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Diamond Resorts & Timeshare Owners Warn of Newton Group & DC Capital Law’s Timeshare ‘Exit’ Scams

Published on: September 15, 2020   |   By: Diamond Resorts

Nightmare on “Exit” Street: According to Lawsuit Filed by Diamond Resorts, Couple Paid So-Called Timeshare Cancellation Companies Thousands of Dollars & Received No Legitimate Service, Only Financial Ruin
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Colorado Division of Real Estate warns of timeshare scams

Published on: August 21, 2020   |   By: The Longmont Leader

NEWS RELEASE | COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF REGULATORY AGENCIES | In the current version of the scam, timeshare owners are cold-called, mailed or emailed solicitations from an unlicensed business entity purporting to be a full-service property…
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BBB Warning: Consumers lost thousands of dollars to timeshare exit company, Square One Development Group, Inc.

Published on: July 7, 2020   |   By: BBB of Eastern & Southwest Missouri & Southern Illinois

Consumers use extreme caution when doing business with Square One Development Group and their related entities! Another reason never to pay up front fees to exit a timeshare.
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Missouri Attorney General Files Suit Against Timeshare Exit Companies

Published on: July 6, 2020   |   By: Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt

Attorney General Schmitt (MO) files another lawsuit against unscrupulous timeshare exit companies. Owners beware of doing business with third parties who want up-front fees to exit your timeshare!
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Wesley Financial Group and Founder Chuck McDowell Sued by Diamond Resorts for Violating Consumer Protection Laws and Scamming Consumers

Published on: June 9, 2020   |   By: PRNewswire -- Diamond Resorts

Lawsuit Accuses Wesley Financial Group of False Advertising and Deceptive Business Practices that Drive Timeshare Owners Into Foreclosure and Financial Ruin
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Timeshare exit companies may be scamming customers

Published on: May 26, 2020   |   By: Reported by Meg Oliver

Timeshares took the vacation industry by storm in the 1970s. But as customers try to get out of their contracts, some are falling prey to companies that take their money but don’t deliver.
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Time for Dave Ramsey to check out of this timeshare exit endorsement

Published on: May 19, 2020   |   By: Bruce Kelly

The radio host touts a business at the center of a lawsuit by Washington state’s attorney general
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Looking to Get Out of a Timeshare? Here’s How to Do It Legally

Published on: May 14, 2020   |   By: Molly McCluskey

US News and World Report Article | From working with the developer to gifting it to a friend, here’s how to safely exit your timeshare contract.
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Diamond Resorts Echoes State Attorneys General and Warns Consumers of Increase in Financial Scams During COVID-19

Published on: May 13, 2020   |   By: PRNewswire -- Diamond Resorts

So-Called ‘Cancellation’ Companies Preying on Timeshare Owners With Misleading Claims and Taking Thousands of Dollars in Fees
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Beware of Scams During COVID-19

Published on: April 23, 2020   |   By: American Resort Development Association

New Infographic Released by the American Resort Development Association (ARDA): Beware of Scams During COVID-19
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Diamond Resorts Announces Key Victory in Fight to Protect Customers from So-Called ‘Timeshare Exit Companies’

Published on: April 13, 2020   |   By: Diamond Resorts

1 Planetmedia Will Cease All Timeshare Exit Services, US Consumer Attorney and Henry Portner, Esq. Barred From Soliciting Diamond Resorts Members
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ARDA-ROC Warns Consumers & Timeshare Owners to Beware of Timeshare Exit Scams During Coronavirus Pandemic

Published on: April 10, 2020   |   By: ARDA-ROC

Washington, D.C. – The ARDA-Resort Owners’ Coalition (ARDA-ROC) today warned consumers and timeshare owners to beware of timeshare exit companies looking to take advantage of them during the COVID-19 pandemic. “ARDA-ROC urges consumers and timeshare…
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Missouri timeshare exit company sued by AG

Published on: February 24, 2020   |   By: Matt Hoffmann

A Platte County man and his business have been sued by the Missouri Attorney General for allegedly defrauding citizens across the state.
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MISSOURI ATTORNEY GENERAL FILES LAWSUIT AGAINST TIMESHARE EXIT COMPANY

Published on: February 12, 2020   |   By: Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt

Today, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced that his office has filed a lawsuit against Martin Management, a timeshare exit company formerly located in Springfield, Missouri, and its owner Steve Martin. Please click here to…
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ARDA-ROC Applauds Washington State Attorney General on Legal Action Against Timeshare Exit Team

Published on: February 7, 2020   |   By: Jason Gamel, ARDA

“Virtually Every Aspect” of Timeshare Exit Team’s Operation Is Exposed as Deceptive and/or Unfair, Impacting Thousands of Consumers Across the US and Canada. The American Resort Development Association – Resort Owners’ Coalition (ARDA-ROC), representing over…
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AG FERGUSON FILES CONSUMER PROTECTION LAWSUIT AGAINST BELLEVUE TIMESHARE EXIT COMPANY

Published on: February 6, 2020   |   By: Washington State Office of the Attorney General

State of Washington Attorney General, Bob Ferguson has filed a lawsuit against Bellevue-based Reed Hein & Associates LLC, alleging numerous unfair or deceptive business practices related to services to “exit” consumers’ timeshares. Reed Hein does…
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ARDA-ROC Applauds Holiday Inn Club Vacations for its Victory in Settlement against Timeshare Exit Team

Published on: January 22, 2020   |   By: ARDA-ROC

WASHINGTON – The American Resort Development Association – Resort Owners’ Coalition (ARDA-ROC), representing over 1.5 million timeshare owners, today applauded the settlement reached by Holiday Inn Club Vacations Incorporated against Timeshare Exit Team, successfully demonstrating…
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Do your homework before you pay someone to get you out of a timeshare deal

