Over the few months Inside Timeshare has been alerting our readers about two companies, Abogados Lopez and Centaurus Mediations, the latest is the pitch these two are using, first Abogados Lopez.
According to the calls our readers have been receiving calls from first Hope Brugge and then a Megan Haywood, they have been appointed to take over cases against timeshare companies, that the client’s case has been brought forward and is going to be heard in the next couple of days.
Hope or Megan need to verify certain information before presenting the case in the court, which if it had already been filed and the case is being brought forward, those details would have been checked before. So the question is why do they need to verify it and file the case at court, is it for credibility?
They also go on to tell the client that the law firm they have paid to do the case for them is actually a scam which is why they at Abogados Lopez have taken on the cases. Hope or Megan even go on to say they hope that the client didn’t sign a power of attorney.
Within a day or so the client receives another phone call from Hope or Megan, this time with the great news that they have won the case and the court has awarded them thousands of pounds in compensation. Now comes the crunch, to get this money released from the court there is a fee to be paid, some have been told it is for taxes.
This fee has to be paid by bank transfer, the client receives an email with all the bank details, there is only one major problem here, the account is in the name of a private individual. Now, we don’t know about you, but we have to ask, why is a so-called law firm using bank accounts in the names of private individuals?
Unfortunately, due to readers of our pages getting in touch with Inside Timeshare or their law firm they have realised that this is just an elaborate “SCAM”. When they confront Hope with this she gets very aggressive, raising her voice and telling the client that they are not the “SCAM” but everyone else is. She then slams down the phone. Oops, chucking dummies out of the pram!
The next pitch our readers have told us about is another that is being used to gain “credibility”, this involves Centaurus Mediations SL in Tenerife, a company that is not unfamiliar to our pages and that we know is linked to Mark Cushway and Silverpoint.
In this case the representative from Centaurus knocks on the doors of Silverpoint members at the resort, in this case Hollywood Mirage. In the case of our reader it was a young lady, she informed them that they had been “appointed” by the court to act as “mediators” following court cases against Silverpoint.
When questioned the young lady was unable to answer any questions as she stated she didn’t work with the mediators, but acted on their behalf to contact clients. She then made an appointment for them.
At the appointment they were greeted by the same girl, and introduced to a man named John who was described as a “Paralegal” and would explain their options.
The clients then asked where did Centaurus get their contact details and information that they were staying, apparently John looked a little flustered and reiterated that the court gave them the details. Obviously the client did not believe them and informed them of this even stating that it was a breach of protection of data, that the court would not pass on any information without informing the client.
John then brought over another person called Taz who he called the owner and his manager, this Taz told the clients that the court had ordered Silverpoint to supply them with weekly lists of Silverpoint clients stay at the resorts.
Obviously our readers did not believe all this baloney, informing them again that it was a breach of data protection and that they believed that Centaurus was in fact working with Silverpoint and getting the data direct from them as part of Silverpoints enterprise.
At least our readers in this case had the good sense to realise that what they were being told was not true.
Silverpoint is that desperate that they set up a company to act in this way and swindle their own clients yet again, don’t forget they are also using two companies in Scotland for the same thing, Claims Solutions Group in Aberfeldy and Fullbrook Associates in Stirling.
Inside Timeshare warns all its readers beware the “pitch” which is designed to give credibility to the company that is contacting you. Question what you are being told, remember the courts do not appoint or order companies to contact timeshare clients. This information is coming from one source and one source only Silverpoint!
If you have had an experience like this then Inside Timeshare would like to hear from you, it will serve as a good warning to others. If you need to check on any company that has contacted you or one you have found in the internet, then contact Inside Timeshare and we will point you in the right direction.
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