Vacationing in Cabo San Lucas
The Perfect Scam
TimeShare SCAM's brought to you by:
Luxury Holiday International, Residency Collection, Punta Resorts, Amazing Memories Club, Platinum Marketing of America and*NEW La Vista
Alexia S. - A FORMER EMPLOYEE of the Pedregal Scam. Feeling threated had to MOVE to protect herself from these criminals! Her story is below.
Pedregal Scam
"A friend gave me this page to report a huge scam going on in Pedregal area of Cabo San Lucas. The people that divided from Costco scam area are in Pedregal now in a home called Maranata. I worked as a secretary for them for a month and after seeing some private documents, I started getting worried working there.They are scamming hundreds of tourists a month. Even if they do not join their "ghost" program, the still get charged on their cards. I made the mistake of commenting what I saw and they found out. I had to quit and move out of Cabo to the mainland in fear for my life. I was threatened so I moved.
The email they use to scam people is salespedregal@outlook.com impersonat[ing] the real Pedregal company. This should be reported to the people at: Pedregal de Cabo San Lucas Tel. +52 624-143-1359 I have done my part and have great fear of even going back to cabo. Hopefully you can do something with this info"
**UPDATE** "The pedregal house MARANATA used to scam people has now closed. They took a lot of money from so many tourists with their scam and they moved to cabo viejo property and changed the name to La Vista. They are the same thieves" - P. Marquez
Boiler Rooms Cabo
FYI. As of 11/11/16 week, La Vista and Portafino were still operating. La Vista is run by a Scottish fellow named Thomas. He became very cold to us when we expressed to him that we really needed to think about his offer. We knew that is was a Boiler Room. There are currently about a half a dozen of these Scams still operational in Cabo. We heard that an American is now in jail. He was running a scam in Cabo and pulled his scam on a politician from California. The guy went home and was able to file charges and extradite him back to the US and jail him. These Scams give Cabo a bad name... Keep up the good work.
Nov 17, 2016
The Scammers are trying to DISCREDIT the law firm who is actually trying to HELP people. This is a FAKE review! CONTACT me for the Attorney's name and number. He may be able to HELP you!!
If you are approached on the street go to a "timeshare" or a "vacation membership" in Cabo San Lucas or Playa del Carmen- think twice! Ask for the name of the resort so you know who you are dealing with. If the invitation is from Luxury Holiday International- you are guaranteed to be SCAMMED, along with Punta Resorts, Amazing Memories Club, Residency Collection and Platinum Marketing of America and left on the hook for thousands of dollars! These people are criminals and need to be treated as such.
There are many sources who indicate the "timeshare" scams are being run by the Mexican Cartel. This is why it has continued for years and has defrauded the United States and its citizens out of MILLIONS of dollars. Please read on and if you have a story to tell, please contact me.
We are INTELLIGENT people who were taken advantage of in Paradise. We would NEVER fall for this scam if we were at home! They strike when our guard is down. They prey on the fact we are on vacation and use
deception , sympathy, false promises and even alcohol to defraud US and Canadian citizens. Our money is used to fund a multi-national credit card fraud known as Organized Crime.
**NEW INFO**: From a concerned Native in Cabo San Lucas: "You are most right in everything you say in your page. I want to add a bit of information that you may please pass along to prevent more thefts of the tourists which are becoming less and less thanks to these so called BOILER rooms. The thieves from Holiday Inn that were in front of Costco are now located in Porto Fino hotel between to Mi Casa restaurant and the church in front of the Whale Skeleton Plaza in Cabo San Lucas. Their new name went from Punta Pacifica and now recently Punta Resorts. Please warn people from these bad guys and also warn tourists that the these people work out of the local MEGA store in Cabo and send turists to their boiler room. The timeshare industry is going to sh** thanks to these scamers."-F. Garcia
Now it's time to take OUT THE GARBAGE!
Below are 3 people who you may encounter when being Scammed at Luxury Holiday International across from Costco in Cabo San Lucas.
An email contribution From an EX-Employee: 6/29/2015
"The names are bottom Paul windish Canadian, Middle girl Yahiada Mexican she used to date Paul and they work together and top guy is called chummie .he goes to the bank every Friday and pays the wages .usually large sums in cash . I worked there for a few weeks and couldn't believe I was conned into flying from uk to rip people off . I have Facebook details phone numbers e mails and addresses [o]f these scumbags ."
The first is the "closer"- Name: Chummie.
He is in the back of the room behind mirrored glass watching and brings out paperwork at rapid fire once you have been convinced to "purchase" their snake oil. He keeps you off-center so you don't have time to read the "contract". (One of the paper's will say in spanish the transacation you are about to sign for is "irrevocable".) This is not true - a contract signed under false pretenses and misrespresentation is VOID and unenforceable. He is also said to do "payroll" with huge amounts of cash.
The middle pictures was our lovely "sales person" Name" Yahiada.
She took us to breakfast and told us all about her kids and how hard is it to earn money in Cabo. Her job is to loosen our purse and hearts to make us comfortable for the real scam to begin. She is the BAIT. Her job is to "sell" us on the idea of something better to come. She is flirty with Paul the manager and for good reason - it is told by an Ex-Employee who contacted me they date. (Remember: the Devil was a beautiful angel... that's how he does his job so well because we are so unsuspecting.)
The third is the "Manager" Name: Paul Windish from Canada.
He comes over when the Salesperson believes she has us on the hook. He is a slick talking dirt-bag who will tell you ANYTHING to get you to swipe your card. He and the Sales girl seem to work well together giving each other "knowing" looks of great satisfaction when the card goes through.
Why would they allow their pictures to be taken? This is how much they are NOT worried about law enforcement or the Mexican government doing anything about their crimes.
Pictures of the buildings where the scams are taking place and the men who are trying to stop the Lawyer's from serving the papers to cancel the contracts.
Closer: Name "Chummie" This guy hides in the back behind mirrored glass and brings out mounds of paperwork for you to sign. He is the offical paper-pusher. Deposits large sums of cash each week and does "payroll" in cash - SOURCE: Ex-employee from the UK who contacted me.
Sales: Name: Yahiada This lovely lady is the BAIT. She takes you to breakfast. Tells you about her kids and how "hard" it is to make money in Cabo. She is there to "sell " you on the scam. It is alleged she was dating Manager Paul by an EX-Employee who contacted me.
Manager: Paul Windish from Canada. Dirt-bag who will tell you ANYTHING to get your money. He is slick-talking, forked- tongue snake. He is most certainly one of the high players in the SCAM, obviously without morals or a conscience since he came all the way form Canada to rip off his own people!! That takes a special kind of empty soul.
You almost understand why the locals are involved in a money scam, due to the corrupt government but WHAT could possibily be HIS EXCUSE??