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We have received many requests for help from
American, Canadian and other tourists who were victimized at timeshare and
vacation package sales presentations while on vacation in Mexico. Some
of the biggest offers are: Mayan Palace (Grupo Mayan), The Great Vacation
Club (formerly Discover the Dream), Sunset Group Resorts, Pueblo Bonito
Sunset Beach, Pueblo Bonita Monte Cristo, Hacienda Encantada, Krystal
International, El Cid Vacation Club, and Playa Grande. Visit our
Common Complaints webpage to see some of the typical complaints that
other tourists have. --------NEW
APPROACH TO FIGHTING MEXICAN TIMESHARE FRAUD ----------
In our continuing fight against Mexican Timeshare Fraud we
have found a new friend and his name is RICO.
No he is not a Mexican Lawyer, RICO is the
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act, 18 U.S.C. 1961.
Whether you have cancelled your contract and the resort is refusing to
refund your money, or you are finding out that the representations and
promising made at the sales presentation were lies, RICO may be able to help
you. Read About RICO in our exclusive News Story, "RICO may be your
best Friend".
------------- IMPORTANT NOTICE ------------
If you cancel your timeshare contract and you do not
follow my exact directions on the REFUNDS page, do not email me asking "What
can I do, the resort is not refunding my money?". If you do not
follow directions there is little I can do to help you. Also, if you
are afraid of being mean, just pay the timeshare and forget it. You
are going to have to fight these crocks and if you do not have the stomach
to stand up for yourself, no one else is going to do it. Read the REFUNDS
directions, use my form letter, read the NEWS story about the guy who
beat his credit card company, and read Kurt's Story and Stopping Ryan story
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IMPORTANT CHANGE TO MESCAM WEBSITE
We are adding an advice column
to our website. In the past I have been repeating myself numerous time to
everyone who writes me with their problems. I am now going to post the
emails I receive along with the advice I give people. Hopefully if you
have a problem, you will find it answered in my
advice column.
April 12, 2012.
MESCAM Success Story.
I just
wanted to write to say that I cannot thank you enough. My sister and I went to
Cabo in February 2013, and I was naive to the whole timeshare scam situation
down there. I was scammed to the tune of $5000 by Pueblo Bonito Sunset Beach
into buying their Passport package,
(read the full details)
MESCAM as
Preventive Medicine
Oct. 2012 -
Finally for the first time we have received notification from a reader that
he has read our website before vacationing in Mexico and he will not become
a victim of Mexican Timeshare Fraud.
(read the full details)
Mexican Government adds new Timeshare laws
March 17, 2010. -
The Mexican Government issued the Mexican Official Standard
NOM-029-SCFI-2010 which establishes new business practice standards for
timeshares.
(read the full details)
American tourist beats credit card company.
April 2010 - Finally one of the
many people who has emailed us for help has taken a stand against the credit
card companies who make a profit from you getting screwed by these Mexican
Timeshare resorts. Mr. L filed a small claims lawsuit against
BankAmericard based on the fact that he cancelled his contract within the 5
days allowed by Mexican law, and the resort's continued effort to charge his
account amounted to fraud. Since BAC did nothing to stop the fraud,
Mr. L's argument was that BAC was in breach of their credit card contract.
(read the full details)
New Timeshare Scam
The timeshare
companies have come up with a new scam to prevent you from exercising your legal
rights to cancel within 5 days. This scam is mostly reported in use at the
Sunset Group Resorts. The scam revolves around lying to you that your
contract is cancelled when it IS NOT, and delaying until you are outside of the
5 day period and can not cancel.
(read the full details)
Mayan Palace attempts
to shutdown MESCAM Website
Mayan Palace has
hired Lynn T. Galuppo of the law firm Cox, Castle & Nicholson in an attempt to
shutdown the MESCAM website because of our efforts to help US tourists and warn
them of the unscrupulous practices of Mexican timeshare resorts.
(read the full details)
Victims fight back
against Mayan Palace and win substantial refund.
June, 2006.
--- U.S. and Canadian citizens banded together and used the power of the
internet to force Mayan Palace to the bargaining table and won refunds against
contracts that were 6,12, and more months old. This represents the first
time that victims of Mayan Palace's aggressive timeshare sales presentation have
teamed up as an organized group and won.
(read the full details)
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Poor Little Kurt Murat from
Pueblo Bonito Sunset Beach Resorts
This article is about how to respond to the timeshare company when they
refuse to comply with your cancellation letter or they try to put conditions
on your cancellation. On August 26, 2015 MESCAM received an email from
Miguel and Susana Daboub who were attempting to cancel their timeshare
purchase at Pueblo Bonito Sunset Beach Resort. The Daboub's first
contacted us when the resort tried to say that the couple had to return
their "FREE" gifts if they wanted to cancel their contract. MESCAM
emailed the couple back and copied Pueblo Bonito's Sales Director Kurt Murat
on our response. Kurt took offense to some of the advice we
provided to the Daboubs, and made the mistake of deciding to pick a fight
with MESCAM. Following is the script of the various emails that were
exchanged. It is important to note the advice MESCAM gives to the
Dabouds throughout the email exchanges on how to fight these timeshare
companies through the US court system and how this advice infuriates Kurt.
Unfortunately "Little Kurt" does come up in the discussion (although Little
Kurt is not a big subject), so if this subject matter offends you, please
skip this article.
How to stop Ryan from Hacienda Encantada, Cabo
San Lucas This is a how to guide about what to do if you cancel your contract within the
required 5 working days and the timeshare company refuses to refund your
money. We are using the example of William (not real name) who
purchased a timeshare at Hacienda Encantada in Cabo San Lucas and is dealing
with Ryan the sale manager. We have actually been through the
timeshare presentation at Hacienda Encantada a couple of years ago. We
of course did not buy and we were in and out in under two hours. We
could have been out earlier, but we were there with our neighbor and they
took longer to "just say no". I did screw up on this visit since
we only got one fishing trip for the two of us. If you go to any of
these presentations, you should demand at least the equivalent of $300 USD
in payment for your time. Now read the story of what William needs to
do to stop Ryan from Hacienda Encantada and learn the exact steps to take if
the timeshare refuses to comply with Mexican law and refund your money after
you legally cancelled the contract. |
