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Here's more of my story. David Lane, claiming to be a South Koran who sounded very Mexican, called in early March - offering a rather huge price for my Celebrity Park Tower time-share at Vedanta in Nuevo Vallart, MX. I told him that I had been scammed twice before in 2019 and wound send NO MONEY - except the transfer fee which I knew was required by Grand Luxxe - Vidanta. He assured me that nothing else would be asked for. Wow - was I taken for a ride! As is the case with most scams, David and I became "friends." I felt like part of his family. How could I possibly refuse helping him secure such a huge amount of money? When I was unable to send more, he offered to pay half of what was being asked by the Mexican bank. It adds up fast. It wasn't until my local bank and that of my wife refused to wire any more money to Mexico. With all of the fees and penalties that both YPP and I had paid, all of it to be reimbursed by the Canadian company that was the "buyer" the total in the bank account was well over $500,000.00. How could I possibly walk away from that?
When I tried to exercise the cancellation option in the contract my wife and I had signed, the $4,0l00.0 cancellation fee was compounded by the number of moneys we had been negotiating. So they wanted me to pay $24,l000 to cancel - and supposedly get all of my money back.
AS is true of most scams, I was passed to two other persons - a financial guy named Roger Vaccoi and then the "closer" named Donald Davis. It's obvious from reading other descriptions that YPP is a huge collection of "brokers" who are all in the scamming business.
I had a hard time getting away from Donald. He told me it was his job to make sure that I was "happy." I'm pretty good at writing strong letters - and I finally told him that the only thing that would "make me happy" was to find my money back in my account! NO MORE WIRE TRANSFERS TO MEXICO.
I'm going to see if there is some way I can take legal action against this company.
The persons I engaged with initially are James Lodi (broker) and his boss Vincent Palacio, a Managing Director. "Legal" documents all came from a Samantha Fox, the Financial Officer. Finally, once I stopped paying, a Joseph Kain contacted me, yet another Managing Director. He is likely their closer, and is a smooth talker. Both Samantha and Joseph are referred to in comments by other people here.
The whole procedure was convincing in the beginning for the following reasons:
- James, Vincent and Joseph all provided NY broker licenses. They also provided the license of the company. While they check out online, licenses can be stolen or faked.
- The legal agreement is followed by recorded agreement reading conducted by yet another Managing Director, Douglas Jones.
- They provide a Foreign Investment Permit along with RFCs (equivalent to US SS#s).
- They provide Mexico SAT (equivalent to US IRS) statements for additional "COVID-19" taxes that were stamped once payment was received from me.
- They provide a Bank Statement from Citibanamex where so called buyer Junichi Masuda deposited sale amount and compensated for additional tax payments. They provide a phone # which you can call to verify.
- They provide a phone # for the Mexico SAT Office of Foreign Depositors. According to them foreigners must deal with SAT through this office.
- They provide references for *each* stage of the process whom you can call to verify that these people received their money.
No one will pick up the phone # directly. You have to leave your account info and they will get back to you. This probably gives them time to prepare the response.
DON'T FALL FOR ANY OF THIS SOPHISTICATION.
The fact that this is a scam is established by the following facts.
- First and foremost, I haven't been paid. And they've stopped contacting me.
- The RFC # on each of the SAT statements for the legal expeditor, Jose MacDonald Torres is invalid.
- I contacted the SAT office - they told me my wife and my RFC # was invalid. They also confirmed the statement from Customs was invalid as well as previous stamped receipts. btw, you can query RFCs online at sat.gob.mx.
- The bank to which I did the transfers in Mexico has been unable to contact the account owner, meaning it is not an official SAT account.
- There is a comment on BBB that states that they are *not* located at 1251 Avenue of the Americas as claimed.
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BOTTOM LINE
- If the price is too good to be true, it probably is.
- Don't fall for sophistication - all of it can be faked.
- If you are paying ANY money, you shouldn't.
- If you are transferring money to Mexico, don't as you will never recover it.
- If all the answers to your queries are too convenient, they are likely untrue.
I hope this helps other to avoid getting caught in such scams. There are people out there with no remorse who will go to extreme lengths to steal people's hard earned money.
I received a cold call from someone posing as a registered NY real estate agent.
Michael Johnson
Your Premier Properties
1251 Avenue of the Americas,
New York, NY 10020
Tel. 347-429-7342 Ext. 1728 l Fax. 1-347-491-4839
[email protected]
www.yourpremierpropertiesre.com
In short, they were offering to buy my Florida timeshare to a buyer as a tax write off.
They sent an offer letter that looked like it was prepared by a sixth grader in 5 minutes using google docs.
Once I proved I owned the property, I next was instructed to open a bank account in Mexico.
