Watch Out For This New Scam In Orange County
There is so much "Fraud" going on and this article made me sick. Victims preyed upon for $25,000 and probably will never see anything back as it is so hard for authorities to shut these fraudsters down and collect any assets.
Warn your family members, friends and clients about this particular scheme. We have to do what we can to protect the public. This occured in Orange County, CA but may occur all over the country as well.
Mark Paulson wrote this informative article and I would suggest than many of us at ActiveRain re-blog it and try to get the word out.
Watch Out For This New Scam In Orange County
An real estate agent in Yorba Linda had a telemarketer call them and represent themselves as a real estate agent and thus the new scam started in Orange County. The person on the phone offered $90,000 more for the time share they own in Mexico. All they had to do was pay 10 percent tax to the Mexican Tourism Department which they would get bact after the close of the deal.
So the couple sent $25,000 to a bank in Guadalajara. They said they went through with the deal because the telemarketer gave them the name of a real estate agent in CA and his license number. According to authorities this time share scam is being played out all across the US and Canada.
The callers identify themselves as ERA agents and always offer full price or more on the property. The scam is paying the Mexico a fee.
If it sounds to good to be true it probably is.
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