real? Great question raised by an Aimfair member who was recently a victim himself.

According to Wikipedia, Unidad de Inteligencia Financiera is an administrative unit of Mexico's Secretariat of Finance and Public Credit. This agency is responsible for receiving, analyzing and disseminating information related to the prevention, detection and combat to the violations of operations with illegal resources such as money laundering and terrorist-financing activities. Its main source of information are the reports and notices provided by the financial institutions in the country.

What is gob.mx?

gob.mx is the platform that promotes innovation in the government, boosts efficiency, and transforms processes to provide information, procedures, and a platform for participation to the population.

In this portal you will be able to consult and carry out procedures quickly and efficiently, without the need to stand in lines and waste your time, from your computer, mobile phone or tablet.

In addition, we simplify the necessary requirements so that you can obtain all the information you need about the government, in a single point.

Finally, we enable innovative digital media so that you can participate and collaborate in decision-making and build better public policies together.

As a government, we have the obligation to evolve the way in which our institutions operate, adapting to the growing expectations of society and responding efficiently to their demands; gob.mx is the rethinking of the citizen-government relationship.

Gob.mx is an initiative headed by the National Digital Strategy Coordination of the Presidency of the Republic and the Digital Government Unit of the Ministry of Public Administration, in collaboration with all Federal Public Administration agencies, in order to provide citizens an integrated, close and modern government.

The important takeaways from this article are:
  1. The agency relies upon information submitted by financial institutions in Mexico, not individuals.
  2. The agency is interested in money laundering networks and stopping them.
  3. The agency is focused on identifying terrorist organizations.
  4. The domain is gob.mx, NOT enuifgob.mx.
The reason for this notice is an Aimfair member asked if the following letter and claims are legitimate:
Estimado Sr.,

Buenas tardes, my name is Lic. Fabian Marquez, Prosecuting attorney with Unidad de Inteligencia Financiera o (UIF). As a judicial branch of the Mexican Federal System we are currently investigating specific Financial Crimes regarding timeshares/vacation-memberships/vacation properties. As per our phone conversation we are issuing you a set of documents that you will need to fill out if you consider it appropriate to submit an incident report addressing your particular grievances. The context of these reports can be used to support your own private claim and also aid the prosecution to demand that the hotel companies involved modify their policies regarding sales-tactics/client-information-security.

In accordance with the Mexican Consumer Protection Laws, persons who have had their private information mishandled and/or have been effected by any of the other crimes listed on this email have the right to file for a cancelation of the related timeshare contract(s) and/or request a remuneration of any monies paid out to buy/rent/sell/trade/list a vacation property or real property in México. This must be done in a term that does not exceed 30 natural days from receiving this notice; otherwise in accordance with article 13, second paragraph, 99 and 104, fractions I and IV of the Federal Protection Law and article 55 first and second paragraph, fractions I and II of the Federal Consumer Protection Law Regulations, your file will be closed as a concluded matter without prejudice to your rights. In which case, you may still make a claim through the competent Mexican Tribunal without our involvement.

To file for a compensation and/or for a termination of a timeshare (s) contract with a remuneration of monies paid to any company/entity involved (real or facetious) and/or to file for losses to third parties via timeshare related frauds you must submit clear written statements on the incident report or an attachment. For example:

  • I/We, (full name), hereby wish to request that my timeshare contract (contract number), with the (hotel’s name) hotel is cancelled and any monies invested into this membership(s) returned to me because my personal information has been leaked from this company without my consent and I have been targeted-for/a-victim-of fraud because of this.
  • Complementary Legal representation is being provided to anyone who requires aid with respect to this particular case. If you request a remuneration, please gather and submit evidence of any monies that you request be paid back to you. This includes but is not limited to: monies paid to third party companies in attempts to rent/sell/trade your membership, monies paid to a hotel for the purchase of a membership/taxes/upgrades/maintenance fees/other fees/closing costs/additional services etc.

In specific scenarios persons maybe qualified to receive punitive damages. This is specifically for persons who have had health complications, or suffered extreme emotional/financial distress, directly caused by victimization. The overall investigation is still uncompleted therefore it is imperative that you do not talk to hotel staff or third party timeshare service solicitors about the case at all. Relevant decrees include: Articles 20, 21, 24, 32, 33, 64, 65, 85, 97 and “Federal Law for the Protection of Personal Data in Possession of Third Parties” under Mexican Federal law.

We encourage anyone who has been affected on any degree to address the situation by sharing information which may be useful to the case. Attached below are the most common issues that we are assisting with, however, all reports will be reviewed in detail.
  • You were lied to about terms and conditions on a Mexican Timeshare contract by the Company issuing the contract.
  • You have been contacted/harassed via phone/email with offers to sell or rent your timeshare.
  • You have had your private personal/contact/timeshare-contract information leaked by a Mexican based Hotel company.
  • You have been a victim of fraud by attempting to rent, sell or list your timeshare.
  • You were offered drugs, alcohol or money to attend a timeshare presentation.
  • You suffered a theft or assault on hotel property.
  • You have paid for renovations to your hotel, or new resort developments that have not been met, or if you are not being provided the services that you have paid for.

