25 Timeshare Frauds Arrested in Spain
Published By Transfer America On Tuesday, December 21st 2010. Under Transfer America Tags: timeshare, timeshare fraud, timeshare properties, timeshare resale, timeshare scam, timeshares in spain
In Madrid, Spain Friday, the Spanish authorities were responsible for the arrest of 25 people who are suspected of participating in a 13 million dollar fraudulent scheme that targeted German owners of different timeshare properties located in the Canary Islands.
The suspects in the case are being accused of contacting different timeshare owners and offering them lucrative terms in buying their timeshare, promising to pay them much more than the owners thought they would be able to get for the timeshare. Then the scam artists would tell the timeshare owners that there was a small transfer fee and several small taxes, ... Continue Reading
The Newest Timeshare Scam Tactic
Published By Transfer America On Wednesday, December 15th 2010. Under Transfer America Tags: timeshare, timeshare properties, timeshare resale, timeshare resorts, timeshare scams
One couple, Ms. Diana Lim and her husband Mr. Andrew Cheang, were unfortunate enough to be on the discovering end of the newest of timeshare scam tactics when they received a call from a company called D.R.I. & Chia Partners & Associates who offered them to recover their investment on a timeshare they had just purchased last year.
The couple paid $9,100 for their timeshare in the year 2008 for a timeshare with Concepts Vacation Club with Garraway Enterprises and has recently been interested in getting out of the timeshare for financial reasons. But, when the couple received their call from ... Continue Reading
Timeshare Complaints Reach All–Time High in 2010
Published By Transfer America On Thursday, December 9th 2010. Under Transfer America
The Timeshare Association, also known as TATOC, said today that the consumer helpline run out of their headquarters in Manchester saw their largest number of complaints in regards to timeshares this year.
January of 2009 was their previous highest recorded number of phone call complaints with an impressive 691 calls in just that month alone. Since then, TATOC has reportedly received more and more calls each month and in January of 2010, they received a total of 797 phone calls from people who were upset about the timeshare industry.
CEO of the Timeshare Association, Mr. Harry Taylor, went on record to say ... Continue Reading


