{"id":149,"date":"2011-03-11T20:24:25","date_gmt":"2011-03-12T01:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paulbegley.com\/2011\/03\/rci-financial-titletimeshare-ripoff-details\/"},"modified":"2011-03-11T20:24:25","modified_gmt":"2011-03-12T01:24:25","slug":"rci-financial-titletimeshare-ripoff-details","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.paulbegley.com\/?p=149","title":{"rendered":"RCI Financial Title\u2013Timeshare ripoff details"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m posting these details for the greater good.&#160; This should be indexed on Google within 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>My mother just got an offer from RCI Financial Title.&#160; They said they have a \u2018corporate buyer\u2019 for her three timeshares. The e-mail contained a poorly formatted, pseudo-contract offering $50,000 for her timeshare. They request a \u201cDoc stamp fee\u201d of $3500.<\/p>\n<p>The kicker is, the properties are only worth $15,000 and this is \u201ctoo good to be true\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>NOTE \u2013 RCI Financial Title is NOT associated with RCI (rci.com), the timeshare exchange company.&#160; My mother called to confirm. <\/p>\n<p>Details about the scam:<\/p>\n<p>E-mail came from a Hotmail address &#8211; <a href=\"mailto:phillharrisrcifinancialtitle@hotmail.com\">phillharrisrcifinancialtitle@hotmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Address used in the document (below) appears to be a UPS box (I love Google Maps!).&#160; There is no company with the name \u201cRCI Financial Title\u201d that shows up at the address in the e-mail.&#160; I did some research and have the real company address below (based on 2010 business tax records).<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s also odd that the name in the document (Jack Phillips) is different from the e-mail address (Phillip Harris) doesn\u2019t match the name within the e-mail (Jack Phillips).<\/p>\n<p>Financial\/Title Office:&#160; 8815 Conroy-Windermere Rd. Suite 113, Orlando, Fl 32835&#160; <a href=\"tel:%28407%29243-7512\">(407)243-7512<\/a>&#160;&#160; Jack Phillips <\/p>\n<p>The company web site (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rcifinancialtitle.com\">www.rcifinancialtitle.com<\/a>) is a cheesy, basic web site.&#160; There is no e-mail associated with the domain, and the phone number for the company doesn\u2019t match the phone number in the e-mail.&#160; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.octaxcol.com\/Download\/LocalBusinessTaxData2010\/lbtnbl20101002-08.pdf\">http:\/\/www.octaxcol.com\/Download\/LocalBusinessTaxData2010\/lbtnbl20101002-08.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>RCI FINANCIAL TITLE<\/p>\n<p>RCIJB WORLDWIDE ENTERPRISE LLC 10\/04\/2010   <br \/>5934 BALBOA DR    <br \/>ORLANDO FL 32808    <br \/>ADVERTISING    <br \/>407-879-7687<\/p>\n<p>The company was incorporated June 2010, and the only \u2018real\u2019 name I found associated with the company is LISA GRANSKIE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m posting these details for the greater good.&#160; This should be indexed on Google within 24 hours. My mother just got an offer from RCI Financial Title.&#160; They said they have a \u2018corporate buyer\u2019 for her three timeshares. 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