Timeshare Scam Retaliation for victims! - Timeshare Users Group free Timeshare Advice article

Timeshare Scam Retaliation
© Judi Kozlowski - www.JudiKoz.com

In the timeshare resale market today, it is pretty much a guarantee that you will encounter an upfront resale scammer if you are attempting to sell or rent your timeshare. Sadly these scams have become so popular, they were listed in the top 10 scams of 2010 by the Better Business Bureau! Hopefully you have read the TUG Scams and Fairy Tales advice article, but if not and you are the victim of an upfront fee scam, your options are limited but you do indeed have options!

This sample letter was provided by Judi Kozlowski, a licensed timeshare resale broker who has been in the industry for many years and fights to shut down these scammers with her organization the Licensed Timeshare Resale Brokers Association. http://ltrba.com

We urge anyone who is the victim of an upfront fee scam, or those who have simply just been contacted by someone who fits the profile of an upfront fee scammer to report them to both your state's Attorney Generals office, as well as the office in the state they reside in if its not your own. This sample letter can also be used as a great "checklist" of places to report scams, if indeed you do not receive your refund in a timely fashion!

Sample Letter to send to a Timeshare Upfront Fee scammer:

Dear (Insert Business Name Here),

We will be reporting you to the following people if you do not return our money.
What you have done is fraud.

The Attorney Generals Office in (the State you live in), (the State the timeshare is in) and the( State the Scammer is in).
We are also calling the police in (same as above).
We are going to the http://www.nacaa.net/consumerinfo.htm and report you to every agency mentioned on this site.
We are going to report you to our (VISA/MC/AMEX/Discover) and have them report your fraud to your merchant account.
We are going to the following sites to report your scam:
http://www.tugbbs.com/forums
http://www.arda.org
http://www.LTRBA.com
http://www.consumeraffairsusa.org/
https://odr.bbb.org/odrweb/public/
http://www.ripoffreport.com/

You may want to look at the ripoffreport. They will put you on there and every search engine in the world will pull up your website. This ripoff site is owned by someone who has no scruples. Once the information goes on you will have to pay him big bucks to do anything to the information. Scroll to the bottom and read how you will be extorted to get the information off the site.

We do not want any phone calls from you. All we want is our money returned. You have lied, misled and committed fraud. We demand a refund to our credit card immediately.

While TUG certainly cannot guarantee the success or failure of the above letter, it certainly gives you an option in which to attempt to obtain a refund from the company that scammed you out of the upfront fee. The squeaky wheel gets the grease! Remember, these companies mislead and lied to you in the first place, if your initial request for a refund goes unanswered or is denied, this letter may be a last resort for you to get your hard earned money back!

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