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Re: Holiday Property Management. Scam? (by Colin E.):

I was contacted by HPM out of Columbus, OH about 3 weeks ago with an offer to buy my unit at Rancho Banderas for $23,900. They were working with Reliance Escrow Services out of Houston. Reliance has sent me documents signed by an agent and officer of the company showing that they are holding funds in escrow already paid by the buyer - a pharmecutical company. I was asked to wire 10% fee to a bank in Mexico to cover the transfer, but that the buyer had already deposited same amount in escrow to pay me back. Of course, in the beginning I was thinking this was too good to be true, but both HPM and Reliance have legitimate looking sites on the internet and I couldn't find any complaints about them. So, I wired them the money. Today I got a call back from both HPM and Reliance and they are saying I now have to wire them 19% Mexican government tax. Again, they sent me official looking signed documenation.

So I get the impression everyone else thinks this is a scam. I'm going to call Rancho Banderas to find out if they know anything.

Any idea if I have any way of getting my $2390 back? Do I need to report this to the authorities in Texas and Ohio?