Maple International Group Inc

Kristy –

Victim Location 95494

Total money lost $80,000

Type of a scam Travel/Vacations

We were contacted and ask if we wanted to sell our time share in Mexico. They sent us an offer that was 3times what we had paid for it. I was skeptical at first but they can be very convincing. They sent us a statement of account activity for Citibanamex which showed a deposit into an account for us. I even called the cross boarder account department and they “verified” the sum. The next thing they did was claim that we had to pay for a tax I D number. But they said the buyer would reimburse us. Then we had to pay sales tax. Again we were reimbursed. Then we get a letter from “customs” stating we owed them money and that they had seized the funds in the bank until we paid their fee. Citibanamex then stated we needed to pay for a bond they purchased to make sure the transaction was not money laundering. Finally Citibanamex sent another letter stating we had to pay a fee for them to release the funds to us. My son tried to tell us all along it was a scam. I am seriously sorry we did not listen to him. We lost quite a bit of money. These scammers are VERY good at their jobs and sound so very authentic. All the paperwork they send you looks authentic and they have an extensive web site. I understand the money wired to Mexico actually does go into an account at Citibanamex but they are the only ones who have access to the account. You cannot-access the account, only they can release the money.

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