Woman falls for vacation club scam despite her ex-boyfriend telling her to 'not to buy anything'

A man on Reddit has no idea what to do now that his ex-girlfriend has fallen for a classic vacation club scam: an exorbitantly costly timeshare.

The newly single Reddit user created a post yesterday and provided proof of a scam that his ex fell into in early March.

The Reddit user wrote that she claimed 'she won a vacation but had to listen to a presentation.'

'The one this I told her was "DO NOT BUY ANYTHING."'

Unfortunately, his ex-girlfriend did not listen to him, and now, he is trying to figure out how to get out of the contract she signed. 

The Reddit user claimed in a comment that a Venezuelan woman made the pitch to his ex-girlfriend.

According to the original poster (OP), the woman offered his ex a lifetime membership to a vacation club that gives someone access to affordable trip packages.

The man could tell right away that it was a scam and warned his ex that the scammers would pressure her to buy into what they were selling.

His warning was not enough for her to believe that this was a scam.

The OP claimed in his post that she lied to him and took out a loan with the individuals who were scamming her.

'I’m not sure what they told her but she ate up the sales pitch and like most people with no financial sense she saw $157 per month as a “good“ deal to be able to get amazing travel deals,' he wrote.

'Since we had just broken up, I think she let her newfound freedom get to her head and got overly emotional about the possibilities.'

The breakup appeared to be a long time coming, even before she fell for the scam.

'We love each other but she’s super jealous and we are both just psychologically exhausted from trying to make it work only to repeat the same stupid patterns,' he wrote. 

'She’s admitted that she has to mature and deal with some issues from her past. It’s been a roller coaster and I’m ready to get off.'

The two of them are still living together until next week, and he's determined to help her get out of this mess.

'I need to get her out of this, on the contract title it says, "covered borrower under military lending act." She is not military,' the Reddit user wrote.

'It’s been 15 days and the contract stated 3 days to cancel by certified mail.'

The OP added a photo of the contract to his Reddit post so that users can see what happened.

The contract his girlfriend signed was from a creditor in Florida.

According to the form, the total cost of his girlfriend's purchase was $17,903.88.

The contract also reads that she will need to make 84 payments of $159.57 starting on April 15.

He's made phone calls, he's given her money, but the OP is still unsure of where to go from here.

Reddit users have ideas on what he should do, while others have praised him for dumping his ex.

'Glad it is your girlfriend and not your wife,' a commenter wrote.

Other users have written what they believe the alleged scam really is 'a timeshare.'

One user wrote that the OP sounds like him and he then called himself 'a nice guy, to a fault.'

'I have no problem helping people. With that said, I have learned very hard lessons and have been taken advantage of because of who I am,' he wrote.

'I can say from experience, that she won't learn her lesson if you help her out financially. Be there for her to help sort the issues when she doesn't understand something.'