Este mensaje va dirigido, de manera exlcusiva, a su destinatario y puede contener información confidencial y sujeta al secreto profsiona, cuya divulgación no está permitida por ley.en caso de haber recibido este mensaje por error, le rogamos que de forma inmediata, nos lo comunique mediante correo electrónico remitido a nuestra atención y proceda a su eliminación, asi como la de cualquier adjunto al mismo, asimismo comunicamos que la distribución, copia o utilización de este mensaje, o de cualquier documento adjunto al mismo, cualquiera que fuera su finalidad, están prohibidos por la ley. En aras del cumplimiento del reglamento

Translation:This message is directed, exclusively, to its addressee and may contain confidential information and subject to professional secrecy, the disclosure of which is not permitted by law. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately. communicate by email sent to our attention and proceed to its elimination, as well as that of any attachment to it, likewise we inform that the distribution, copy or use of this message, or of any document attached to it, whatever its purpose, are prohibited by law. In order to comply with the regulation(UE)

22/386 del parlamento mexicano.
Look at the differences between the two domains:

The Scam domain information is as follows:
Domain Name: enuifgob.mx
Created On: 2022-10-29 - 186 days ago
Expiration Date: 2023-10-29
Last Updated On: 2022-12-15
Registrar: Automatizacion en Internet sa de cv
URL: http://www.microbit.com/
Registrant:
Name: Fabian Marquez
City: Ciudad de Mexico
State: Ciudad de Mexico
Country: Mexico

The Mexican Government Domain information:
Domain Name: gob.mx
Created On: 1991-02-28 - 11,572 days ago
Expiration Date: 2024-02-27
Last Updated On: 2023-04-15
Registrar: Registry .MX
URL: http://www.registry.mx
Registrant:
Name: Network Information Center, S.A. de C.V.
City: Monterrey
State: Nuevo Leon
Country: Mexico

So you see, the information submitted by our Aimfair Member is from a scammer - not the Mexican Government. Be very careful. Callers can be very persuasive. Remember: DON'T SEND MONEY


2023-03-23 Scams are on the rise. One Aimfair member contacted me to ask about this offer and said he gets 3 calls a day - at least. Another receives more. Both alerted me to this "offer":

Vidanta Refunds

Mediation & Litigation Sofía Camarena C.

March 2023

We hope this email finds you well. Due to an overwhelmingly positive response, we’ve added another telephone line where you may reach us with any and all doubts or concerns. Please don’t hesitate to contact us at 888-726-5606 to verify if you are eligible for a claim.

If you lost money to a scammer, trying to resell your Vidanta time-share, between January 1, 2018, and December 31, 2022, and you have not yet submitted a claim, you still have time to request to get your money back.

How do I file a claim?

That's how the email starts. Eye catching right? Several people asked about this email stating we all qualify for a refund.

The offer is from:
MediationsScamArena.com
Dates 70 days old
Created on 2023-01-10
Expires on 2024-01-10
Updated on 2023-01-10

Mediation & Litigation
Sofía Camarena C.
[email protected]
888-503-8645

Well, check this out:

https://mediationssc.com
MEDIATIONS
Welcome to Sofia Camarena C. Mediation and Litigation Our Story Get to Know Us M&L SC was founded in 2016 with the purpose of mediating and litigating international cases. We prioritize cost-effective representation and results. We specialize in problem solving.

https://mediationssc.com › about-us
About Us - MEDIATIONS
Sofia has been a litigator for 27 years, and she has tried or arbitrated over 25 cases in Washington, Oregon, California, Alaska, Florida, and the District of Columbia. Sofia has been retained for matters in 20 states and the District of Columbia due to her nationally recognized knowledge of property insurance. Contact Us

mediationssc.com
Dates 74 days old
Created on 2023-01-06
Expires on 2025-01-06
Updated on 2023-01-06

Here is another look alike:

https://mediacionesintsc.com › about-us
About Us - Mediacionesintsc.com
Sofia has been a litigator for 27 years, and she has tried or arbitrated over 25 cases in Washington, Oregon, California, Alaska, Florida, and the District of Columbia. Sofia has been retained for matters in 20 states and the District of Columbia due to her nationally recognized knowledge of property insurance. Contact us

https://mediacionesintsc.com
Home mediacionesintsc.com
Welcome to Sofia Camarena C. Mediation and Litigation Our Story Get to Know Us M&L SC was founded in 2016 with the purpose of mediating and litigating international cases. We prioritize cost-effective representation and results. We specialize in problem solving.

https://mediacionesintsc.com
Home mediacionesintsc.com
Get to Know Us M&L SC was founded in 2016 with the purpose of mediating and litigating international cases. We prioritize cost-effective representation and results.

https://mediacionesintsc.com
Dates 138 days old
Created on 2022-11-03
Expires on 2023-11-03
Updated on 2023-01-03

You get the idea. Scammers are entrepreneurs! They get exposure and hook us with tempting bait - REFUND.

Nearly all of us have wished we had not spent as much money as we have. But none of want to get drawn into another scheme that will take even more money from us. No, these are not legitimate. Do your self a favor - enjoy your vacation and have fun at the facilities you can access.

