Monthly Archives: March 2015

Sponsored Breaks hitting the newspapers in UK due to dubious accommodation offers

Sponsored Breaks and Sponsored Weeks are not new to this blog, and we posted articles about them in June (http://wp.me/p1kmoi-1gA ) and October (http://wp.me/p1kmoi-1ok ) last year. This cold calling fly buy company, offering discounted holiday accommodation was brought to … Continue reading

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www.timesharerelease.co the latest web version of this ITRA Connected Company.

The website http://www.timesharerelease.co was registered on the 15th of March 2015 and seems to be an identical webpage as http://www.timesharerelease.co.uk The only changes made are the contact details, which are different telephone number: 0800 610 1535 or 0203 519 0941 … Continue reading

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TONY HETHERINGTON: Timeshare reclaim company based in Harley Street traced to a Torremolinos pub!

(picture from article Daily mail) Yes you are reading this correctly! Tony Hetherington reporter from the Daily Mail Online has just published an article about the claims company Willard Thomas Claims or WTC Admin. As described in this article, the … Continue reading

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Is Solution for Timeshare another solution offered by ITRA?

A new website has been brought to our attention by the name of Solution for timeshare – http://www.solutionfortimeshare.com Timeshare owners have been contacted by email, stating that “previously” they filled in a form on this website about disposal / resale … Continue reading

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The dubious Lawyers Sanchez Bendaoud from Seville

A new cold calling (dubious) lawyers office has been brought to our attention under the name of Sanchez Bendaoud. This company, claiming to be a solicitors office based in Seville, contacts Timeshare consumers who previously paid money into dubious holiday … Continue reading

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Have you received a cold call from Harper Associates?

A new company name has popped up this week on the cold caller list. The company is Harper Associates and they cold call timeshare consumers who have been duped in the past by bogus resale companies. The pitch from the … Continue reading

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MINDTIMESHARE WILL PRESENT THEMSELVES AS PRIVATE PROSECUTORS IN THE OPERATION STORM.

Mindtimeshare is tremendously pleased with the largest police operation in 2015 against fraud committed against Timeshare Owners. The Costa del Sol is a black spot on the map of Timeshare frauds. Our investigations show that actually we have around 50 … Continue reading

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Video from the Spanish Police. 60 people arrested in Costa del Sol

Watch the video of the recent police raided in Costa del Sol where 60 people were arrested

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Spanish Police raids offices of British Gang operating from Costa del Sol and defrauding thousands of Timeshare Owners.

We are very pleased to announce that on Monday the 16th of March 2015 the police of Malaga, the Fraud Squad  UDEF has raided over 11 fraudulent companies on the Costa del sol and arrested 60 people. In the Operation Tormenta (Storm) … Continue reading

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Know the staff that ITRA hires to give the timeshare owner “advice” at their meetings…

ITRA the International Timeshare Refund Action is indeed not a company that inspires a lot of trust to us. We have reported this many times on this blog through our articles. An opinion you also see through the comments and … Continue reading

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Equal Access to Justice, the cold calling “lawyer supported” Mediation company.

Equal Access to Justice is the latest Mediation Company we have added to our cold caller list this month. They cold call timeshare consumers and seem to know perfectly well their personal and membership details. The advisor from Equal Access … Continue reading

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How dubious companies like Windmill and J Lopez Mediation prey on innocent and defenseless consumers

It is never nice to hear how companies cold call Timeshare consumers and try to cheat them out of their money by offering services that probably are never going to be delivered. Services based on made up stories of court … Continue reading

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Cisco Atlas Company, société de revente basée à Marrakech

Cette alerte aux consommateurs sort pour les entreprises de revente Cisco Atlas Company basée à Marrakech et avec un pitch (argument commercial) très semblable lorsque elles contactent les clients avec des appels à froid. Cisco Atlas Company contacte principalement les consommateurs de France … Continue reading

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Have you been dealing with Spain resale.com?

A strange website has been brought to our attention by the name of Spain Resale. The website is http://www.spainresale.com and was registered only a couple of weeks ago in February 2015. The information on the web seems to be similar … Continue reading

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Have you been contacted by Sky Travel from Madrid for a Timeshare Resale?

A timeshare resale company by the name of Sky Travel and claiming to be based in Madrid, is cold calling timeshare owners. It looks like they are targeting mainly Polish Timeshare owners, although we don’t exclude they might be going … Continue reading

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Cohen Legal Services, a company working for the spanish authorities?

Cold calling legal companies are never a good sign, but when it comes to those who on top of it claim they are working closely with the Spanish Government, it starts to be really strange. This is the case with … Continue reading

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Universal Consultants, cold calling Timeshare Resale company in Estepona

A cold calling resale company has been brought to our attention this week, by many concerned Timeshare owners. The company is acting under the name of Universal Consultants. Universal Consultants contacts the timeshare owner by phone and explains they have … Continue reading

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Cold Caller List February 2015

Dear All, The month of February 2015 has given us a total of 89 companies contacting consumers and from the 89 companies we detected there were 16 new companies For a complete list of the 89 companies, please have a … Continue reading

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