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Below is a lists of the organisations that have attracted a considerable amount of complaints from consumers who have came into contact with them:

Resort Condominium International (RCI) - session is held at one of the shopping malls beside Thai Embassy
WorldVentures - personal experience tells me that they will arrange for meetup at CityHall - Raffles City Shopping Centre Macdonalds to precise.

This post will be updated along the way when more information are gathered.

I think it's high time to shed some light about this ongoing fad hitting the consumer market like Battleship docking the shore.

Many years back, there had already been complaints that were raised to CASE and here's one link which the matter is discussed:

http://sgforums.com/forums/2475/topics/208303

Here's another thread shared in a local IT popular forum:

http://tinyurl.com/9dexzxf

From the description, the basis of their "business plan" works like this.  First, you receive a call that you have won a certain kind of prize and they make an appointment for you to go down to their office.  When you reach there, you need to "register" and you will be told that you need to listen to a 1 hour or so talk and after which you can collect your prize without making any purchases.

During the talk (shown in a video presentation), the salesperson will show you how you can "own" a luxurious holiday with a very simple plan after you watch the video.  Prior to the video broadcast, just simple talks to make you feel comfortable.

So when it comes to details, they will tell you that the total membership is about $10k+ and you can choose to pay in arrears, constantly pitching that you OWN the holiday (ie a luxurious place in some classy resort).  If they are unable to convince you, they will then seek their "manager" to try harder to convince you.

At the end of the day, their purpose is to get you to part with some money and be locked into their membership.  That is it.  If you know your way out, that will be the only way they will let you go without making a profit off you.  The methods applied in their hardselling are really way-off, and terribly uncomfortable.

Please take time to read this and share with those around you.

Everyone loves to travel at a discount.  And that is the very reason why this company has emerged, pegging on everyone's desire to stretch their dollar and get the best deal of out of their vacation.

I had recently got to know an acquaintance who wanted to meet me out of the blue.  While it was unusual not to disclose any information on the phone, she only mentioned it is "a very good lobang".  My suspicion were right after some research: she was into this time-sharing concept of "owning a holiday" which the latest flagship in to hit consumers in Singapore is lead by WorldVentures.  They claimed that you can get awesome discounts and travel to great destinations.

So her call was actually part of the "recruitment campaign", to suck in more people into this pit of overly-painted deceit, under-delivered facts.  Of course, I made the right choice to call of the meet.  Afterall, personally I have been there and done that.

I would still keep this contact but have told her this topic has to go if we were to work together in future behind the lens.

Some research led me to this site seriously should be shared with anyone and everyone that we know:   

http://tinyurl.com/9443hez

Here's another which gives an insight of the shady organisation:

http://tinyurl.com/8athsgp
Documents are facts.  Please share with anyone and everyone to avoid this pitfall of lies.