At 18:03:04 PST on 06-26-99, Chris McA wrote:

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>>We were also approached by telephone by someone saying they were from Swiss American Bank and that they were interested in buying our timeshare in Florida. They asked that we get an "appraisal" on the property before they would send us an "option to buy". When the "appraiser" contacted us by telephone, she wanted our credit card number to pay for said "appraisal" She said they would not accept a check "That's the way we do business". We reported the incident to the National Fraud Information Center in Washington, D.C. -- http://www.fraud.org.
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>BETTY: DID YOU EVER HEAR ANYTHING FROM FRAUD CTR IN DC? YOU POSTED IN MARCH IT IS NOW ALMOST JULY AND SWISS AMERICAN "BANK" IS STILL DOING BUSINESS SCAMMING THOSE APPRAISAL FEES. WE GOT A CALL THURS JUNE 24TH. I JUST EMAILED FLORIDA AG & CONSUMER SERVICES/COMPLAINT FORM. NOTHING YET.
>CHRIS IN SEATTLE
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I ALSO WAS APPROACHED BY SWISS AMERICAN. I HAD THE APPRAISAL DONE AND SENT ALL REQUIRED INFORMATION TO THE ADDRESS IN THE BAHAMAS. THAT WAS JULY 12TH., AND I HAVE HEARD NOTHING FROM THEM.
BEFORE I HAD THE APPRAISAL DONE I CHECKED WITH THE PEOPLE THAT MANAGE MY CONDO IN COLO., AND THEY SAID THEY HAD HEARD OF THESE PEOPLE, AND THAT THEY WERE ACTUALLY PURCHASING THE TIME SHARES. IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING NEW EMAIL ME AT RBOWERS447@AOL.COM
ROB