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:Premier Concierge Services (by Craig J.):

THIS IS A SCAM! And Premier Concierge Services is just the latest in an endless stream of fake companies with fake addresses and fake contact names. They change names at the drop of a hat, and it has become a serious problem. I was recently contacted about an 89-year-old man who was taken for $50,000 by these crooks; unfortunately he will never get that money back. Researching the company is how I found this thread. DO NOT EVER WIRE MONEY TO WHAT YOU THINK IS AN ESCROW ACCOUNT IN MEXICO! IT IS FAKE!

For lack of a better name, it is called the "Mexico Escrow Fraud", and over the last several years it has robbed thousands of people of millions of dollars. The following warning is posted at insidethegate.com (full disclosure, I work at insidethegate.com) in an article describing how it works:

"If you own a timeshare in Mexico and someone calls you to tell you they can get you out of that timeshare or has a buyer for it (usually for as much as or more than you paid for it), put your tinfoil hat on. ESPECIALLY if/when you are asked to wire money to an escrow account in Mexico. This is a hot and very profitable scam running in Mexico, and if you send money you will never see it again. AND you will still own that Mexican timeshare. The part that really stings is that most of those scams seem to be operated by American and Canadian expats. DO NOT, we repeat DO NOT WIRE OR OTHERWISE SEND THEM MONEY!!!

These are fraudulent “timeshare recovery” scams that we call “the Mexico escrow fraud” because they ask you to wire funds to a Mexican escrow company to lull you into a false sense of security. BUT:

-THERE IS NO ESCROW FUND. The money gets deposited in a legitimate Mexican bank to an account owned by the perpetrators of the scam. -THERE IS NO ESCROW COMPANY. -THERE IS NO BUYER FOR YOUR TIMESHARE. -THERE IS NO LEGITIMATE TITLE COMPANY -THESE COMPANIES DO NOT EXIST at the addresses in the USA they claim. -Their phone numbers show US area codes but they are usually really calling from Mexico. -There are no extra fees (taxes, etc.) required by Mexico to sell your timeshare."

Please be aware of this scam and help to spread the word. We can't stop it, but maybe we can help to keep some unlucky souls from getting ripped off.

philipp70 wrote:

I called the address of them and they are not listed a that

address so call the states ag at 773-488-2600

marciab109 wrote:

I searched but it didn't bring up anything on it. Has anyone ever heard of them. I generally just say no when a company calls me to say that they will buy my timeshare. For some reason, I can't really figure out why, I told these people to send me an e-mail with all of the particulars. I received an e-mail with an offer that surprised me, which may me question the legitimacy of this company. They haven't asked for any money up front, yet. Does anyone know anything about them?