Florida is not the only state this is occurring in: Philip Simon Nov 13 04:03 pm (PST) I was contacted by Mr. Edgar Holmes of the Classic Connection Travel Co., Inc. on July 31, 2013 to see if I were interested in selling my New Penthouse Unit at Hacienda del Mar in Cabo San Lucas for $41,900. He said he would receive a “finder’s fee” of $2,095 from our end of the proceeds of the sale. Subsequently he instructed me to wire to his escrow company’s Mexican connection $2,609 as a “Foreign Investor Registration Fee” to be submitted to the Mexican government. My wife and I met with our lawyer and he spoke to Mrs. Sonya Gooden, manager of Georgia Escrow Co., Inc. and he was convinced she told him the truth about the “…Fee. “ We were subsequently told we had to prepay the IVA tax of 11%, amounting to $4,609 USD. Again we met with our attorney, Robert Massi, Esq. of Henderson, Nevada and he said to us, “.. although I make no warrantee of the truth of this request , I’m a gambler and if it were me I would do it”. So my wife and I agreed to do it and I wired the funds as directed to a Mexican bank. The last straw was when Mr. Holmes of Classic Connections Travel sent me an email requesting a prepaid “Closing and Administration Fee” of $4,480 to again to be paid to the Mexican Government. We did not pay this fee; but we took our “file” to the US FBI and met with a special agent, who would refer this to the “White Collar Crime Unit” for further investigation. My wife wrote to the “Profeco” or Federal Consumer Protection in Mexico. I sent an email to Hacienda del Mar telling them I did not sell my timeshare and they assured me that it would not be taken away from us. I also wrote to the taxing authorities in Guadalajara, MX to notify them of what occurred. The end result of all this is we got screwed out of $7,652 (including wire fees) and we learned our lesson. Please don’t let this happen to you. Philip Simon Redweek Member Attachment(s) Scan_Pic0001.jpg
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