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Re: Has anyone ever sold their timeshare to Despegar.com travel agency? (by Lance C.):
How did this person know you had a timeshare for sale? How did he contact you? Did he offer you an amount way above market value?
We have seen and heard of this scam on these boards many times. What they will do is tell you that the sale is all ready to close but you have to send some sort of a tax or fee that, although sounds legitimate, it's totally fabricated. And they will tell you that the Mexican government requires that you pay this tax before you can receive the funds.