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We were contacted by a John Scardino of International Events Management (IEM), offering us a premium on a 2 bedroom timeshare. The price seemed too good to be true. We found a generic (non interactive) internet site. We actually sent them a message as a someone interested in planning a premium event; they never contacted us back. We did a reverse phone search on John Scardino; it came back with another person's name. They are not listed in the Better Business Bureau. We could not find information on the presumed CEO of the company , Matthew Bastian. We did a reverse phone search on the corporate number 415-366-9675; it was cell phone belonging to an older woman. A google map showed a small structure at the address 1187 Mission Street in San Francisco that looked more like a garage than a legitimate office. Yet we were tempted. We asked them to change the contract to make explicit that there were no upfront fees, and that no commission would be paid unless the transfer of funds cleared. They complied and changed the contract. We still feel that it is not legitimate, but I am at a loss; given the contractual changes- how does this scam work, and how are we at risk? [Q=debp9] We have been contacted by a company called International Events Management wanting to purchase our timeshare for an absurd amount of money (which is my first clue they are more than likely some sort of scam). They say they have an investor who wants to purchase a certain percentage of the resort we are with so they can have a vote on the board and use it for travel destination for clients. I have tried to Google the company but come up empty. The email I received has a street address in San Francisco. Has anyone else been contacted by this company wanting to purchase a timeshare.[/Q]