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If youre unclear on whether law enforcers are presenting a united front against travel-related fraud, then we have some oceanfront property to sell you.
- If youre unclear on whether law enforcers are presenting a united front against travel-related fraud, then we have some oceanfront property to sell you.
- One of the scams targeted by the latest law enforcement sweep involves bogus offers to resell peoples timeshares.
- Heres how the operators work: They call timeshare owners and claim to have people lined up ready to pay top dollar for timeshares.
- For an upfront charge often falsely characterized as filing fees or closing costs they promise to put them together with champing-at-the-bit buyers.
- But once the check has been cashed, those eager buyers disappear only to be replaced with endless umms and uhhs from the marketers.
- According to the FTC, one defendant avoided consumers complaint calls simply by putting them on hold indefinitely.
- We hope your clients dont use tactics like that, but there are other points businesses should take from this announcement.
- If you have clients who market timeshare or travel promotions, let them know about the reservations law enforcers have expressed about misleading claims.