Scambusters launched on the 12th June 2006 and since launch the website has received almost 500,000 hits and almost 300,000 downloads of files. There are a lot of scammed people out there and more new companies are springing up ready to defraud you, Keep your letters and emails coming, contact me Tony Sedgwick tell me your story and let me publish it, with or without your name to encourage more scammed owners to make the effort to try to get their money back, many tens of thousands of pounds have been clawed back or paid back to owners already with our help don't let the scamsters win. The New Enforcement Network to combat Cross Border Fraud is now in place and is actively looking at many frauds, including Timeshare, Scambusters is helping the MEPs to achieve success. There will also be an end to up front fees in new Timeshare Legislation in Europe but not till 2010. Be cautious who you deal with out there.

 

 

Solutions - To What?

This website is the solution to many things. The first thing we have the solution to is Timeshare Scam Companies who take your money on the promise of selling your timeshare or they tell you that they have a buyer, but they do not, and when you try to get your money back, you can't.

However, we have the solution.

First Step. We have researched and provided as much of the regulations and full instructions on how to use them on our website as you will need, and on the legislation page there is lots of useful tips and suggestions.  Remember everything on here has been done by someone.  Mrs Margaret Mills (from the UK) phoned me on the 7th June to tell me that Barclaycard were refunding her money based on the information that we supplied to that bank. This was the last call Tony Sedgwick Received before he concluded his winding down after being made redundant from ITRA.

We serve no one but you the timeshare owner.  We are owned by no one and we have a burning passion to help owners get their fees back from companies who took your money illegally and who think it is fun and who also think that they have the right to take your money.

We will be informing the Office of Fair Trading, The Fraud Squad and other official bodies as we accumulate information about the scamsters. A number of Banks have agreed that the methods of taking fees from people were Fraudulent and have refunded fees taken by the Misrepresentation of ETOO/Club Class and supported by ITRA Sales People), amongst them are; Barclays (who have informed the Serious Fraud Squad in the UK), NatWest, Cooperative Bank, Halifax, Morgan Stanley, Royal Bank of Canada (Jersey), Lloyds TSB, Nationwide.

You, the timeshare owner, sick of the scams, can judge for yourself.  All the scam companies want are your fees and nothing else.  They try to force you into buying additional products, such as membership of a Holiday Club for another fee, and they have no intention of selling your timeshare.

Our slogan is Consumer Protection through Legislation and there is much of it on this website for you to use to try and force these companies to give your illegally obtained fees back, or failing that, a refund from the credit card companies themselves, because under the Consumer Credit Act, Section 75, they are Equally Liable, for any Breaches of Contract, or Misrepresentation.  But you have to have enough evidence to produce to them to convince them. And, for you who have been told by your credit card company that you are out of time.  There is no time limit in the legislation.  You are never out of time.

The owners of these scam companies lead very expensive life styles, living on your fees and all at your expense and they expect their staff to work for pennies whilst they pocket hundreds of thousands of pounds of your money to fuel their expensive lifestyles, and they are not alone, dozens of companies have jumped on that particular bandwagon and are raking it in, all at your expense.  

Now is the time to act, and together we might be able to injure these timeshare scam companies to such an extent that possibly, just possibly, some good may come out of it.

At the moment even with our help in getting hundreds of thousands of pounds in fees back through the credit card companies, the scam timeshare companies still get to keep the money.  The credit card company ends up refunding your money because they do not want the hassle.  Which is why they tried to get rid of Section 75 of the Consumer Credit Act in the first place.

Thankfully, they failed, the OFT won, and there is still protection available for people who have been scammed by fraudulent timeshare companies in Spain. As an independent body, we here at Scambusters are dedicated to keeping you informed of what legislation is in place to protect you and your investment.

What is interesting is that in the first half of 2006, some of these scam companies have been forced to change their terms and conditions, not because they have been brought into line with the legislation, no such luck, no, but because we have hurt them where it matters, in the pocket. 

They are trying to wriggle out of the way and carry on scamming by changing the wording of their letters and contracts to you, to fool you, the long suffering timeshare owner into believing they are genuine, whilst retaining carefully worded clauses that still allow them to keep your fee.

The author and motivator behind this website has been threatened with physical violence if he exposes any part of their scam and threats of legal action to force this website off the internet to prevent us from telling you the truth and exposing them.

Second Step. Now you know the truth, help me stop the scamsters. If you have paid money to a timeshare resale company and they have not sold your timeshare, you need to order my money back guide and follow the instructions and recover your fees and don't forget to email me with the result. You can view a list of the scam companies we have evidence on and can prove they are scam companies, just click on the blue underlined link to take you to the Scam Companies page.

I want to know of your success, just put the word scam in the subject window on your email with a brief message.

Timeshare Scams - How to get your money back

If you sincerely want to get your money back from a timeshare resale company who scammed you, click on the link below.

Timeshare Scams - How to get your money back

If you want to know more about how timeshare scams work Click here

 

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