Recommendations for timeshare owners regarding cold-calling and online video sales (‘Zoom meetings’) Timeshare owners have been contacting KwikChex regarding approaches made to them via cold-calling and online video meetings by businesses seeking to sell timeshare exit and compensation services. In many cases, they have been persuaded to sign contracts and often pay significant fees immediately. […]
Consumers have advised that they are increasingly being cold called by people that initially identify themselves as KwikChex or a purported ‘official authority’. They have claimed to be from (for example), The Timeshare Council’ or consumer protection organisations or law firms or court representatives, citing supposed cases that have already taken place which entitle the consumers called to […]
Whilst the initiatives being worked on between KwikChex and EUROC are still in their early stages, there are already timeshare owners making use of the free assistance. Both EUROC and KwikChex have been contacted by owners that have had access to the online advice and the appropriate assistance is being provided – and valuable information […]
Timeshare owners have been reporting ever-increasing numbers of unsolicited approaches from rogue businesses. In response, EUROC, the European Resort Owners Coalition has asked KwikChex to provide additional resources to tackle the problem and help increase protection for owners. If you have had an unsolicited contact by phone, email or SMS and are concerned as to […]
Further to recent general warnings and advice from KwikChex about increased activities by scammers, we are now receiving specific reports of attempts at defrauding timeshare owners. The latest attempts at scamming timeshare owners involve phone callers falsely telling Hilton Grand Vacations owners in the UK that the business is going into liquidation and offering services […]
KwikChex has been receiving requests for information from owners as to what the policies will be of timeshare companies / resorts should owners not be able to enjoy the benefits of ownership due to the coronavirus emergency. We have already seen individual, positive examples of how this is being handled and so in the first […]
Chris Emmins, director and co-founder of KwikChex led a session on consumer protection and law enforcement at the first EUROC seminar held in Sutton Coldfield in September. The session – conducted as a part of the KwikChex-managed Timeshare Task Force initiatives included information on the rights of timeshare owners, including fair contracts and the battle […]
Yahoo Finance, 21st August 2019 The recent presentation of a ‘Hero Award’ by the Chartered Institute of Trading Standards (CTSI) to online investigations and verification business KwikChex highlighted the value of the private sector in fighting what has been an inexorable rise in fraud Since 2010, KwikChex has been fighting battles to help prevent harm […]
Credits: CTSI (www.tradingstandards.uk) 26/06/2019 ‘Investigation and verification service provider, KwikChex, has earned a prestigious Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) Hero Award for its continuous work and passionate commitment on behalf of consumers, particularly around timeshare scams.’ ‘KwikChex has established a free and effective online help service for consumers the Timeshare Task Force, a helpline aimed […]
We are aware that European Consumer Claims / ECC is deceitfully using / ‘hijacking’ the KwikChex name within a domain name / website they have set up. They are also paying for Google Adverts to promote it. They seek to discourage consumers from using the free services KwikChex provides to consumers – and to promote […]
