Not breaking news as this happened Wed. July 13, but Orlando Florida police raided the office of H.E.S. Systems on East Colonial Drive in Orlando Florida.  Police were able to seize evidence that consisted of cell phones, computers, printers, dozens of boxes and bags of company records and $500,000 in cash was found in the office.  H.E.S Systems operated both a timeshare boiler room and credit card relief scam by charging people up front fees for services that were never delivered.  At the time of the raid, almost 70 employees were in the office who were all forced out of the building at gun point and each of their ID's checked.  Police realized that 20 of the telemarketing employees were part of the State's work release program for former inmates. No arrests were made on the day of the raid and about two dozen employees could only stand and watch from across the street.  New trainee's were charged $25/per day for 3 days of training and those fee's would be taken out of their future commission checks.  H.E.S. Systems also operated under the name of  Worldwide Marketing Management.  Further investigation says that the businesses were not licensed even though employees tried ... Read More

A boiler room is an active place of business where questionable or even shady products or services are sold over the telephone.  The sales people use high pressure sales tactics which are commonly unfair, dishonest or blatant lies to get the sale made.  A sale is made when the person on the other end of the telephone (let's call them a victim) gives up their credit card or banking information to the suspected timeshare boiler room where in MOST (not all) cases they will never hear from that company again.  The main goal for a timeshare boiler room is to make sales and put money on "the board" as quickly and as many times as possible. Office Setup Most timeshare boiler rooms are cramped and very tight, that is why sometimes when you are on the phone with a sales person you can hear others in the background.  Cubicles are placed close to one another to fit as many sales people into the office as possible.  The more sales people, the greater potential the company has of making a bigger profit.  It is a numbers game where the more phone lines and chair space the timeshare company has they are increasing the ... Read More