"Mike Burns" called my parents (Tuesday, 21 June 11) saying he had a buyer for their timeshare on Cape Cod. They had had a previous call (the same day) from another person who said he had an interested buyer, and were they interested in selling. He emailed them documents and asked them to fax back copies of their drivers' licenses and their bank routing numbers. He made an attractive offer for the timeshare and claimed there was a fee of $2689 for "processing" the sale. The next day my mother called back the number given by "Mike", who claimed they could call any time, and got only a recorded message giving a box number. My mother called the management company for the timeshares, and they had never heard of "Mike" (who claimed he worked with them), nor do they ever deal in sales at all.
"Mike Burns" called my parents (Tuesday, 21 June 11) saying he had a buyer for their timeshare on Cape Cod. They had had a previous call (the same day) from another person who said he had an interested buyer, and were they interested in selling. He emailed them documents and asked them to fax back copies of their drivers' licenses and their bank routing numbers. He made an attractive offer for the timeshare and claimed there was a fee of $2689 for "processing" the sale. The next day my mother called back the number given by "Mike", who claimed they could call any time, and got only a recorded message giving a box number. My mother called the management company for the timeshares, and they had never heard of "Mike" (who claimed he worked with them), nor do they ever deal in sales at all.