Scam

Some scams can be quite sophisticated. Last week, the Gorse Fox received a call from a company regarding the sale of our Timeshare. They said a consultant would call sometime this week. Ok, thought he, no quick hard sell.

Today the "consult" called. Lo' and behold, they had managed to sell both weeks for the price we originally paid. A couple were ready to pay their deposit if we were happy to go ahead. GF's b/s antenna started to hum. He started to ask questions and to request some formal emails, rather than a just the voice of a woman at the far end of the phone call. She was willing and said would send info through. GF probed more, what was this costing? Nothing, he was assured. It all comes from the buyer.

Sounds promising, he said. So there is nothing to pay? That is when the other shoe dropped... GF would have to provide a retainer of twelve hundred euros.

B/S alarm was flat out. Call was ended and Mr Google was consulted. Guess what? There were legions of people who had fallen for this scam and reported it. GF heaved a sigh of relief, and returned to his spreadsheets!