At this point all kinds of alarm bells are ringing.
See attached "Process Breakdown" and "Purchase Assessment Forms".
Scammer's website yourpremierpropertiesrealestate.com
Scammer's address 1251 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019, USA
Scammer's email [email protected]
Total money lost $172,684.44
Type of a scam Travel/Vacations
My parents have a timeshare in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico at Vidanta which they are no longer able to use because difficulty in traveling. In late December of 2019 my dad was contacted on his home phone by Joseph Kain a timeshare resale broker from Your Premier Properties with a New York area code saying he had a buyer for their timeshare at the price of $231,500.00. The phone number he used to call my dad is 347-448-2076 ext. 1509. My dad was happy to sell and accepted the offer. He signed the agreement with the intention of selling the timeshare on January 10, 2020 with a close date of January 27, 2020. The agreement seemed believable because it showed Premier’s logo, address, etc. Shortly after, my dad was told to wire money for registration taxes in the amount of $6,305.00. Several weeks later Joseph asked him to wire money for legalization of documents in the amount of $6,000.00 then finally an International Administrative Closing Fee of $5,787.50. An account was supposedly set up with the Mexican Taxing Authorities to which the money was wired.
My dad received a courtesy call almost every day from Joseph starting in December until now. Many times he was “checking in” but mostly advising of delays in the sale of the timeshare and other pending tax obligations my dad would need to pay. Joseph was very kind and helpful to my father and they had what my dad thought was a very honest business relationship, my dad trusted him. (My dad's business career was in the financial industry so as you will see, Joseph was working my dad).
In February and March my dad paid additional tax obligations. Nayarit State required tax of $25,465.00, Customs Clearance Verification of $40,481.95, Income Tax of $69,450.00, and finally Income Tax Readjustment of $37,287.49 or a total of $172,684.44. These funds were also wired to the Mexican Taxing Authorities, but as you will see from the description below were scammed by Jose MacDonald Torres.
In early April, Joseph called my dad and said he was unable to reach the real estate attorney in Mexico named Jose MacDonald Torres that was handling the transactions. Joseph told my dad he was personally flying to Mexico City to find Mr. Torres because he wasn't answering calls. Joseph contacted the Attorney General of the Republic, Federal Investigation Agency and reported him missing. The Attorney General’s office immediately alerted all competent authorities by releasing an all-points bulletin about the order for search and capture of Mr. Torres. On April 17, 2020 the Agency caught the Mr. Torres at the airport with a case of 5 million pesos and many fake credentialing stamps; consequently, he was arrested and put in jail. Joseph called my dad with this information and said that they would go after my parent's stolen money along with the ten other victims caught in the same scam.
The Federal Investigation Agency in Mexico called my dad on April 22, 2020 and asked him to send several personal documents one with at least a photo to verify his identification. They Federal Agency demanded he send these documents and if not he would be subpoenaed to Mexico. They discussed my dad sending a copy of his passport and a copy of his college graduation certificate. My dad was upset and said he believed this was a scam and wouldn't send anything, the agency hung up on my dad. Joseph sent an email on April 22, 2020 (same day as the FBI’s call to my dad saying “I stuck my neck out for you and now you've made the Agency very mad". In this email he told my dad to give them whatever they are asking for (a threat). My dad has never sent them copies of his personal ID. On April 22nd, April 28th and May 6th 2020 my dad received emails of the criminal reports, including Mr. Torres picture and the charges he is accused of. Of course the documents had the correct government logos, seals and signatures. The document was signed by Alvaro Tomas Lopez, General Director, and Federation Attorney. This is just another piece of information to influence my dad that this was all legitimate.
As of last week my dad has finally agreed that this has all been a scam. Joseph’s last contact on May 11, 2020 stated that my dad still owes additional taxes of $18,643.75. He has refused to pay. Since we know that Your Premier Properties doesn’t exist as a legitimate business operation for timeshare resales, my dad has no confidence that the all the funds stated above will not be refunded as they originally agreed.
My dad has a variety of documents in his possession all supporting the above complaint and I will be happy to get them to you as soon as they are in my hands. I am also going to file this complaint to the FBI and the Arizona Attorney General’s office. Thank you for your assistance.
Of course seemed like a very nice individual, however we were suspicious about their offers and as we thought can see it is a scam. Thank you all for sharing your experiences. It is disheartening that there are individuals out there looking to take advantage of people during these times. They should put their efforts in doing good for those front-line individuals putting their lives on the line during this pandemic.
Scammer's address 1251 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020, USA
Scammer's email verification [email protected]
Victim Location AB T2L 0J5, CAN
Type of a scam Travel/Vacations