I worked at a timeshare SCAM....I want to tell you about it.

Hi I found this page after a google search for time share scams. Vacation Marketing Group and Vector Financial Systems have scammed us out of over $500,000.

This process has taken almost 1-1/2 years and 100s of hours of phone calls and emails and letters, including "Statements" from banks and other organizations that appeared real but were not.

It started with a call to buy our timeshare, but we had to pay Mexican taxes and fees before the anonymous 'buyer' cancelled the deal, leaving us the the cost of 'unwinding' it.

Then it became a business deal where we could buy timeshares with the broker cheap and resell them at a huge profit. I was promised millions.

Months of back and forth phone calls asking for more money and getting more empty promises. We are in our 80s and it's been mentally exhausting.

I was asked to pay another $150,000 to get my money back. I had to sell my rental property and my condo but only cleared $38,000. Surprisingly they said that was enough and took that, too.

I've been waiting for months to get my money back and am not literally broke, I have nothing left.

In hindsight I should've known it was too good to be true, but there was just enough real stuff to keep me convinced despite some friends and family telling me it was an obvious scam. And it is.

We are now living in my son's basement while my husband is trying to find work. This is in sharp contrast to the comfort we had of retirement with savings and rental income.

I have filed a report with the FBI and would like to spread the word that other people should beware of the following:

Vector Financial Systems Abraham Goldman

Vacation Marketing Group Michael Martin Robert Mackintosh Greg Morris

Please help us spread the word so other people don't get robbed of their life's savings and hard work.

Mary and Mark Carson, CA USA

Sorry to hear about your loss. Sadly, stories like this appear on these boards quite frequently. Believe me, you're not the only one who's fallen for these timeshare-related scams.

Filing a report with the FBI is a good start although I don't know if you'll be able to get your money back seeing that these clowns who scammed you are probably in Mexico.

And we also try to emphasize on these boards, it doesn't matter what the name of the company is. Anyone who contacts you unexpectedly regarding selling, renting out, marketing, or "cancelling" your timeshare with an offer that's too good to be true is a scammer.

I’m so sorry this happened to you. Good people like yourselves are being hurt every day and the FBI can’t keep up with all the new scams. Some of my dear friends just lost $150,000 to a scam that started out legit and someone hacked in. It’s time for change in our country we need someone who know what they are doing in the whitehouse!

marye1152 wrote:

Hi I found this page after a google search for time share scams. Vacation Marketing Group and Vector Financial Systems have scammed us out of over $500,000.

This process has taken almost 1-1/2 years and 100s of hours of phone calls and emails and letters, including "Statements" from banks and other organizations that appeared real but were not.

It started with a call to buy our timeshare, but we had to pay Mexican taxes and fees before the anonymous 'buyer' cancelled the deal, leaving us the the cost of 'unwinding' it.

Then it became a business deal where we could buy timeshares with the broker cheap and resell them at a huge profit. I was promised millions.

Months of back and forth phone calls asking for more money and getting more empty promises. We are in our 80s and it's been mentally exhausting.

I was asked to pay another $150,000 to get my money back. I had to sell my rental property and my condo but only cleared $38,000. Surprisingly they said that was enough and took that, too.

I've been waiting for months to get my money back and am not literally broke, I have nothing left.

In hindsight I should've known it was too good to be true, but there was just enough real stuff to keep me convinced despite some friends and family telling me it was an obvious scam. And it is.

We are now living in my son's basement while my husband is trying to find work. This is in sharp contrast to the comfort we had of retirement with savings and rental income.

I have filed a report with the FBI and would like to spread the word that other people should beware of the following:

Vector Financial Systems Abraham Goldman

Vacation Marketing Group Michael Martin Robert Mackintosh Greg Morris

Please help us spread the word so other people don't get robbed of their life's savings and hard work.

Mary and Mark Carson, CA USA