"These scams are despicable, and the perpetrators often prey on vulnerable people," were the lines of a county council spokesman of Somerset. The comment is definitely sad, but it is more of alarming. The effect of the economic downturn is definitely showing and the worst part is it is preying on already burdened timeshare owners.

During the past year, the trading standard officers of Somerset County Council have already recorded a dozens of people of Somerset that have been victims of scammers, conning them of hundreds of pounds as they represent timeshare re-selling scam companies. The victims were not simply deceived. The scammers returned to them after some time misleading them once again to give additional money just to be able to get rid of their timeshares.

This alarming, rising number of cases definitely shows that the fraudsters are in for a kill over timeshare owners who are absolutely burdened by the timeshare obligations causing them to be all too willing to spend money just to be able to finally say goodbye to the timeshare burden. The Somerset Office of Fair Trading is collecting important information on resale scams hoping to be able to cut down the 56 complaints that the office have received for the year. So even before they finally complete the said report, save yourself from these greedy conmen and be abreast of new bogus tactics of timeshare-reselling scammers. Tune in for regular updates or better yet, call us up directly for a timeshare relief.