Tag: Consumer Advocacy

• FTC Issues Annual Report to Congress on Agency’s Actions to Protect Older Adults

  Read about the latest report to Congress on protecting older adults, highlighting key trends based on fraud reports by older […]

  October 20, 2023

  News & Updates

  About Timeshares, Consumer Advocacy

• Federal Judge’s Findings Shed Light on Wesley Financial’s True Business Practices

  For more than a decade, Wesley Financial (Wesley) has marketed itself as a third-party timeshare exit company that can assist […]

  September 12, 2023

  News & Updates

  Consumer Advocacy, Safe Exiting Tips, Timeshare Exit Companies

• Dave Ramsey faces $150 million lawsuit for promoting company accused of fraud

  Dave Ramsey, a well-known radio host, and personal finance guru, faces a $150 million lawsuit for promoting a timeshare exit […]

  June 5, 2023

  News & Updates

  Consumer Advocacy, Exit Scam, Safe Exiting Tips

• 4 Things to Understand About Exiting Your Timeshare Contract

  ARDA, the trade association representing the timeshare industry, has teamed up with Lisa Ann Schreier, a/k/a The Timeshare Crusader, to […]

  January 4, 2023

  Consumer Advisory

  About Timeshares, Consumer Advocacy, Safe Exiting Tips, Timeshare Exit Companies

• Eastern District of Louisiana Takes Part in Department’s Wide-Ranging Efforts to Protect Older Adults

  The Justice Department announced the results of its efforts to protect older adults from fraud and exploitation. The department also […]

  October 11, 2022

  News & Updates

  Consumer Advocacy, Exit Scam, Safe Exiting Tips

• Alaska Attorney General Action Against Fraudulent Timeshare Exit Company Serves as Warning to Consumers

  With the recent lawsuit filed by Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor against seven corporations and eight individuals who are alleged […]

  July 18, 2022

  Consumer Advisory

  Consumer Advocacy, Exit Scam, Timeshare Exit Companies

• Legal Action by Missouri Attorney General Schmitt Against Timeshare Exit Companies Serves as Warning to Consumers

  For Immediate Release  |  6/21/2022 Contact: Sarah Bascom  |  Kelsey Deasy ARDA-ROC Reminds Timeshare Owners to Talk to Their Developer […]

  June 21, 2022

  Consumer Advisory

  Consumer Advocacy, Exit Scam, Timeshare Exit Companies

• AG Ferguson: Reed Hein to pay $2.61 million to resolve timeshare exit scheme lawsuit

  AG Bob Ferguson announces that timeshare exit company, Reed Hein & Associates LLC, must stop its timeshare exit practices and […]

  September 29, 2021

  News & Updates

  Consumer Advocacy, Exit Scam

• Large Timeshare Exit Companies Oppose Legislation That Protects Consumers

  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.

  March 11, 2019

  Consumer Advisory

  Consumer Advocacy, Timeshare Exit Companies

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

  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.

  September 13, 2018

  Consumer Advisory

  Consumer Advocacy, Timeshare Exit Companies