I just read an article detailing how thousands of Americans fall for scams run by Mexican cartel proposing to buy their timeshare from them. Americans buying Mexican timeshares is a big thing apparently. One guy kept getting pulled into the scams eventually paying them (and losing) $1.8MM. Others had lost tens or hundreds of thousands to the same type of scam.

Every time someone supposedly bought their timeshare there would be a bank fee or tax they would have to wire money for. The guy who lost $1.8MM wired money 90+ times.

These are lawyers and doctors, educated people getting ripped off.