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I was contacted by Raymond from real estate professionals offering to buy our timeshare in Cabo San Lucas, Solar resort. The offer was over $10k of the total valued paid so I thought it would be legit as they stated I don’t have to pay anything until the sale is done and I get the funds (which would be 5% of the sales totaling around $1900). Premier Land Title was the escrow company involved. I then was shown an account opened up with myself and my husband listed as beneficiaries with Santander in Mexico (branch SUC. LOMAS DE CHAPULTEPEC phone 011 52 55 89 77 15 41 ), with the pre-deposited funds from the buyer Nova Capital Inversionistas w/ Agnes de la Mora( In the amount of $38,900) in a CROSS-BORDER ACCOUNT STATEMENT. I was then asked to pay for a Temporary Tax Identification Number fees ($3,250.88 USD)that the buyer was to reimburse me. Then I get another letter stating the Hacienda SAT required me pay the sales gains tax in advance of $7532 and that the hired attorney that was working for Premier Land Title, LLC (her name is Mariana Alejandra Torres Santos #831693BP shoeing 2013. They sent a picture of her license. They said the buyer would also reimburse me that gains tax, but couldn’t deduct from the sale the gains taxes nor pay on my behalf per Mexican laws. I would have to pay up front and Mexico was holding my funds on a lien until I pay. I also asked for a copy of my natural citizen paperwork and tax ID number. The documents were signed by Marcelino Miranda Aceves. I requested David Dec’s broker number -which is 73745 and it checked out, but was expiring very soon May 2025 (license in Massachusetts). The website domains were both just created less than a year ago. Then I google mapped the addresses listed on the contracts, and not one of them were listed as registered legal locations for these two businesses. The phone numbers are not registered with these two companies. I reported this scam with my bank, frauds.gov, and the FBI.