Alliance Title & Trust Group

Time share rental escrow scamOn 8/29/2014 a [redacted] from Alliance Title and Trust Group emailed me legitimate looking papers concerning money I was to get for renting my time share. He said I should call the [redacted] at [redacted] and dial [redacted] for Domestic. When I called the lady asked if I wanted a check or wire transfer and then took the info for the wire transfer. I then called [redacted] back and he said there is a 2%escrow fee I had to pay to some agent in Florida.I did send the fee and called him back where he then told me the fee had gone up to 5% and I needed to send the additional amount which I also did to the same agent. Needless to say it is all a scam. I never got a wire transfer and now all the phones are disconnected or busy. I did finally get through again to the [redacted] number today - 10/6/2014 - and I told a lady who answered - same one as at the first - that I had been scammed by [redacted]. She asked me to hold a minute and I could hear [redacted] in the background scolding the lady who answered that she needed to check the area code before she answered and then the line went dead. I have informed [redacted] of this scam and their lawyer is going to look into it.Desired Settlement$440.00

A agent from AT&TG called me and left a message for me to call him back to confirm deed ownership of my timeshare in [redacted].An agent named [redacted] called from Alliance Title and Trust Group in Raleigh NC and left me a message asking me to call him. He was very nice and polite.He seemed very knowledgeable about the escrow acct and timeshare resale business.He said he could help me sale my timeshare and the money would be held in an escrow account until it was sold.They woulD sale it for $10,000 more than what was owed against it.So I was going to get my timeshare paid off and come out about $6,000 ahead.My money wold be kept in an escrow acct.until the timeshare was sold.My contract #[redacted] escrow aact# [redacted] filed on 3/04/2014.[redacted] faxed me all this contract info to my house.It looked very official.The main office was suppose to be located at [redacted].I slso had a another agent called [redacted] from [redacted]I had a woman call from NY ph #[redacted].to verify the deal and she faxed me some paper work.That number is no longer reachable. My processing fee was $489.62 and he led me to believe that is all I would Have TO PAY.I sent a [redacted] FOR $244.62 to [redacted] to a [redacted] IN ORLANDO fL 3/6/14 AND a $245 [redacted] the next day for the rest of the fee.To make a long story short then there were other fees to pay.A legal,proerty tax,registration fee,expedite fee for closing date,county fee,Estoppels & points fee(sold my points I had built up),etc.There were two other men in Orlando Fl.that money was sent to-[redacted],and [redacted].I feel sure that those are fake names.I had 3 different closing dates and all of them fell through.I ended up paying them all together about $6600.00.They told me that my account was in red flag status for up to 189 days since I refused to send anymore money.I have not heard anymore about my account since April 21,2014 when I refused to send anymore money. I have talked to my original agent named [redacted] and he claims he doesn't work for them anymore but yet he has a voice mail at the same 800 number ext.[redacted] for AT&TG.I have called and left messages and emailed them with no response back.The website for them claims that there is a New York office ph #[redacted].But when you call the number it claims that the number is not reachable.The address listed on the website has the address as [redacted] NC [redacted]. and the main office ph# IS [redacted].Whenthis number is called they say you have reached Alliance Title and Trust group and to leave your name and number and they will call you back.However,they never call you back.But when you type in that address there is a directory of businesses that come up for that address.And AT&TG is not listed.So,I feel that the address is fake also. There was also someone that called me from a company called Professional Advocate in Debary Fl last week named [redacted] ph # [redacted] and left me a message that their records showed I had lost a substanial amount of money from a resale timeshare company and that they could help me get my money back.When I called this number it had been disconnected.I guess that was a scam also.I had not notified anyone about losing this money yet.They were probably going to ask for a fee to help get my money back.I noticed an alert on the internet about them also. I just want to warn everybody about these crooks.Do not send anybody any money.Go to a lawyer and let your lawyer handle your affairs and get the compnmay checked out thoroughly before hand.I guess I was too trusting and believed what they told me never dreaming I was getting scammed. If you have been scammed ,file a complaint.Let the world know it,so that these crooks can be stopped.The more information everyone reveals the better our chances are of catching these scammers.Desired SettlementI would like to see these people caught and be made to pay my money $8800 back.I feel sure there are alot of other victims out there just like me.

