Phone SCAM WARNING

 

The latest scam is to contact some of those who have advertised in Timesharehelper's classified ads. The caller claims to have a buyer for the advertised week. The caller states that he is a represenative of Timesharehelper.com. All it takes is a payment of $500 or some similar amount  via Western Union to start the closing process. Failure to pay, according to the caller, will result in your ad being removed from Timesharehelper.com.

Email SCAM WARNING

UPDATE: 1/13/08 Example of Scam email

Hello,
I have just gotton through with my client who wants to make the purchase and concluded arrangement on the payment.He has instructed me to inform you that payment will get to you in a certified check of $11,083 which is a refund payment of a cancelled order earlier made, so you are required to deduct cost of your timeshare  which is $5583 when payment gets to  and refund the balance of $5,500  less transfer  charges to his closing agent  .
The $5,500 constitutes a paymen t to the  agent for his closing  fees,recording fees,transfer of ownership ,tax and other commission charges on his arrival.
After all payment has reached you and balance sent to the agent,he will now come for further proceedings while you send  the receipt and other title papers to my client via courier
Please Confirm this and provide NAME, ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER for check payment to be delivered to you immediately.
Thanks,
Mark..

Example of Scam email

How are you today?I just got your mail and I have spoken to my client and concluded arrangement on the payment.He has instructed me to inform you that payment will get to you in a certified check of $5,000 which is a refund payment of a cancelled order earlier made by my client.So you are required to deduct cost of your timeshare  which is $2,800 when payment gets to  and refund the balance of $2,200  less transfer  charges to his closing agent  .
The $2,200 constitutes a payment to the  agent for his closing  fees, charges,tax and other commission charges on his arrival.
After all payment has reached you and balance sent to the agent,he will now come for further proceedings while you send  the receipt and other title papers to my client via courier
Please Confirm this and provide NAME, ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER for check payment to be delivered to you immediately.

I can confirm that there are no employees or other representatives of Timesharehelper.com who are authorized to make such representations. Thus, such calls and emails are fraudulent.