New timeshare scam alert for Creative Vacation Solutions!

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Couple Burned In Alleged Condo-Selling Scam - cbs2chicago.com

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There is no end to those who ask for money up front to sell a timeshare and there is no end to those willing to give money up front to get rid of their timeshare. If people would just think about what they're about to do and, would they pay money up front to sell their house, their car, a boat or a motor home, they'd save themselves a LOT of aggrivation. I guess the real problem lies in people believing their timeshare is actually real property and should appreciate in value just like a home or a full ownership condo might. No one does any research despite the Internet and search engines being such easy things to use.

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A new article states that three managers of this scam have now been indicted for defrauding more than $30 million.

...Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that on August 16, 2011, Ryan Brazel, 31, Brian Morris, 45, and Steven Folan, 34, all of Palm Beach County, Florida, were named in a thirteen count indictment charging them with one count of Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud and Wire Fraud, and twelve counts of Mail Fraud. The Indictment alleges that the three were involved in a telemarketing scam which operated in Florida, and that the scam bilked over 22,000 victims of $30 million dollars. The Indictment alleges that the scam victimized consumers in all fifty states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, all ten Canadian provinces, and the Northwest Territory of Canada. ..