Probable scam promising money held in Escrow to be sent after a fee has been paid.My elderly mother received a phone call from [redacted] of Alliance Title and Trust notifying her of money held in Escrow. He left a phone number: [redacted] (I also received call backs from [redacted]). Since I have power-of-attorney, I called back for her. [redacted] told me she had $9200 in Escrow resulting from a Contract she had entered into (which she nor I remember)to sell her points from a timeshare. (it was very confusing). He faxed to me some paperwork that had no logo or letterhead that had some verbage that was basically what he had said on the phone. He then told me to call[redacted] to confirm with them the Escrow money. I called as instructed to[redacted] at [redacted] x [redacted] and left a message. A woman whose name I could not understand had me verify all of the information that was faxed to me and asked if I wanted the money wired or a check. I chose a check (keep in mind I NEVER believed a word of this). She then said that before 7 pm that evening, when the money would be released, I had to call back to [redacted] and arrange to pay the 2% escrow fee. I told her just to take it out of the proceeds. She said they could not do that. I did not call [redacted]. He called me this morning and I told him that I would deposit the fee in my attorney's trust account and would give him instructions to send the check to the attorney's trust account. Once the money was in the account, my attorney would send the fee. He got very angry and told me that if my attorney new anything about Escrow he would know it could only be sent to the person it belonged to...I said how could he keep money that was rightfully my Mother's with no agreement signed by her allowing him to have it and agreeing to pay a fee to get it. We ended our conversation there....Desired SettlementI simply want this on the record for two reasons:So anyone who gets a call from them will be able to search and know it is a scam and also to let [redacted] know that their name is being used.That is all.

Complaint[redacted] stated he would sell my time share, my cost $498.57 He did not sell it and he added fees totalling $3,900.00 which he did not refund.I was contacted by phone by [redacted] in June and signed a Purchasers Ownership transfer agreement on 6/4/2014 It was suppose to be finallized 7/22/2014 . In between that time ther were many other hidden fees and cost that I needed to pay but would be refunded to me at the time of purchase. He also used 2 other people, [redacted] and [redacted] from Escrow accounts in New York City to futher the scam. I did not hear from anyone after the supposed sale of $15,154.81 was wire transfered to my checking account. When I fianally reached [redacted] 1 week later he said he had forgotten to file something and was possible losing his job over it and then after some more promises and my sending money to help expidite things . THe sail was to be finalized 9/12/2014 they Did not do any of the above. I have given them approx. $3,900.00 and now can't reach any one at any phones Desired SettlementIf they sold the timeshare I want the agreed price, return all money sent to them and pay all my overdraft charges since they took every cent I have.

I was contacted by a [redacted] from Alliance Title and Trust group in North Carolina who lied and deceived me.My timeshare was being rented and the income was being placed in an escrow account. A [redacted] e-mailed me a copy of the check of my escrow account showing the funds that was due to me. He said I had to pay a 2% fee for holding it an escrow account and the payment should me Money Gram'd to a [redacted] in [redacted] The amount came out to $144.00. When I asked why in [redacted] and why in such a manner He stated that's their process. Anyhow, I never heard from them and now every time I call the XXX-XXX-XXXX or XXX-XXX-XXXX and even the so called agent # XXX-XXX-XXXX by the name of [redacted] no one answers. I have a very good lawyer who is starting the process on hunting these low lives down. I felt I should share this info with the honest public and not get scammed.Desired SettlementI would like all of the money I sent to Mr. [redacted] in [redacted] via Money Gram and the escrow account funds from my timeshare.