Corporate Events Sales & Service (CESR)

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Re: Corporate Events Sales & Service (CESR) (by Slim W.):

It's a SCAM and here's how it works:

Scammers have set up a web site for Corporate Events Sales & Service: http://corpescr.com/. The website is registered anonymously, of course. You can look up the domain registry on WHOIS (http://www.networksolutions.com/whois/index.jsp ). They also have set up websites for several alleged "escrow companies," including "Calderman & Smythe" (http://caldermansmythe.com). Also registered anonymously. These sites were set up less than one month ago.

The scammer first contacts you, purporting to be from CESR. He offers a fantastic deal on your timeshare and tells you to contact the escrow company, to which you will wire money for a "transfer fee" (warning). The scammer apparently has targeted individuals with timeshares at a certain Mexican property, and knows certain details about your property and fee arrangements, etc., making the deal appear legitimate.

However, the address for “Corporate Events Sales & Rentals” in Oklahoma City provided on the website (211 North Robinson Avenue # N130, Oklahoma City, OK, 73102) does not check out. I called the property manager of the building at that address. They told me that they were unfamiliar with the business and said that the address listed on that alleged company’s website is actually an orthodontist’s office.

“Corporate Events Sales & Rentals” is not registered with the Oklahoma Secretary of State.

The address for the alleged escrow company, “Calderman & Smythe,” supposedly at 422 Delcamp in Lexington, Kentucky, does not check out. The address on that alleged company’s website does not exist; the closest addresses are in a run-down residential neighborhood. A complaint has been made to the Better Business Bureau regarding this unknown address, according to the BBB website.

“Calderman & Smythe” is not registered with the Kentucky Secretary of State.

The websites of both of the above-listed businesses were registered within a few days of each other with the same website registration company, which guarantees anonymity for the website registrant.

There is no indication that either alleged business mentioned above existed before September 2011.

There are several other “escrow company” websites that look remarkably similar to “Calderman & Smythe”’s, which (1) list addresses that do not check out, (2) list company names that are not registered with the secretary of state, and (3) were registered anonymously or under suspicious circumstances. See, for example:

http://baltherssonsmythe.com/contact.html

http://taylortrustcompany.com/contact.html

They ask for up-front fees, with the promise of payment to you in the future. This is a typical scam transaction arrangement.

You send the money for the "transfer fee" (about $3k), with the promise of a "closing" on the sale some time in the future. You wait happily for the closing date. It comes and you hear nothing. You are out $3k. You never hear from them again.

In conclusion,

SCAM! SCAM! SCAM! SCAM! SCAM! SCAM! SCAM!