Resort Properties Investment Group Pat Edwards; Robert Walshberger The new scam in town. Your timeshare is SOLD. Let them close the deal for you. Internet, Internet

I hate to write this as it shows me to be the Masters holding idiot that I am.  It is long, but please stay with me.  You may learn something that will benefit you later.  On a Fri. Pat Edwards called me from Resort Properties Investment Group.  She explained that they process the closings for independent brokers that have made a sale.  She asked if I would be willing to accept $29,000. for my five star timeshare in Orlando & would I also accept $2000. per week for the 2 unused weeks for 2010.  Being desperate to get rid of the thing, I agreed.  She explained that the buyer would reimburse me for the 2010 maintenance & pay the 2011 maintenance.  Their retainer fee was $4000.  Being broke I explained that I didnt have that.  She immediately lowered it to $2000., but she wanted to fax the contract & she wanted me to overnight a cashiers check, explaining that they would reimburse me from petty cash for the fees that would be involved.  She refused to tell me the name of the broker.  I dont have a fax & she didnt prefer to email.

Some flags were waving, so I checked with the legal firm that is working to recover some of my other timeshare resale scam fees & I called my boyfriend.  They both said it was a scam & to not respond.  I was told that retainers were too difficult to document & to recover.  I told Pat to mail me the contract, that I would be away from my email, that she finally agreed to, & would get the mail as quickly the next week.  On Monday I received a call from Robert Walshberger, same company.  The same story & no contract in the mail.  I told him that I had been scammed too many times & he got very defensive & testy.  He argued with me that they were NOT scammers.  I told him that I couldnt afford the $2000. retainer.  He lowered it to $1000.  When I asked him how he could do that he responded that he was the boss.  He wore me down & I couldnt reach my boyfriend or the law firm, so I gave in.  He also told me NOT to pay the upcoming maintenance fee since the new owner would take care of that.  I have Multiple Sclerosis & was tired that day.  I drove to the bank & thought, if this is a scam he is getting me to do the leg work to scam myself!  I should have gone home & copied the receipt, but being so tired I just drove to the post office.  All receipts went into the overnight envelope along with the check.  Robert had told me that the check from the sale would arrive the following Thurs.  That was 2 weeks ago & neither a check nor a contract has arrived at my door.  I did go ahead & pay my 2011 maintenance fees in order to avoid penalties.  An extension on my equality loan was made to cover my new expenses.  I called & got Robert on the phone one day.  He immediately asked me to wait & set the phone down.  I could hear everything in the office, including Robert giving his pitch to a woman in Iowa.  He told his co-workers that she was a widow.  After listening for 31 minutes & screaming to get attention, I hung up.  I have called Robert every evening since & left voice mail.  He has not called me back.  I have no contract, no receipts, nothing.  It is my word against his.  I Googled his company.  The website says that they are a timeshare resale by owner company.  There is a small difference in the mailing address.  Calling them & leaving messages has rendered nothing.  I am out $1000. when I can least afford to give money away, but with no paper trail I have no recourse.