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Unregistered
08-10-2012, 08:51 PM
I live in Canada and I had the same type of letter post marked from Portugal, that was very professionally written on cheap paper, from a lawyer named Felipe Rodriguez Cortez saying my relative died in a tsunami in 2004 in Spain. He has a metal trunk that has 12.5 million dollars that he his willing to split 50/50 with me. I guess its my lucky day ;-). What will these guys think of next?

Unregistered
08-10-2012, 10:54 PM
hi, i recieved a letter from As & Abogados Barristers & Soliciters saying that i inheritaed 12,700,000.us dollars and that my late realitavie died March 11 2004 along side his entire family in a train boiming in Madrid. he said that i get 40% he gets 50% 10%for expenses. i am taking this as a joke. and they are like you said skams.

Unregistered
08-16-2012, 07:00 AM
I received the same letter in the mail today - in Western Australia. The scammers are so crafty ... apparently someone by the same surname as myself perished in the 2004 Tsunami in South East Asia! Lol!! Keep it regional and someone might believe you, I guess?!

I have half a mind to email this sucker and tell him to make a sexual departure, only ... this came to my home address. mailed in Spain.



H
The same happened to me. I also receved the letter at my homeaddress in the netherlands.

Unregistered
08-19-2012, 10:58 PM
Hello. I'm living in Brussels and received yesterday such a letter (header : METILO ABOGADOS & ASSOCIADOS) from "Barr. Ramon Carlos", Calle Zurbano 98, 28003 Madrid, tel : 00-34-603-307-547.

Have a nice week,

M. Kutnowski

Unregistered
08-24-2012, 08:01 PM
I received a letter in Canada from Acevedo Iglesias who was representing himself as a personal attorney of a deceased client with the same last name as mine. He was asking me to consent to him presenting me as the next of kin / beneficiary of their deceased client so that the 6,950,000 euro fund could be released from the bank. He then wanted to give 20% to charity and share the remining 80% with me. It's party time! No?

Sounds like all the rest.

Unregistered
08-27-2012, 09:44 PM
Hello. I'm living in Brussels and received yesterday such a letter (header : METILO ABOGADOS & ASSOCIADOS) from "Barr. Ramon Carlos", Calle Zurbano 98, 28003 Madrid, tel : 00-34-603-307-547.

Have a nice week,

M. Kutnowski

i received exactly the same letter dated 23rd august 2012 (tel =identical, address = identical, from GEER ABOGADOS Y ASOCIADOS) from Barr. Ramon Carlos
i am living in switzerland.

BGNero
08-31-2012, 01:06 AM
Hey,

also recieved the type of letter (Cortes Abogado) talked with him he seems to me very great but i know it is a fake.
2004 an English Person died at the Train Bomb in Madrid.
But there did not died any english person.
Nice fake noobs

Unregistered
08-31-2012, 03:29 PM
Hi, living in Sweden outside Stockholm I also received a letter from the firm Cortes Abogado in the name of Sr. Samuel Edward,representing a Chinese client who died during the Madrid Train Bombing. Great fun that they're contacting me,using part of my company name,Ord,to get in touch presuming that it's my personal name! Seem desperate to find someone to con!

Unregistered
08-31-2012, 03:59 PM
Hi,

Another Cortes Abogado scam in Sweden, this time in the far north in the city Umeå. I also got a letter offering me half of 7.5 million $ because I had the same last name as a client who died in the Madrid train bombing.

Unregistered
09-05-2012, 08:15 PM
I received the same letter in Greece..(Madrid Law Firm)
C/Ruiz Jimenez,6-1 C,28015 MADRID.Tel:+34 608 439 835 Fax:+34 917 903 833
email:madridlaw@consultant.com

Unregistered from Norway
09-06-2012, 03:45 PM
I got a letter written today in English from METILO ABOGADOS & ASSOCIDOS.
Calle del Halcón, 54, 28025 (I googleMapped it, and it did not seem like a street where lawyers would be..)
Madrid, Espana
Barr. Ramos Carlos
email: carlosramos474@yahoo.es - I mean come on.. Yahoo?
Tel: 00-34-658-501-067

He said some guy with the same surname as mine had worked with him in the Mining and Smelting Company in Spain for thirteen years. He died in a car accident with his wife and kids in 2004.
He says that this guy had 11.5 million US dollars to the next of kin, which he meant could be me. Han he writes the share ratio to be 50% 50%.

I kind of believed it at first, but then I saw the yahoo address and they don't have any website. So.. Yeah.

Unregistered
09-08-2012, 07:16 PM
I live in Canada and I also received the same kind of bogus letter saying I was entitled to 50% of $10.8 million. The lawyer was named as:

Jesus Mardomingo
Lgg-Abogados Y Asesores
Cuatrecasas, Gonclaves-Periera C/ Almagro, 9 Madrid Spain

Run far, run fast!

