Received several calls from Advanced Services, Inc. it sounded too good to be true. They sent us a contract with 'wrong name', but it sounds too phony. They even had wrong e-mail until i corrected it. Will call FTC and report them. The caller ID shows 'anonymous'!!! They sure are consistent. The # they calle from is 713-955-0142. I guess they change # and locations. Strange but we were told that the conference in Cancun would be in June. They sure change the dates.
After 9 or 10 calls, I called local police to see they had any info. (Had a total of 14 calls in less than 3 days.) They said they'd look into it. Couple hours later, call came again. I hesitated but picked it up. Guy with accent (India???) answered. Admitted he was at a call center when I said too much background noise. Went into his spiel and I played along. Someone was going to pay me $3600 to rent my timeshare (which I don't own) from May 21 to 28th for a "conference".
I don't know where they bought their name list from, but he did know my name even though I'm on DNC list and the phone is not listed in my name.
I asked and he gave me the name, address and phone number of the company for which he was calling----Global Destination Services, 49 Lincoln Way, Sacramento, California 95603. Phone # 530-217-6051. I thanked him for the info, told him never to call again, and that I'd contacted police.
Stupid guys called me again less than an hour later.
I received several phone calls from the same number (530-217-6051), from Destination Services, LLC - 49 Lincoln hi-Way, Sacramento, CA 95811, offering to pay me $3600 plus Timeshare Fee, plus exchange fee, etc. to a total of $4350.00 USD to rent our timeshare vacation to the MEINHARDT ENGINEERING GROUP for a conference at the Marriott in Cancun, Mexico in Oct. 22-29, 2012. Sure sounded enticing with all the details, but sure glad I checked them out before making any agreement! Looks like it is part of a huge scam! Not sure how they benefit except there is mention on an agreement sent by email of PAYING [Quote - "The owner must pay an exchange fee of $ 199.00 per week for processing of the Exchange / Reservation" and "The renter and owner both acknowledge that there will be a local transient occupancy TAX assessed at the time of check-in at the resort which is the responsibility of the Meinhardt Engineering Group"] No idea how much that last amount might be and I'm not sure the Engineering Company knows about it either. The Engineering Company looks legitimate, but the "broker" certainly does not. My Timeshare company does not allow it "rentals"...thankfully! Hope this is helpful to someone else who might be wondering about the same or similr offer.
I also got a call from someone from Destination Services out of Sacremento, CA, offiering the $3600 plus $700. I Googled the name, and I can't find anything but these posts. How did you find out it was a scam?
call from 303-912-8368, global Destinations, callback 530-217-6051. same timeshare spiel for a Cancun engineers convention, $3600, etc. Got to be a scam.