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Howell woman Jennifer Kirk gets 15 years for telemarketing scam that bilked $30M from victims – Asbury Park Press

Three of Kirk’s former employees spun off a similar timeshare scam as Real Timeshare Marketing, which federal prosecutors say made $ 1.3 million using the same tactics that Kirk employed. Those men, prosecuted separately from Kirk, are serving … Timeshare … Continue reading

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DA Warns About Timeshare Resale Scam – Denver Channel

DENVER — Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey is warning consumers about a growing timeshare resale scam. Timeshare resale complaints ranked as the eighth most common scam reported to the Denver/Boulder Better Business Bureau in 2011, the … Timeshare News

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Scum of the day: South Florida woman sentenced in timeshare scam, stole $30 million – Florida Times-Union

Last summer I wrote a story about timeshares. So many people own them and want to get rid of them. But they’re not easy to sell. They’re not even easy to give away. People are stuck with them. Naturally, whenever … Continue reading

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Palm Beach County Clerk’s Office warns of timeshare scam using the office’s name – Palm Beach Post

WEST PALM BEACH — Palm Beach County Clerk and Comptroller Sharon Bock is warning timeshare owners across the nation about an organized scheme involving fraudulent calls from people claiming to either work for her office or at the county courthouse. … Continue reading

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Robb Hicken: Don’t become a timeshare scam victim – Idaho Statesman

So, when we hear about a condo-reseller based in the area … BBB suggests some things to consider before buying or selling a timeshare or vacation interval: Evaluate the location and quality of the timeshare. You want to do business … Continue reading

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Timeshare scam claims to be in Boston – Boston Globe

Noah Wolf was a bit suspicious when he was approached by a company called Property Consultant Services in Boston that said it would help him sell his timeshare. Days later, they claimed to have an offer to buy it for … Continue reading

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Recovery scam targets timeshare owners – Toledo Blade

Typically, recovery telemarketers contact timeshare owners who lost money in bad resale deals, tell them the resale firm was a scam, and offer to recoup what was paid, she said. Their fee is a percentage of what’s to be recovered, … Continue reading

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Man gets gets 46 months in scam that fleeced thousands, including 54 in Illinois – St. Louis Post-Dispatch

was sentenced Friday in federal court here to 46 months in prison for his role in a telemarketing scam that cost more than 22,000 people … which ran from 2007-2010 and involved cold-calling timeshare owners and pretending to have willing … Continue reading

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7 Charged in Web Scam Using Ads – New York Times

It was a subtle swap: a cheesy advertisement for a vacation timeshare site atop the home page of … their computer had been drawn into a complex Internet advertising scam that they say generated $ 14 million for its creators. … Continue reading

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Woman sold Daytona Beach Shores condo over and over in scam, police say – Daytona Beach News-Journal

Daytona Beach Shores police are saying at least eight people fell victim to a 57-year-old woman’s scheme to sell a private condominium as a timeshare. The purchasers of the timeshare — vacationers — complained to Daytona Beach Shores police after … Continue reading

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