Holiday vacation management, ltd
scam
Initially we were contacted by a Jay Bennette from Holiday Vacation Management on May 28 to see if we were interested in renting a total of 36 studio weeks for years 2033-2035, the end of the initial 25 year contract with the Grand Miramar in Puerto Vallarta. We would be paid $1,100 per week with the total amount to be $39,600. We signed a contract saying the final funding would be in 30 days following the activation of the weeks. The amount would be wired to our bank account.
1. JUNE 20 - First we had to wire the maintenance fee for 2 of the years which came to $7,600 plus $45 for the wire, to Luis R. Sanchez Sifri’s Mexican bank account. Done
2. JUNE 24 - Another wire sent for $3,168, plus $45 for the wire for half of the 16% of the foreign tax owed on $39,600.
3. JUNE 25 - Wire sent for $3,168, plus $45 wire fee for the other half of the foreign Mexican taxes.
4. JULY 20 - Wire sent for $1,727.28, plus $45 for lawyers fees for the bribe to release the funds from the Mexican bank.
5. AUGUST 1 - Wire sent for $1,100, plus $45, for additional bribe money for the lawyer to release funds.
6. AUGUST 19 - Wire sent for $757, plus $45, for title search because apparently too much time had elapsed to finish the transaction.
7. AUGUST 25 - Wire sent for $375, plus $45 for some sort of number verification related to the title search.
Seven different wires were sent with the promise of payment. First they couldn’t wire the money, something wasn’t working, so they said they would fed ex 2 certified checks to us. One for the $39,600 plus reimbursement for the 16% foreign tax that I had paid which came to a total of $45,936 and the other check for $1,772.28 which was the reimbursement for the initial bribe money that I paid ($1,727.28) plus a wire fee reimbursement of $45. We had signed contracts for these two transactions. At first they had trouble getting 2 people to sign the checks. Finally, they said they were sent and they even gave us a routing number. Fed Ex couldn’t find this number. After numerous calls, finally on Sept. 6th, both phone numbers were suddenly no longer in service. They were the numbers of a Luke Sanchez who we were dealing with thru most of this process and the toll free number for Holiday Vacations. Ray Lewis is the purchasing director. No one returns our calls. After losing a total of $18,210, we don’t know what to do, and feel very frustrated. Doug feels very stupid for continually pumping more money into this and for falling for such a scam!!
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