Category Archives: Tips & Advice

Zoom meetings, sales representatives entering your home without visiting you in person

Posted on May 11, 2021 by mindtimeshare

Ever since lockdown and Covid restrictions, a lot of companies had to “invent” themselves all over again. This has happened as well with the so called “claims” companies who previously would send over a sale representative to your house and … Continue reading →

Posted in Bogus resale companies, Canary Islands, Costa del Sol, Legal Services, Mediation services, Tenerife, Tips & Advice, Warnings | Tagged Cancellation of agreement, Claims Companies, Cold Calls, Exit companies, Fake legal services, Mediation Services, Pressure sales, Upfront payment, Zoom meeting | Leave a comment

Mindtimeshare Cold callers & emails Year 2020

Posted on January 5, 2021 by mindtimeshare

Dear All, First of all, we would like to wish a Happy New Year to all our followers. Mindtimeshare is back! And this means that we will also start again with the monthly update on cold callers. When we started … Continue reading →

Posted in Bogus Holiday Clubs, Bogus resale companies, Canary Islands, Companies closed down, Costa del Sol, Fake lawyers Tenerife, Fake Lawyers Tenerife, Flybuy Operator, fraud, Legal Services, Mediation services, Tenerife, timeshare, Tips & Advice, Warnings | Tagged ABC Lawyers, Awarded compensation, Awarded money through liquidators, Banco de España, Bogus claims, bogus claims against Eze group, Club Class, Cold Calls, DWVC, Fake Spanish Bank, fraudulent companies, ILG, Mindtimeshare, Monster Travel, Recovery fraud, Silverpoint, Sol Bookers, Spanish court claims, Spanish Lawyers, Timeshare claims, Timeshare membership, Timeshare recovery fraud | 3 Comments

Hello! We are back!

Posted on December 7, 2020 by mindtimeshare

Dear Timeshare Consumers, YES! WE ARE BACK! It has been a long time since we posted on the Mindtimeshare blog. A year to be exact. At some point in 2019 it became clear that without funds and regular income, it … Continue reading →

Posted in Bogus resale companies, Canary Islands, Costa del Sol, Fake Lawyers Tenerife, fraud, Legal Services, Mediation services, Mindtimeshare, Tenerife, Tips & Advice, Warnings | Tagged Bogus resale companies, Cold Callers, Fake Lawyers, independent advice, Mindtimeshare, Timeshare recovery fraud | 16 Comments

Timeshare Cold Callers September 2019

Posted on October 1, 2019 by mindtimeshare

Dear Consumer, The updated Cold Caller list for September 2019 is ready. Please click on the following link for a complete list: Cold Callers September 2019 This past month we counted 51 cold calling companies and there are 10 new … Continue reading →

Posted in Bogus resale companies, Canary Islands, Companies closed down, Costa del Sol, Directive, Fake lawyers Tenerife, Fake Lawyers Tenerife, Flybuy Operator, fraud, Legal Services, Mediation services, Tenerife, Tips & Advice, Warnings | Tagged Action Fraud, Bogus claims, Bogus Lawyers, Bonobo Invest SL, Canti Abogados, Cold Callers Mindtimeshare, Crown Solutions, Fake court claims, Fake Notaries, Fake Procurator, fraud, Gresham and Partners, International Clearance, Kourtesis Real Estate, Luxury linx, Luxury Linx travel, MARIA MESA, Olga Gema Kaya, Olga Kaya, Platinum Weeks, Unexpected calls | 7 Comments

Be aware of the so-called Recovery Scams!

Posted on May 15, 2019 by mindtimeshare

Every month we see it again on the cold caller list, the amount of cold calling claims or legal companies offering consumers to recover their money. Money consumers paid towards dubious holiday clubs and other fraudulent companies. When someone contacts … Continue reading →

Posted in Bogus Holiday Clubs, Bogus resale companies, Canary Islands, Companies closed down, Costa del Sol, Directive, Fake lawyers Tenerife, Fake Lawyers Tenerife, Flybuy Operator, fraud, Legal Services, Mediation services, Tenerife, Tips & Advice, Warnings | Tagged awarded money, Banco de España, Bogus Lawyers, Bogus resale companies, Cold Calls, Fake court claims, Fake Procurator, Fake Spanish Bank, fraud, Legal fee, Recovery fraud, Recovery Room Fraudsters, Scam, Spanish Government | Leave a comment

Latest update on John Palmer Trial!

