Performance asset-management , company out of Chicago

Anyone have any dealings with this bunch? Suspecting I have been scammed, they have a slick website , slick pitch, and claim that Telmex is their client buying up timeshare properties as a tax writeoff...they require wires to a supposed escrow company in puerto Vallarta for "SAT " taxes and Mexican federal taxes, and show you mex govt website that requires these payments prior to sales fund release.

Would appreciate any feedback.

clintp5 wrote:

Anyone have any dealings with this bunch? Suspecting I have been scammed, they have a slick website , slick pitch, and claim that Telmex is their client buying up timeshare properties as a tax writeoff...they require wires to a supposed escrow company in puerto Vallarta for "SAT " taxes and Mexican federal taxes, and show you mex govt website that requires these payments prior to sales fund release.

Would appreciate any feedback.

I certainly hope that you haven't sent them (or the MX gov any money) ..... if so, you've been had .... it's a scam.

It's definitely a scam. Don't send them any money it will disappear along with the scammers.

clintp5 wrote:

...and show you mex govt website that requires these payments prior to sales fund release.

Would appreciate any feedback.

What exactly is this website?

These scam artists are sure getting slimier and slimier. By the way, even if it were true that the Mexican Government required these taxes to be paid, the payment would come out of the sale of the proceeds. The seller should not and would not pay out of his pocket.

Think about this. If the check is supposedly sitting there waiting for the seller but he can't receive it until these taxes are paid, what would happen to that check (and the timeshare) if the taxes were not paid?

website was www.sat.gob.mx, had to click on english version 2 times.

If it is a scam, any idea on legal action that could be taken?

lancec13 wrote:

clintp5 wrote:

...and show you mex govt website that requires these payments prior to sales fund release.

Would appreciate any feedback.

What exactly is this website?

These scam artists are sure getting slimier and slimier. By the way, even if it were true that the Mexican Government required these taxes to be paid, the payment would come out of the sale of the proceeds. The seller should not and would not pay out of his pocket.

Think about this. If the check is supposedly sitting there waiting for the seller but he can't receive it until these taxes are paid, what would happen to that check (and the timeshare) if the taxes were not paid?

Their website is www.performanceasset-management.com. And yes the do look like they are trying to scam you. They've been trying to call me for over 3 months nearly everyday.