Earlier this week we provided readers with a warning about some new timeshare scam companies that had been reported recently. We discussed the names of these companies, how the companies worked, and the tactics they used to gain the trust of their users. If you have not yet read this post I would encourage doing so before continuing to read, please view the previous blog “Beware - Timeshare Scams Using The Names Of Legitimate Companies”. In this post we will give some suggestions you can use to confirm the legitimacy of the company in question.

The first and maybe fastest/easiest way to tell if a company is trying to defraud you is to do a quick Internet search for the company name, most likely this company has been trying to scam other people for quite some time and others will have reported about the company. Searching for the company name should provide you with a number of results to choose from allowing you to view complaints people have with the company and their general overall experience with this company. The search will probably return a link to the company’s website some where in the results which you can check out. When a company is willing to put information on the web for public viewing it can go a long way in proving their worth. It is important to remember just because a company has a website does not make them necessarily legit, anyone can start up a website and post information on the web, however it does give a company a sense of credibility if they do have a website for an extended period of time. Another way you can check out a company is by searching the Better Business Bureau, if the company is listed in the BBB it will show a list of complaints for customers of the given company along with a rating and how the issue was resolved with the customer who filed the complaint with the BBB. Once you have been in contact with a company I would also recommend to obtain from them as many forms of contact as possible, just a few examples are phone number, mailing address, physical address, email addresses, names of employees, hours of operations, and how long they have been in business. If a company is trying to scam you most likely they will not be willing to provide this information, however if they do provide this information you can make sure it is legitimate once again by searching the Internet. The final suggestion we have regards checking with the state the company claims to conduct their business. Most companies are incorporated, to become a corporation you must register your company with the state where the company is located. Since the company must register with the state the state government will keep a record of this registration, to search for a company’s you can do a quick internet search with the words corporation status in front of the state of operations for the business.

These are a just a few suggestions timeshare owners can use when deciding if a timeshare company is worth using or if they are just trying to scam you. It is important to use one’s instincts and always remember if it sounds too good to be true it most likely is. We always recommended using Vacation Timeshare Rentals to sell a timeshare, the Internet’s largest timeshare marketplace.

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