Published on: January 6, 2020   |   By: Consumer Reports and Connie Thompson

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Trouble in Timeshare Paradise

Published on: December 19, 2019   |   By: Barbara Peterson

Learn how to avoid common and costly pitfalls. And find out why timeshare ‘exit’ companies may be nothing more than scams.
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Spending: How to get rid of a timeshare

Published on: November 8, 2019   |   By: Patricia Martz Esswein and Kiplinger's Personal Finance

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Company accused of scamming Arkansans looking to sell timeshares

Published on: October 3, 2019   |   By: Ashlei King

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ARDA-ROC: Federal Judge Allows Wyndham Vacation Ownership Cases to Move Forward Against Timeshare Exit Team and Other Exit Companies

Published on: September 27, 2019   |   By: ARDA-ROC

The American Resort Development Association – Resort Owners’ Coalition (ARDA-ROC), representing over 1.5 million timeshare owners, recognizes U.S. District Judge Gregory A. Presnell’s denials of motions to dismiss two separate Wyndham Vacation Ownership (WVO) lawsuits against exit companies.
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Don’t Fall for Timeshare Exit Scams

Published on: September 4, 2019   |   By: Mary Kane

Sketchy firms are targeting older timeshare owners with hollow promises to get them out of their contracts for a hefty upfront fee.
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BBB Warning: Consumers Losing Thousands to Missouri Timeshare Exit Businesses

Published on: July 29, 2019   |   By: Better Business Bureau

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Better Business Bureau Study Highlights Exit Companies’ Fraud Against Timeshare Owners Across the U.S.

Published on: June 26, 2019   |   By: ARDA-ROC

The American Resort Development Association ­— Resort Owner’s Coalition (ARDA-ROC), representing over 1.5 million timeshare owners, recommends that owners read the study issued by the Better Business Bureau (BBB) of Eastern & Southwest Missouri & Southern Illinois, before engaging with any third-party exit or relief company.

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Judge’s Ruling Demonstrates the Pattern of Fraud and Deception Perpetrated by Exit Firms on Unsuspecting Timeshare Owners

Published on: June 11, 2019   |   By: ARDA-ROC

A judge for the United States District Court Middle District of Florida Orlando Division ruled against Mitchell Reed Sussman & Associates, a timeshare exit firm, in the case brought on by Westgate Resorts, a resort developer headquartered in Orlando, Florida.
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Resort Owner’s Coalition Applauds Better Business Bureau of Missouri for Exposing Timeshare Exit Companies’ Fraudulent Practices

Published on: June 7, 2019   |   By: ARDA-ROC

The American Resort Development Association ­— Resort Owner’s Coalition (ARDA-ROC), representing over 1.5 million timeshare owners, recommends that owners read the full report that the Better Business Bureau of Eastern & Southwest Missouri & Southern Illinois issued on June 6, 2019, to better understand the unscrupulous and deceptive practices in the timeshare exit industry. The report cites 700 complaints from 46 states and millions of dollars of losses to consumers.
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Timeshare Exit Trap: Better Business Bureau Study of How Some of Southwest Missouri’s Timeshare Relief Operators Victimized Timeshare Owners Across the U.S.

Published on: June 5, 2019   |   By: Better Business Bureau

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Timeshare Owner’s Coalition Issues Warning About Third-Party Exit Companies

Published on: April 24, 2019   |   By: ARDA-ROC

After events in a courtroom in Fort Lauderdale on April 18, the American Resort Development Association—Resort Owners’ Coalition (ARDA-ROC), representing more than 1.5 million timeshare owners, is reiterating its warning to consumers regarding third-party exit companies.
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Large Timeshare Exit Companies Oppose Legislation That Protects Consumers

Published on: March 11, 2019   |   By: ARDA-ROC

The American Resort Development Association-Resort Owners Coalition (ARDA-ROC), representing more than 1.5 million timeshare owners, strongly supports (FL HB 435/SB 1430), a bill that provides consumers with many of the same protections they are afforded when they originally purchased their timeshare.
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Leader of timeshare fraud scheme sentenced in Las Vegas

Published on: February 27, 2019   |   By: David Ferrara

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2 arrested, accused of defrauding local couple over sale of timeshare home

Published on: February 23, 2019   |   By: Telegraph Herald

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Timeshare Industry Fighting Back to End Exit Fraud: One Major Firm Disbarred and Another Files Bankruptcy

Published on: September 13, 2018   |   By: ARDA-ROC

The timeshare industry, the American Resort Development Association (ARDA) and ARDA Resort Owners’ Coalition (ARDA-ROC), have united to stop the misconduct of those deceiving timeshare owners into paying for illusory timeshare exit services through fraudulent means.
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Timeshare Resale Scam Misrepresentation of Fidelity National Timeshare and ARDA

Published on: July 26, 2018   |   By: ARDA-ROC

The American Resort Development Association (ARDA) and the Resort Owner’s Coalition (ARDA-ROC) have been made aware of fraudulent activity by a group of individuals using the names “Robert Alexander” and “Janet Finklestein” to defraud timeshare owners through improper representation of ARDA staff and Fidelity National Timeshare, a member of ARDA.
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Are timeshares a scam?

Published on: June 21, 2018   |   By: Lisa Ponder

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Timeshare resale scheme preyed on older adults

Published on: May 22, 2018   |   By: Lisa Weintraub Schifferle

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Time’s Up for Florida Operation That Pitched Worthless Timeshare Resale Scheme

Published on: May 4, 2018   |   By: Federal Trade Commission