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Vacation scams study materials

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A fraudulent receipt used by scammers as part of a vacation package scam:

Source: Consumer reports to BBB

 

A fraudulent confirmation notice used by scammers as part of a vacation package scam:

Source: Consumer reports to BBB

 

Fraudsters offer high prices to entice timeshare owners into fake sales. Once they have paid, the scammer disappears:

Source: Consumer reports to BBB

 

Scammers use official looking language and contracts to fool consumers into believing fake purchase agreements are real:

Source: Consumer reports to BBB

 

Once a fraudster has stolen money, they will continue to come back for more. This letter, another fake, was sent more than a year after a scammer convinced a consumer to hand over cash as part of a fraudulent timeshare sale:

Source: Consumer reports to BBB

 

Scammers use delay tactics to string along victims:

Source: Consumer reports to BBB

 

A scammer uses fake rewards to entice a timeshare owner into joining a timeshare swap network. Once the consumer sent a downpayment, the fraudster disappeared:

Source: Consumer reports to BBB