Tag Archives: timeshare

Resales Alliance, cold calls and notary fees for a timeshare resale

Long time ago since we have seen a cold calling resale company. Most of the cold calls nowadays are from people pretending to be lawyers and legal advisors. But we now spotted a cold calling resale company using the name … Continue reading

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Claim Advice Online, cold caller and the copied website

A new cold caller has come on the scene by the name of Claim Advice Online. The representative of Claim Advice Online approaches timeshare owners on cold calls but with all the details of the membership at hand. The story … Continue reading

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Did you receive a cold call from ITA the International Timeshare Association?

A cold caller that was mentioned some months ago and then seemed to have stopped, has recently popped up again and is actively calling timeshare consumers. This cold caller is ITA which stands for International Timeshare Association. A quick look … Continue reading

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Timeshare ‘con artist’ sentenced to pay back victims!

Good news needs to be shared, so that is why we are pleased to have woken up today with the following articles in the newspapers: Timeshare con artist Francis ‘Frank’ Madden in court and Timeshare conman must pay victims Frank Madden … Continue reading

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Financial and Legal Services hold your money awarded through the criminal courts

  The cold calling company Financial and Legal Services from Telford Shropshire is contacting timeshare consumers with the news about money awarded to them. This time it is money through the criminal courts, for payback of fraudulent holiday company, and … Continue reading

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Breaking news! Timeshare fraudsters sentenced to more than 20 years in prison.

Nine people have been sentenced for their parts in a ‘deliberate and cynical’ campaign of timeshare fraud, following an investigation by Warwickshire Police and West Mercia Police Economic Crime Unit. The frauds were committed between 2012 and 2015, and often … Continue reading

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

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

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Timeshare Cold Callers December 2017

Dear All, First of all, Happy New Year to all our followers and readers of our blog! We have prepared the last cold caller list of 2017, the one that corresponds to the month of December 2017. In spite of … Continue reading

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The growing list of the Tenerife FAKE lawyers! Abogados Canarias is the latest!

The list of names is getting longer and longer and the latest one we have added is Abogados Canarias. Yet again a fake lawyers company, cold calling innocent consumers and promising all kind of court claims. Contact details for this … Continue reading

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Timeshare Cold Callers for the month of June 2017

  Dear All, The new cold caller list has been put together and we have counted 57 cold calling companies in the month of June 2017. From the 57 companies there are 13 new names on the list, which we … Continue reading

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#Timeshare Cold Caller list for April 2017

Dear All, The latest Cold Caller list is here! April 2017, with Easter week included produced a list of 72 cold calling companies of which 10 companies are new names on the list. For a complete list of the 72 … Continue reading

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#Timeshare Cold Callers Yearly report 2016

Dear All, The year 2016 has been a very busy year (again) at Mindtimeshare. Throughout the year we have been publishing the monthly Cold Caller reports and now after finalizing 2016 we have put together the yearly report. A complete … Continue reading

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Have you received a cold call from Asset Recovery Solutions?

Several inquiries received this week about the same company, Asset Recovery Solutions, who seems to be cold calling Timeshare owners with the story of a payment due to the consumer through the Spanish Courts. The payments mentioned are for substantial … Continue reading

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Pana travel Online, a dubious resale company based in Madrid

Cold caller Pana Travel Online claims to be a resale company for timeshare memberships and is targeting mainly Nordic timeshare owners. Their cold calls are very convincing, and they seem to have a professional attitude towards the business of timeshare … Continue reading

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Despacho Tarancon again a lawyer from Madrid handing out money.

A new caller on the list. On the list of dubious companies that is, and under the name of Despacho Tarancon. This gentleman says he has a lawyer’s office in Madrid. According to the person calling from Despacho Tarancon this law … Continue reading

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Despacho Tarancon, weer een advocaat uit Madrid die geld uitdeelt.

Een nieuwe beller op de lijst. Deze keer gaan ze onder de naam van Despacho Tarancon alhoewel ze heel verdacht op andere bedrijven lijken en zelfs hun logo hetzelfde is maar dan met andere naam. Dit heerschap zegt dat hij … Continue reading

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#Timeshare Cold Caller list for the month of August 2016

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

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#Timeshare Cold Caller list for July 2016

Dear Readers, Summer is here, and we have just finished the complete list of cold callers for the month of July 2016. This month we counted 72 active cold calling companies and from the 72 company names there are 22 … Continue reading

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The Fake Notary Scam.

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

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Litigar Abogados, a strange company with a strange web.

  Not always we need to be notified that a cold call has been received from a dubious company. Sometimes consumers bring websites to our attention that need to be looked at, as they might not be what they appear … Continue reading

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