Singapore’s consumer watchdog has flagged a firm for allegedly falsely claiming that it can help timeshare investors get back their money.
Case warns against 'timeshare recovery' company Icon Solutions
From January 2015 to June this year, the Consumer Association of Singapore (Case) received 20 complaints about Icon Solutions.PHOTO: CASE
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Melissa Lin
Singapore's consumer watchdog has flagged a firm for allegedly falsely claiming that it can help timeshare investors get back their money.
From January 2015 to June this year, the Consumer Association of Singapore (Case) received 20 complaints about Icon Solutions, which describes itself as a marketing firm.
The complaints alleged
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FRAUD WARNING Fraudsters con timeshare victims out of £7million for a second time
FRAUD WARNING
Fraudsters con timeshare victims out of £7million for a second time
Action Fraud has received 1,155 reports of timeshare "recovery scams" between January and July this year
Hollie Borland
29 Aug 2018, 12:46
VICTIMS of timeshare fraud are being warned not to fall for a second scam, which has already seen Brits conned out of £7million in seven months.
A timeshare is where a number of holidaymakers chip-in to buy a property abroad and have rights to use it during a certain period of the year.
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Ringleader of timeshare scam gang which conned 400 victims ordered to pay back £85k Brian Carr is behind bars for being the ringleader of the gang, but will have to pay back over £80,000 under Proceeds of Crime proceedings
Ringleader of timeshare scam gang which conned 400 victims ordered to pay back £85k
Brian Carr is behind bars for being the ringleader of the gang, but will have to pay back over £80,000 under Proceeds of Crime proceedings
A conman who is behind bars for a timeshare fraud has been ordered to pay back over £85,000.
Brian Carr, 31, is estimated to have made £829,319 from his scam.
The fraudster, from Redditch, shamefully targeted the elderly and those in poor health.
Brian Carr, from Redditch, who