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A reader, Tyler O, has submitted a warning about a company that he believes attempted to scam him with a fake resale offer. An excerpt from his email is below:
"...Received a call from Donna Garcia at World Event Management in Denver, CO with an unsolicted offer to purchase my timeshare for $49,500, which is way more than it is worth. She even emailed me a written offer to purchase, but wanted more information (full legal name and other personally identitfying information). I did some research because this sounded like a scam. I'm glad I did. This company fits the profile. They did not want to use an independant title company to handle the escrow, instead wanted to have money sent to them...." When I checked the company's website, it appears to be just a marketing site and not licensed as a real estate broker. Under the FAQ's, this statement appears: "Does World Event Management own or rent properties directly? No. World Event Management is a service which allows vacation rental owners/managers to advertise their vacation rentals and helps potential renters to find a suitable vacation rental property. To rent properties." If the company only acts as a by-owner advertising medium, there would be no reason for an employee to contact a timeshare owner with any offer, and it would be illegal for an unlicensed company or individual to perform real estate services without being properly licensed. As always, it is very important for consumers to be very wary of any unsolicited phone call offering any type of resale or rental service. In some cases, it is not even a representative of the company making the call, but rather just a con artist pretending to be affiliated with a legitimate business. If you believe that you have been the victim of a timeshare scam or any other type of consumer fraud perpetrated by this company, please take the time to report the alleged crime to the Colorado Attorney General by clicking HERE!
Michel Herstam
7/30/2012 01:01:10 pm
I too had an unsolicited contact by Donna Garcia from World Event Management offering to purchase my Mexican 2 bed room timeshare. The call was followed up by a purchase order for 62, 890.00. I was to pay a 6% fee. Their address is listed as 1827 Grant St Su 124 Denver, Colorado with 303) 954-4298 as the phone number. Please be aware.
jackie
8/4/2012 04:00:00 am
Also received a call from a Donna Garcia and a Katherine McBane
Robyn
8/13/2012 10:10:15 pm
This company contacted my husband and I, except the name used was Monica Sterling. She wasn't asking for upfront monies, however she wanted us to sign out title over and provide our account info to have monies from the sales wire transferred. The names of the owner and agent on the contract were real people but after we had our attorney research the names, these people had no idea about world event management. I reported them to the BBB. Anyone who reads this, beware. These people will just change theired names andrea address and continue their scam.
kevin
8/27/2012 08:29:25 pm
We have been in contact with Monica Sterling and even signed an a contract on our timeshare sale. when I went to email Monica last week the email came back undelivered. Today talked with a lady ( can't recall name) telling me that I needed to provide tax receipt before transfer of funds could take place . She said that the taxes were 25 % but escrow agent got them down to 12% and that the Mexican buyer was going to deposit the amount in escrow to reimburse me, total red flag !! No money has changed hands but I wish I had seen this site before ;thanks to everyone that has commented 9/1/2012 12:49:18 pm
We too received an unsolicited offer for my Mexican time share. My last contact was with Katherine McBane. We received an 'Exclusive Sales Contract with an offer of $25,100 for my Studio. We too received documentation indicating the establishment of an escrow account at Scotiabank containing the funds. However I began to get bad vibes when the suddenly started to insist that the Mexican government had recently initiated new procedures to obtain taxes as to many Canadians & Americans had been defaulting on the tax obligations to Mexico. Ms McBane even went to the extent of having a supposed representative of Scotiabank, Sandra Ruiz, to call me concerning the 12% tax, $3,137.50 USD, that I would be required to have wire transferred in order to get the
Dale Ferguson
9/5/2012 09:57:17 am
I was not as wise as the folks above. I had the same deal, I did send tax money and then was told that was Mexican State sales tax, and I needed to send Mexician Federal sales tax, which I did send. Now they want an escrow fee paid in advance. I told them no, and that I was contacting the US Postal Inspector Servise and file a mail fraud complaint. That didn't phase them. They continued to say everything was legit. I just happened onto this website as I was concidering sending more money. Watch out!
Ron Schad
10/4/2012 03:48:59 am
We received our 8th call from WEM yesterday. All of the names mentioned in the above comments are familiar as we started their process out around the first of August. As mentioned they are very professional, knowledgeable and have their pitch to you perfected. We went as far as opening up a separate checking account at our bank for the escrow company, Sociabank, Sandra Ruiz
Penny Timms
10/26/2012 08:18:04 am
My husband and I received an offer from International Corporate Events. or ICE. Same scenario as the above. Offering us way more than our timeshare is worth. We haven't done anything with it as it sounded way to good to be true. The names on the offer are James Macintyre and Kelly Montgomery. Thanks for the info on this website
Manfred Huesken
12/1/2012 09:50:04 pm
I, too feel I've been scammed. I've already registered with the BBB and will take this to the FBI as suggested by the Attorney General's office in Denver. I suggest anyone else do the same.
Terri Dariano
12/5/2012 06:19:28 am
Penny, we were contacted by three companies in three weeks, all with the same story. The last one was "Julio" at ICE, although his email address was from James Macintyre. I told him by phone that I wouldn't send any money to him or to Mexico. He then emailed me requesting it, to which I told him no, he's a scam, and that I hoped that he stayed out of jail. Then he sent me a threatening email stating "legal" ramifications for canceling the "contract." I then sent him a threatening email to leave me alone or be sued. Hope that it works.... I was recently contacted by a company named Golden World Solutions, in New Orleans, for the purchase of my time share. I can't help notice the similarities between them and World Event Management. Has any one dealt with them before or know anything about them? Thank you.
Bruce B
4/23/2013 07:52:23 pm
I received an unsolicited phone call from a Mr. Ivan Galvez, who stated that he worked for "Golden World Solutions" with an address in New Orleans, LA. He sent me a letter of intent saying that his client would but my timeshare for more than three times what it is worth. I became suspicious when I did a Google search on that company name and only found five hits, all of which were from the Golden World Solutions Web site. The FAQ on that Web site has the following:
C PAIGE
8/14/2013 02:40:51 am
I received an offer for twice our purchase price of a Mexican timeshare from Premier Management company. I didn't respond. It felt like a scam. The contact person listed in the email was Waylon Jones. We received a similar email of interest and then a very nice Exlusive Sales contract for more than 3-times the amount of what we paid and the people on the letter are Brian Wright and a guy name David is who is calling me. The company is International Luxury Events out of Los angeles
Jennifer
7/15/2014 01:43:06 pm
Looks like we have a "new" company in the mix! INTERNATIONAL LUXURY EVENTS! Same scenario...contacted me saying they had a buyer for our timeshare at Unlimited Vacation Club and sent me documents offering almost double what we paid! I signed documents saying we were interested in the sale and then I was told I had to pay the Mexican tax of $3,500 BEFORE any money is released! They only contacted me from two numbers (323) 786-6668 and (323) 786-1958 and go by the names of Mark Brown, Gregory White and Brian Wright. They have slight accents and when I asked where he was from, he got offended. Oh, and then they told me if I was not to go through with the purchase, I would have to pay a 12% cancellation fee and they would send a collection agency after me if I didn't pay up! DON'T FALL FOR IT!
Janice
5/18/2015 01:30:54 pm
Yet another company to add: Premier Events Management from Atlanta, Georgia. The individual, Richard Booth, stated that they are a legit company and if you google, there is a company by that name in Atlanta. The problem is, they have nothing to do with timeshares. Bottom line: if the offer is too good to be true, hang up immediately! Comments are closed.
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