ctrip.com - Craig Allen Sanders Law Group California Timeshare Buy BEWARE! = Scam Brad Hall, Avery, sander-lawgroup.com, sanders-lawgroup.com, SAT, Jorge Maldonado Montemayor Notario Publico No 55.MAMJ-660316-CGT Ricardo Beltran, Samantha Cross, Metropolitan Trust Bank, Denni E T Logistica SA de CV SCAM to get your money
In June 2018 I received a call, out of the blue, from a representative of ctrip.com partners indicating they wanted to buy my Pueblo Bonito Sunset Beach membership in Cabo. I WAS really skeptical, truly! How did they even get my number to know I had one? They said the deal would be brokered by a US Law Firm, Sander Law Group in California and no payment was required up front.
The purchase agreement did come from an email: brad@sander-lawgroup.com with this information attached:
Craig Allen Sanders – Barcard No. 219013
Phone: (619)-330-6151
Fax: (619)-566-4101
Emails: andy@sander-lawgroup.com
brad@sander-lawgroup.com
Website: www.sander-lawgroup.com
Truly, I TRIED to find information out first! The other report on here with the same people wasn't here at that time. That is indeed the Barcard number for an active attorney listed with the California State Bar. Sadly, every phone number I tried was oddly not professionally answered for that law firm. Brad only sent one communication, but then was replaced with an Avery.
The most frustrating bit in this whole waste of time was that I thought the real membership services of Pueblo Bonito Sunset Beach had called because they seemed concerned about me selling my timeshare when my request was being processed and assured me others had successfully completed sales. Sadly, looking back at the communications with a Guillermo Estrada, it looks like a fake email, and phone number. I failed to look close enough to make sure it matched, exactly, what PB lists in their offical member emails.
Sigh, ANYWAY, after sending in my timeshare annex transfer fee (which magically had gone UP from what my resort indicated), then a letter came from a Ricardo Beltran who claimed to represent the Mexican Tax Authority and that I was going to be arrested and the fees, held currently from Metropolitan Bank and Trust, (who Called as Samantha Cross) would be confiscated and it was messily stamped with the name Jorge Maldonado Montemayor.
BAM! They had gotten me!
Sooooo, BEWARE, these people have invested a significant amount of time to make this scam work by having cloned websites, emails, US toll free numbers to call, stealing real attorney profiles, etc. and a slick way of collboration. Thankfully my transfer fee was about $2000. Now I have to call my home resort and see what is my real status and look foolish for thinking the holy grail of selling a timeshare for more than it's worth can happen....
1 Updates & Rebuttals
Craig
San Diego,United States
Ctrip Fraudulent Timeshares
#2REBUTTAL Individual responds
Mon, June 03, 2019
Greetings,
My name is Craig Sanders and I am an attorney in San Diego, CA. I am the victim of identity fraud and my name and California Bar ID have been used by these fraudulent individuals in association with CTrip time shares. Unfortunately, multiple victims have contacted me subsequent to falling for the scam that has been detailed here.
I have contacted the local police, State Bar of California, California Department of Real Estate, FBI and several other government agencies without much action being taken. I have also contacted multiple internet hosts to have the fraudulent website taken down.
I urge any consumer not to engage with Ctrip or anyone else using my name in relation to timeshares.