I got a call claiming to be from Leon H Brown with Grand Vacations Services. They had information about me and my time share, claiming that we were registered in a database of owners interested in selling. They wanted me to send back a Purchase Letter of Intent so that he could begin the process of selling my time share.
I callled the people that sold me the time share and they said some owners were complaining about scam calls. I looked up "Grand Vacations Services" with the BBB in Oklahoma City, OK and Leon H Brown in the OREC database. I could not find "Grand Vacations Services". I did find Leon H Brown, but he was listed with a different company. When I called them and they connected me with him, it was obviously not the same man.
I am pretty sure that there would be some fee that they wanted me to pay up front, that is the usual scam for this sort of thing. Of coarse they might have wanted my bank information to make a transfer. I am not sure, told him to go away.
Melanie Jones called to ask if I would be interested in selling my Puerto Vallarta timeshare. She said that Grand Vacations has been in business for 7 years and that she has worked there for 3 years. Yet...no phone directory listing, no Better Business Bureau listing. One of her co-workers, a man, called to say that they are a private family business, so they don't show up on Google and don't subscribe to the BBB.
They say that there is no upfront monies to be paid, but the written proposal that they sent to me said that the "seller would be re-imbursed for research and transfer fees." "Re-imbursed"? Sounds like they will be asking for cash sometime soon...that will be "re-imbursed" to me!
Looks and sounds like a scam.
PEOPLE DONT UNDERSTAND THE WAY TO DO THINGS AND NEVER GO THROUGH , A LOT OF THESE COMAPNIES ARE GOOD !! BUT TIMESHARE OWNERS ARE VERY SKEPTICAL! DONT COMMENT IF YOU DONT KNOW!!