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| Destination Services, LLC Worlwide Destination Services, LLC Took money from me, promising to send out later a large check. Las Vegas, Nevada |
| 2nd of Jan, 2012 by User401538 |
| Fraudulent 'exchange brokerage company' Destination Services made several phone calls from phone number (951)603-5007 on 12/12, 12/14, and 12/16/2012. A receptionist with a heavy latin accent put through to someone by name of Jayson Marcello, Verification Officer, and he advised me that as a timeshare owner for many years, I had accumulated 6 bonus weeks that they (Destination Services) could rent for me at $3600.00 per week, plus they would also pay $750.00 for the 2012 maintenance fees; That I would have to pay upfront fees of $199.00 per week for the exchange operation of their clients (to a timeshare resort in Cancun, Mexico). At the time, I was not able to get through to my timeshare company, to consult this operation. I fell to the scheme, so I gave my credit card info over the phone and on 12/19/2011 my credit card was charged $598.00 by Gill's Secretarial Services and $597.00 by Triple Ace Enterprise FL. After finally consulting with my timeshare company I understood that this was a scam. I filed claims with my bank and got my money back. On 12/21/2011 I tried to call Destination Services, but the original phone number was disconnected. On 12/22/2011 Tanya Edwards from Destination Services called me to advise me that my check was being prepared to be sent by Fedex, but apologized and said that there was a little delay. She also said their phone number had been changed to (530)217-6015, and when I inquired about Jayson Marcello she told me that he no longer worked there. I told her that I did not want any further business with them and that I knew they were conducting fraudulent transactions. However, on 12/29/2012 the scammers called me twice and left a message that the transactions had not gone through properly and that they would try again to withdraw the funds from my account. I was also prompted to call back on 1/06/2012 to finalize the transaction. |
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I had a similar experience with the repeated phone calls over the last two days offering me $3, 600 plus maintenance allowance of $750. Although I wanted to check them out first and didn't give them my credit card number.
I researched the company online and although they swear they are listed with the Better Business Bureau the only listing for Destination Services is a Timeshare resale company started in Las Vegas, Nevada whose BBB file opened in 11/28/11. They ARE NOT accredited by the BBB as they say. Their website says they are in St. Charles, MI. When I asked them where they were located they gave me an address in Auburn CA. They said they've been in business for 10 years all under the name "Destination Services" but the web shows a legitimate company called Destination Services Corporation, but they're based out of Colorado and don't do trips to Cancun, MX which is what the people on the phone were trying to get me to switch my timeshare for, and have nothing to do with timeshares. All of this sounds very sketchy.
I would discourage anyone from doing business with this company. (Note: a search of WW Destination Services brings up a lot of links about timeshare scams- maybe a new incarnation of that fraudulant company?) |
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We received a call from Destination Services from Sacramento CA. (530) 217-6051. We got the same pitch--they'll pay $750 maintenance fee, we pay $199 exchange fee and transfer points from RCI to them. In return we would receive $3600 rental per week. Said they had been registered with BBB, but decided not to renew their membership.
They claimed they were working on a conference being held in Cancun by Meinhardt Engineering Group and needed accomodations for people attending. I requested email information, which was never received.
I asked if they had any legal claims against them. I was put on hold so she could check with the legal dept. The so-called legal dept. said that after the offer was processed, we could check for claims. DUH!
Our caller ID showed Gresham (971) 220-1183, (503) 912-8219, (503-908477). Needless to say, we didn't fall for this scam. Normally I would check out the company, but at the time we were dealing with my elderly mother and aunt and didn't investigate, so I blame myself.
However, last year we were scammed by Vacation Station in FL. They had a buyer (full price) for our unit. Papers and telephone calls were exchanged, blah, blah, blah. We used our credit card for $300 or so. Finally they sent the name of the buyer who lived in England and had to leave immediately. We then sent them a certified check for about $700 for settlement. That was the end of that scam. We were able to dispute the $300 charge, but lost the money sent by certified check.
I wrote to the Attorney General's office, the BBB, the local police fraud unit, got bounced from one place to another and ended up with NO HELP. I even called the store where they rented a P.O. box under one of the names given during negotiations. The only way to get the name of the person renting the box was to have the police request it.
Several years ago we owned a packing and shipping store and rented mailboxes. The renter had to provide information to the P.O. which had to be verified. I would think it would be considered "mail fraud which is a federal offense. Brought this info to the attn. of the police--STILL NO HELP. |
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I got similar call from a "Robin Ruiz" from Destination Services LLC on 3/30/12 and offered $8700 for two weeks of time from my timeshare including $1500 to make up 2 years of maintenance fees for a total of $398, When she asked for a credit card number for the first half of the $398 I insisted that I would need to check their website, better biz bureau, etc. and if they checked out I'd give her a call back. The website she gave me is not up and the only thing I could find in Google were these scam reports.
I feel fortunate to only have lost a little time and no money. |
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