Posted on February 7, 2019 by mindtimeshare

The Prosecutor’s Office reduces to 24 months the maximum penalty for the Timeshare fraud. The Anticorruption Prosecutor’s Office has reduced to 24 months the highest penalty for the defendants of the timeshare fraud in the Canary Islands that is being … Continue reading →

Posted in Bogus Holiday Clubs, Canary Islands, Companies closed down, fraud, Tips & Advice | Tagged Darren John Morris, Dean Wells, Gold Finger, Jacoba Klazina Visscher, John Palmer, Keith Peter Davies, Neil Campbell Lockie, Paul Murray, Richard Cashman, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife, Timeshare Fraud | 1 Comment

Do you think you have a claim but you are missing the paperwork from the resort?

Posted on January 24, 2019 by mindtimeshare

Many consumers who have been reading our article “Are you a timeshare owner? Then it is time to claim!” and realized that they indeed could qualify for a claim, are worried because they don’t have the original purchase contracts for … Continue reading →

Posted in Bogus Holiday Clubs, Bogus resale companies, Directive, Legal Services, Mediation services, Tips & Advice, Warnings | Tagged Agencia Española Proteccion Datos, Claims against resorts, Data Protection Act 2018, Data Subject Access Request, DSAR, Spanish court claims, Spanish Lawyers, Supreme Court, Timeshare claims | 2 Comments

Mindtimeshare sets alarm bells ringing for legal services “cold callers”

Posted on December 8, 2018 by mindtimeshare

I have been telephoned a number of times by people offering legal services. Is this allowed? No. Data protection have been in the news plenty recently, partly because of Facebook’s troubles and partly because of a new regulation coming into … Continue reading →

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Are you a timeshare owner?

Posted on November 25, 2018 by mindtimeshare

Then, it is time to claim. This is what the Spanish Supreme Court suggest after more than 100 final rulings. The Spanish Supreme Court ruled that the main timeshare contracts that were considered illegal included: Floating weeks or Points Perpetual … Continue reading →

Posted in Legal Services, Mindtimeshare, timeshare, Tips & Advice | Tagged 5th of January 1999, European Legislation, European Timeshare Directive, Floating time weeks, Points based clubs, Spanish Lawyers, Supreme Court, Timeshare claims, Timeshare perpetuity | 6 Comments

To Claim or not to Claim, Chapter 7, “We were told not to contact the resort…”

Posted on February 16, 2018 by mindtimeshare

Many so called claims companies who also offer an additional service for relinquishment of timeshare; seem to cover all angles of this service in their agreement. More than the actual claims part the consumer attended the meeting for in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Bogus Holiday Clubs, Bogus resale companies, Canary Islands, Cash Back, Costa del Sol, Directive, Legal Services, Mediation services, Tips & Advice, Warnings | Tagged Bogus timeshare claims, Claim against resort, Class Action, Court claim, perpetuity, Relinquishment, timeshare, to claim or not to claim | 1 Comment

To claim or not to claim, Chapter 6, Are they really working on my file?

Posted on February 15, 2018 by mindtimeshare

Once you have signed and paid a claims or legal business, or agreed a contract with a company to act on your behalf with regard to your timeshare relinquishments, claims and compensation / refunds, all you need to do is … Continue reading →

Posted in Bogus Holiday Clubs, Bogus resale companies, Canary Islands, Cash Back, Companies closed down, Costa del Sol, Directive, Legal Services, Mediation services, Tenerife, Tips & Advice, Warnings | Tagged Claims Companies, Class Actions, Cold Callers, Data Protection Law, ICO, Relinquishment services, subject access request, to claim or not to claim | Leave a comment

Silverpoint, so what will happen next?

Posted on April 7, 2017 by mindtimeshare

Many owners of Silverpoint resorts have been caught by surprise with the news that Silverpoint has withdrawn from the RDO, as they no longer sell timeshare. http://rdo.org/membership-updates/silverpoint/ News like this comes like thunder in a clear sky and obviously creates … Continue reading →

Posted in Canary Islands, Tips & Advice, Warnings | Tagged canary islands, RDO member, Silverpoint | 1 Comment

How many timeshare owners have recently received a cold call from the “Spanish Tax Office”, “Spanish Court” or “Spanish Bank”?

