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Re: Timeshare buying scam- watch for "Albert Brown" or "Judy Boulay" (by Lance C.):
williamg493 wrote:I see everyone is saying its a scam but no one is saying how they taken or what information is at risk. Before I found this post, I responded and have received a cashier's check - but have not cash and will not now. Have not responded to "Samuel Kaplan's" email.
Maybe you've missed a number of previous posts in this thread. The scam is this: The person sends the owner a check for $2900 or so but then says that he can't get a hold of his alleged broker Samuel Kaplan.
The scam person then say "To speed up the process, I will need you to forward Samuel Kaplan's commission ($2400) to him. Here is the information for the wire transfer."
The owner, who is so excited that someone wants to buy his worthless timeshare and has his rational thinking ability paralyzed,then wires the money to "Samuel Kaplan" and then subsequently finds out that the $2900 check that the scam person sent was fake.