Financial Mail on Sunday journalist, Tony Hetherington, has written of his recent investigation into JSD Group Limited, a claims firm which has been cold calling timeshare owners offering to assist with compensation claims for mis-sold timeshare, even when consumers have successfully exited their timeshare decades before. It seems that timeshare claims aren’t the only cases […]
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. […]
Complex issues have arisen related to administration and insolvency of a small number of timeshare businesses. These have in the main affected only sales and marketing operations, but not the operations of the resorts themselves and owners will still (subject to Covid-19 restrictions) be able to enjoy the use of their timeshares. This has been […]
Timeshare owners are reporting emails attempting to scam them over fake claim awards Emails are being sent to timeshare owners claiming that they have been awarded large sums in the Spanish courts. These emails claim to come from Banco de España but are clearly an attempt at defrauding timeshare owners, using a false email address […]
KwikChex has received reports of a new cold-caller phoning from UK number 01792825993 and calling itself the ‘Consumer Council’. This is the latest version of fake consumer organisation cold calls. In addition to obvious data breaches, they are also giving false information to consumers. KwikChex is currently operating an initiative via the Timeshare Task Force, an […]
KwikChex has received details of a warning and advice from the South West Regional Organised Crime Unit UK police. This is related to ongoing matters concerning an investigation into a number of businesses. It makes specific mention of the following: Fake Citizens Advice referrals ABC Lawyers Monster Credits Staycation Lodges Fraudulent claims of existing legal […]
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 […]
Further actions have taken place in a criminal case that KwikChex supported with evidence gained from investigations and consumer reports. Frank Madden was previously sentenced to 40 months imprisonment for operating a bogus holiday discount club scam and has now been ordered to pay back £20,000 and had further banning orders imposed. Read the article […]
Credits: The Mirror, By Andrew Penman, 14/02/19 Shut down: the company that took upfront fees from people desperate escape timeshare traps ‘International Timeshare Refund Action liquidated after ignoring court judgment’ ‘When ITRA ignored the judgment they took the case to the High Court to have it shut down, assisted by Kwikchex, an online business verification […]
