Another company has seen the light with the dubious pitch about consumers having to pay taxes for a resale, and this time the name used is Asociados de Agencia Tributaria.
Asociados de Agencia Tributaria which translated would be associates to the Tax Offices, pretends to be working for the tax office in Spain and contacts those consumers who have been defrauded previously by another resale company.
After paying a deposit and being told the sale has fallen through, the consumer is approached by Asociados de Agencia Tributaria with the news their timeshare has been sold and money is waiting to be transferred to their accounts. But…there is a “but”, as the consumer will have to pay tax over the money from the sale.
Asociados de Agencia Tributaria is supposedly located on the following address:
Calle Puerto 9 – 12, 29016 Malaga, Spain and their contact details are: Telephones in Spain +34 952 067 489 or +34 952 600 351 , +34 634 001 368 Telephone in UK: 0208 144 5949 or Fax +34 952 600 961
Email: consultas@asociadosdeagenciatributaria.com
They mention a Website in their paperwork: www.asociadosdeagenciatributaria.com but this site does not to seem working and the domain was registered in July 2012
The payment request for the taxes comes from a supposed “tax agent” who requests the payment to be done by Western Union and quotes the amount in Pounds.
Nothing from start to finish of what this company tells the consumer is true! There is no sale, there are no taxes to be paid and certainly are they not connected whatsoever to the Spanish Tax Delegation!
Payments by Western Union to an individual are neither a common way of working from the tax office and Spain being in the Eurozone would always requests the amount in Euros.
Needless to add that the address mentioned on the paperwork is also fake!
Have you been contacted by Asociados de Agencia Tributaria with phone 952067489 or 952600351 in Spain and 02081445949 in UK? Please do let us know!
You can email us at customercare@mindtimeshare.com or place a comment on the blog
I have just been phoned , for the last time I hope, by a young lady who had called previously about a confirmed sale of our Club Class points and was going to sort out our tax bill. We would have to send £1362 to Asociados de Agencia Tributaria. We have been through all the twist and turns of sale-lost sale etc. so you will know how relieved I was to find your site. She phoned again this morning and I was able to tell her to get an honest job. (some hope!).
Our troubles started when we were contacted by Viva Connect and then found our points had been exchanged for Continent Connections at a cost to us of £1000. I hope this is the end of it. Is there any advice you can give us with regards to recovering some of the money we have lost. My wife and I are both aged 80yrs. and not likely to want to go on holidays abroad and the money would come in handy.
Beverly Hill Club in Tenerife I believe are now owned by Silverpoint. We own a timeshare at Palm Beach which we have never used. I was contacted by them recently and asked if we would like to hand it back without payment to us orr them and have now received the paperwork to complete the transaction. Get in touch and ask them if you can do the same.
We recently received a phone call from Megan Turner purporting to be from Half moon Holdings advising us we would have to send £900 Spanish Tax to release £15000 she had sold our Club Class Membership for. The phone message was followed by an E Mail letter and Tax Forms from Jorge Antonio Odero naming Official De Ministerio Raymond Elton or Terence Percival as collectors for the £900 via Western Union needless to say attempts to contact the B…..ds since have proved impossible.
Hello, how can I find out what will happen, as I have handed back my timeshare (but have the certificates) Beverly Hill Club, Tenerife, At 75 I cannot pay the maintenance fees that have accrued a debt of around �2500. Unable to sell- what are the Spanish legal actions that can be taken against me please. regards June