AND DON'T SEND MONEY OR CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION



2023-03-08 Another fake offer allegedly from Vidanta. Note, the domain - vidantamember.com.mx - was formed 12 days ago.

Registrar Status
Dates 12 days old
Created on 2023-02-24
Expires on 2024-02-24
Updated on 2023-02-24

Following is the offer you need to avoid:


From: VIDANTA VACATION CLUB
To:
Sent: Tuesday, March 7, 2023, 05:15:02 PM EST
Subject: Vidanta Vacation Club Rental Program

Dear Vidanta Member:

In these uncertain times we want you to be able to do something with your vacation time that is not being used because of COVID-19, your account shows that you have 15 bonus weeks that you have not used and are about to expire, we understand that at this point it would be almost impossible to even think about vacationing, that is why we have an excellent option, you can rent the weeks through us and get $2,400 dollars for each week, there is a $965 dollar usage fee that has to be paid in advanced for every week you decide to rent. We have a large group of people coming and that is why and how we can guarantee the rental.

If you are ready to take advantage of this offer please call us to assist you,

VIDANTA HEADQUARTERS: 1-833-VIDA-123 (1-833-8432-123) USA & CANADA TOLL FREE

VIDANTA MEMBER SERVICES: 1-888-75-MAYAN (1-888-75-62926) USA & CANADA TOLL FREE

- Member can only rent once per year, as many weeks as you want but only at one time.

- Rental is 100% guaranteed and is all in writing.

- Please reply to this email with your contact information and the best time to call you.

NOTE: USAGE FEE HAS TO BE PAID IN ADVANCED, WE DO NOT DEDUCT IT.

Best regards

Luis Ramirez
Member Services Manager


Paseo de las moras S/N Fraccionamiento Náutico Turístico
Nuevo Vallarta, Nayarit, 63735 México
USA & CANADA TOLL FREE & FAX 1 888 75 MAYAN (62926)
México & Other Countries: +52-1-984-184-5653 & +52-1-998-385-1534
[email protected]

This mail (including attachments, if any) is intended for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, proprietary, confidential and exempt from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately. The Electronic Commutations Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. Sections 2510-2521, covers this E-mail and is individual or entity named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. Copyright © 2002-2025 VIDANTA VACATION CLUB all rights reserved.


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2023-01-30 Scams are all over. They even repeat themselves. Timeshare Contract Review is one of them.

We first saw and posted an article about this group on January 6, 2023. John brought it to our attention again today.

TimeshareContractReview.com. The objective, according to the email is to inform and warn the recipient that he or she may be entitled to a partial or total refund. It goes on to say the recipient may be "impacted by fraudulent misrepresentation" in connection with the purchase of a Timeshare in Mexico.

The alleged infractions include:
  • Possible lack of notification of the right to cancel the purchase within 5 days under a stated Federal Consumer Protection Law.
  • Possible violations of Article 386 of the Federal Criminal Code of Mexico may have occurred during sales presentations. These include:
  • Promising guaranteed rental income from the purchase of a contract.
  • Selling contracts for more than the true value.
  • Making oral promises about the utility or value of the contract that are not true.
  • Making statements that upgraded timeshare contracts may be sold for a profit.
  • Selling contracts with no contractual rights to any Vidanta resorts.
These are just a few of the allegations presented by Timeshare Contract Review.

The message goes on to provide the options that are available. Contact the group by telephone (a non-traceable 888 number), submit your documentation online, or don't do anything if you have already submitted your documents.

Now the question that always returns is what on earth will this faceless and ghostly group do with your confidential information? There is no plan for any action. They just plant the seed that maybe the group will represent you in a case of some sort and generate a refund for you through legal action. Most importantly your confidential information will be in the hands of someone or group you can't trace.

No, it is not a good idea to follow-up on this opportunity. At the very least you will be giving away confidential information. At the very most, the end game could be asking for money to support a "class action" suit.

The bottom line is, this is a scam. Stay away and keep your information to yourself!


2023-01-07 Hola everyone. Like you most likely did, we received our reminder that COVID-19 kept you and me from using our 15 bonus weeks. Uh, oh, and they are about to EXPIRE!

Yes, that's what the correspondence said today. It is the same story we saw last year, at least five or six times - maybe more.

The offer goes on to say that we have an excellent option to rent each week through "vidantamembers.com.mx", which is NOT a Vidanta domain. In fact, the domain is only 98 days old. Here is what whois.domaintools.com reports on vidantamembers.com.mx:

Dates 98 days old
Created on 2022-09-30
Expires on 2023-09-30
Updated on 2022-11-16

The offer is convincing. In fact, an Aimfair member called today and asked about it. Here is a copy of the email we received today:

This offer arrived today - January 6, 2023, and it is the first time we have seen this scam......this year.
This offer arrived today - January 6, 2023, and it is the first time we have seen this scam......this year.

Don't let these "Opportunities" worry you. They are sure to come down the pike all year, especially if VidantWorld opens. Why? Because the scammers are counting on us wanting to rent our weeks and do so through them. Money lost for sure!!

Remember, only YOU and I can help stamp out scams - Don't Send Money!

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