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Re: Has anyone ever sold their timeshare to Despegar.com travel agency? (by Beverly M.):
You are correct we have been through heck and back. Same racket...a very sophisticated con with several layers all seeming correct.
With us during the heat of the recession about 2011-2012 lost out on our investment after we had paid $200,000 for fractional ownership (thus owned clear) in 2004/5 entire month of May in Monte Cristo Villas #1/home based on inability to keep up $5,300 per year maint fees lost our investment trying to reinstate 2014 when climbing back after major losses during long recession.
How we got hooked with Despegar is by being contacted to say we still legally owned our interest still and PROFECO has a suit against Monte Cristo/Pueblo Bonito for those that lost out based on maintenance fees only.
We were bitter from no solution prior experiencing a loss when Monte Cristo took back and resold with zero rebate or ability to redeem (loosing 200k over 18k maint fees due)
So our focus was skewed when the thought to recoup something -
Watch out for these names: Anthony, Isidro Manarez, Sonny Mares, Javier Pardo, Martha Cronnell Barraza (Attny) with DESPEGAR - PUEBLO BONITO MEMBERSHIP SERVICES - Francisco Gonzales (fake)... Victoria Lopez-Lopez with PROFECO, Olga Gutierrez with PGR offering a bank seal letter to release wire; Luis Rodrigues with Scotia Bank, Rosa Beltran with BANAMEX ALL PART OF the "fix" AND Isabel and Julie Moore with MB REALTY Minnesota. COLLECTIVE TRUST of the Bank of New York 654 Madison Ave, NY (phoney)...intermediary wire bank...NOT! Sophie & Jason THERE.
For every question appears an answer.
Despegar uses REGUS "rent an office" front to try to look legit in Albuquerque, New Mexico
There are so many twists: SAT cap gain tax, Ayuna/Customs declarations
You want it to be real but it is not... period!
Please keep this information alive!
janetl375 wrote:So I got contacted about 3 months ago... The offer was too good to be true.. No money all paid by Despegar... contract looked legit... The I get the MonteCristo won't sell.. They send to Profeco who has an impressive website looking out for fraud then I get the news that I have to pay the Lawyer to the Mexican Secretary of Tourism 10% of the selling price in order to get a certificate of release... of course they will reimburse me.... I also was working with Realty Direct REO then they changed their name to MB realty, Inc. out of Minneapolis... of course they feel terrible... but even sent me copies of cashier checks from Scotiabank made out to me... so show me everything is above board... then I looked at the wire instructions... nothing to do with the government... Be very careful it all sounds good but once they asked for money up front I knew the scam was on.... Unbelievable... i wish there was something I could do to shut these people down.... Agree with Nancy.... Sigh... But good news I am going to Cabo in March again...