Posted on November 19, 2016 by mindtimeshare

Fraudulent companies are cold Calling timeshare owners who have been previously defrauded: Don’t fall for a scam like this. The Call When the phone rang, the person on the other end claim to be an employee closely liaise with the … Continue reading →

Posted in fraud, Tips & Advice, Warnings | Tagged Timeshare Fraud | 1 Comment

#Timeshare Cold Caller list for October 2016

Posted on November 2, 2016 by mindtimeshare

Dear All, A new Cold Caller list has been produced for the month of October 2016. There have been 67 Active Cold calling companies and among these we have noted 18 new company names. For a complete report on the … Continue reading →

Posted in Bogus Holiday Clubs, Bogus resale companies, Canary Islands, Companies closed down, Costa del Sol, Flybuy Operator, Legal Services, Mediation services, Tips & Advice, Warnings | Tagged cold caller, Fake claims, Fake Lawyers, Fake resale | 1 Comment

#Timeshare Cold Caller list for the month of August 2016

Posted on August 31, 2016 by mindtimeshare

Dear All, Please find the latest update of our Cold Callers listings, the one for the month of August 2016. This months’, we have counted 65 active cold calling companies of which 14 companies are new on the list. For … Continue reading →

Posted in Bogus Holiday Clubs, Bogus resale companies, Companies closed down, Flybuy Operator, Legal Services, Mediation services, Tips & Advice, Warnings | Tagged Arnaque, betrug, Bogus Disposal Company, Bogus Lawyers, Bogus resale companies, Bogus solicitors, Cold Callers, defrauded, Fake Class Actions, Fake court cases, Fake Legal Advisers, Fake liquidators, fraud, Scam, timeshare | 5 Comments

The Fake Notary Scam.

Posted on July 20, 2016 by mindtimeshare

From all the types of scams, generated most of the times through a dubious (cold) call, the one that seems to be very active over the past years is the one of the so called fake notary. Not always is … Continue reading →

Posted in Legal Services, Mediation services, Tips & Advice, Warnings | Tagged Bogus legal companies, Bogus Notary offices, Court case, Fake notary, Notary fees, Notary services, Spanish notary, timeshare | Leave a comment

Careful with the £99 offer, to extend the bonus weeks you purchased some time ago!

Posted on February 24, 2016 by mindtimeshare

The past weeks we are receiving a lot of inquiries from consumers who have been approached by the different Fly Buy companies. Although it seems there are several companies calling actively, they all seem to have the same “sales pitch” … Continue reading →

Posted in Flybuy Operator, Tips & Advice | Tagged Accommodation offer, £99 extension fee, City breaks, Discounted flights, Fly buy accommodation, Promotional Accommodation, Promotional Holidays, Terms and conditions | 4 Comments

2015 in review

Posted on December 30, 2015 by mindtimeshare

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2015 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. This blog was viewed about 370,000 times in 2015. If it were an exhibit at … Continue reading →

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Newsletter Mai 2015 – Was ist zu befolgen, wenn Sie sich plötzlich in einer Verkaufsveranstaltung eines zweifelhaften Urlaubsclubs befinden?

Posted on May 7, 2015 by mindtimeshare

Nun, es ist wieder die Jahreszeit, und wir befürchten bereits bald wieder Berichte von unglückseligen Urlaubern zu erhalten, die Verkaufsveranstaltungen solcher Schwindel-Urlaubsclubs besucht haben, und damit endeten, sich in irgendwelche dubiosen Urlaubsclub-Mitgliedschaften eingekauft zu haben und mit DVDs oder Urlaubs-Kreditpunkten … Continue reading →

Posted in Balearics, Bogus Holiday Clubs, Bogus resale companies, Canary Islands, Costa del Sol, Flybuy Operator, German, Legal Services, Mediation services, Newsletters, Tenerife, Tips & Advice, Warnings | Tagged Rechte und Pflichten, Schwindel-Urlaubsclubs, Teilzeitwohnrechte, timesharing, Urlaubsclub, Urlaubsclub-Mitgliedschaften, Urlaubsclubs, veranstaltung, veranstaltungen, Verkaufsveranstaltung, Verkaufsveranstaltungen | Leave a comment

Nieuwsbrief Mei 2015 – En wat doen we als we in een presentatie van een valse vakantie club terecht komen?

Posted on May 6, 2015 by mindtimeshare

Tja, het is weer de tijd van het jaar waar we kunnen verwachten dat er eerdaags weer klachten en trieste verhalen komen over vakantiegangers die door een presentatie zijn gegaan van een of andere valse Vakantie Club, en uiteindelijk het … Continue reading →

Posted in Balearics, Bogus Holiday Clubs, Bogus resale companies, Canary Islands, Costa del Sol, Dutch, Flybuy Operator, Legal Services, Mediation services, Newsletters, Tips & Advice, Warnings | Tagged 90 minuten tour, contract, Doorverkoop van Timesharing, hard sale, kraslot, presentatie, timesharing, Vakantie Club, Verdacht verkoop bedrijf, verkoops bijeenkomst | Leave a comment