TUGBrian
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http://www.wftv.com/news/news/local/woman-arrested-accused-defrauding-timeshare-owners/nWFkP/
love that they are getting after the smaller fish too.
love that they are getting after the smaller fish too.
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More Scammers arrested!
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"According to documents, Beard would call and tell the victims she found a buyer for their timeshare but needed money for closing costs. She would then promise to send the victims a check once the timeshare was sold."
Maybe this should be a sticky. This question is asked many time here on the BBS.
This should clear it up for those who don't already know.
Maybe this should be a sticky. This question is asked many time here on the BBS.
This should clear it up for those who don't already know.
Rent_Share
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This makes it available long after the news link is broken
IMHO there should be a Sticky in the Buy/Sell Section with just quotes from External sources of arrests from the fraud to refer to when the daily question comes in. Moderator could highlight the key elements in the Quoted article
Make so only Mods can reply and be nothing but a list of the same crime being committed
http://www.wftv.com/news/news/local/woman-arrested-accused-defrauding-timeshare-owners/nWFkP/ said:
Denise Beard
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. —
A woman who investigators said is the ringleader behind a national timeshare scheme is now in Orange County Jail.
Denise Beard was arrested after she was turned in by someone who reportedly helped her run the scheme, according to investigators.
Investigators said she took the money of 36 victims across the country. Some of them owned timeshares in Florida.
Court records show Beard, from New York, pocketed more than $60,000 in an elaborate telemarketing scheme.
The court documents obtained by WFTV on Monday said the victims lost anywhere from $400 to $3,000.
According to documents, Beard would call and tell the victims she found a buyer for their timeshare but needed money for closing costs. She would then promise to send the victims a check once the timeshare was sold.
Beard promised to sell 36 timeshares across the United States, including nine in Florida, six in Nevada and also in South Carolina, New Jersey and on the the West Coast, according to documents.
WFTV first learned of the timeshare story in December when Orange County investigators arrested Michelle Lee.
According to court documents, Lee told investigators about Beard and explained how the whole scam worked.
Investigators said Beard was operating the scheme without a telemarketer's license.
According to investigators she also faces charges of grand theft and multiple counts of scheme to defraud.
IMHO there should be a Sticky in the Buy/Sell Section with just quotes from External sources of arrests from the fraud to refer to when the daily question comes in. Moderator could highlight the key elements in the Quoted article
Make so only Mods can reply and be nothing but a list of the same crime being committed
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Phill12
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Great news! Send them all to jail and help clean up timesharing.
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I wish they'd get the outfits that keep calling our house. I'll get off the list for a little while, then......they're back. Really gets annoying after a while.
I guess I'm going to have to remember to engage them in a converstation as to why we love timeshare again. I kept one on the phone for 10 or 15 minutes debating the great value of owning a timeshare and the wonderful vacations we've taken before he finally realized I was keeping him on the phone just to keep him on the phone. We didn't get another call for several weeks after that converstation. Now, they've started up again.
Maybe what I should do is look up all the cases of scammers going to jail. I could then begin by telling them...."Did you hear about this timeshare reseller who went to jail?" And just keep going listing jailbird after jailbird until they give up.
I guess I'm going to have to remember to engage them in a converstation as to why we love timeshare again. I kept one on the phone for 10 or 15 minutes debating the great value of owning a timeshare and the wonderful vacations we've taken before he finally realized I was keeping him on the phone just to keep him on the phone. We didn't get another call for several weeks after that converstation. Now, they've started up again.
Maybe what I should do is look up all the cases of scammers going to jail. I could then begin by telling them...."Did you hear about this timeshare reseller who went to jail?" And just keep going listing jailbird after jailbird until they give up.