Unregistered
09-09-2012, 01:20 PM
Hey Guys,
I live in Germany and Dad received such a letter on his fax...
I just want to know where they get our fax number ...okay it´s the number of his firmfax....
I had the feeling that this has to be a joke , because I know no one of our family that died in the thunder of 2008 !
They used a name of one person of pur family but this person died in the 1940s oder 1950s.
It´s just a big big fake...

Run run run !!!

Unregistered
09-12-2012, 02:18 PM
I am living in Sweden and I got a letter from Nicolas Cris, an alleged attorney with Guirao Abogados in Madrid, Spain. He promises me a share of 6.5M $ because a recently (2004) in a car crash deceased business magnate has a surname that we both share.
Funniest thing is, the signature is definitely not his mentioned name...

Unregistered
09-13-2012, 05:27 AM
I am also from Australia. This one is from 'Barrister Giacinto Canzona' claiming to be from the Legal firm White & Baos. It was posted in Malaga. Usual stuff about a dead relative who died in a car crash along with his wife and kids. He did thoughtfully leave 10.5 Million USD for me just for giving away 50% to my new best friend. I got suspicious that he uses a gmail account and a mobile phone on an official looking legal firm letter head .

I emailed the email address on the real White & Baos website suggesting they could get the police to trace the fixed fax number or the mobile number and go around, arrest him, punish him and then deport the bastard back to Nigeria.

Pete A
09-15-2012, 04:28 PM
So many relations passing and all so wealthy. Mine also had $10.8 mill hidden away in Madrid. Barrister Luis Gimenez Guitard is offering me 50% would you believe?
Duhhh

Norway calling
09-18-2012, 03:56 PM
Thanks to a Spanish layer called Guirao Abogados who is a custodian to my unfortunate family member who recently died in a car crash. She left me US 6.5M and he's willing to share - 40% to me and the rest goes to him.
Guirao, why not take all since you are mandated to claim anything on behalf of anyone. That's what you wrote.
Maybe then and only then, you can afford a better design of your letter heading, open a trustworthy domain and last but not least you can afford replacing your seemingly, almost empty inkjet-cartridge.

Unregistered
09-19-2012, 10:32 PM
I received a letter today dated and post marked September 14 from the "law firm" LGG Abogados y Acesores telling me someone who shared my surname had died in 2004 in the Indonesian Tsunami and left US$10.8-million in One Trunk Box/Diplomatic Personal Treasure. This was supposedly left with a "Safe Security Company" in Spain although the contents were undisclosed to the company.

The "Barrister's" name was Jorge Canta. They are supposedly located in Madrid at Frayjuan Gil 4, 28002 Madrid but gave a postal address of Sur. 13-301 46021 Valencia Spain. I mention this because the envelope was post marked Lisbon, Portugal with the same date as the letter.

Snr. Canta assures that even though I am not likely actually related to his client, by allowing him to use my name he will, "(through the rule of law)" be able to claim the money.

Where do these people come from? Are people stupid enough to think they're legit?

Unregistered
09-20-2012, 12:57 AM
I recieved the exact same letter as yours and the envelope was stamped from Portugal too. Only difference is I'm from Australia.

I just received one today from a Juan Martinez Lara, telling me I could pass myself off as a relative and get 6.35 million

Gave an email and an address in Valencia

Unregistered
09-20-2012, 09:41 AM
I'm in New Zealand, but same basic theme. My deceased relative (?) was an engineer called Garyvn. This guy has to be a real clown doesn't he ? I mean .. Garyvn ? How would you even pronounce that ?

Unregistered
09-20-2012, 06:59 PM
I'm in New Zealand, but same basic theme. My deceased relative (?) was an engineer called Garyvn. This guy has to be a real clown doesn't he ? I mean .. Garyvn ? How would you even pronounce that ?

Hey, we must be related then...........I'm in Canada.
Garvyn was also my relative (?) and supposedly left $10.8 million with a Safe security company in Spain.
His "lawyer" Jesus Mardomingo thinks he's entitled to half of this claim.
What a jerk, and to all the others that keep this scam running.
I think I received the same letter you did.

Unregistered
09-24-2012, 06:11 AM
Same letter to me, different sirname and solicitor. Im from australia..

Unregistered
09-24-2012, 11:17 AM
I emailed the email address on the real White & Baos website suggesting they could get the police to trace the fixed fax number or the mobile number and go around, arrest him, punish him and then deport the bastard back to Nigeria.

Unfortunately, it appears that someone has gone to a huge amount of trouble to set up some "sort of" real looking websites for some of the scam operations. My (snail-mail) letter has a fairly real looking, but ultimately fake website to support it. Be veru careful out there.

Not sure how my 4 month old postal address got into this system, but annoyed about it.

Unregistered
09-25-2012, 09:56 AM
Hello, my father just received a letter from Spain, Barcelona - with scanned signature and from Gonzales Associados. First sentence..."My NAMES are Martins Eurico..." Some poor lady died and she left her kinds amount of 13.8 million $. :-) So...beware.

maria
09-25-2012, 12:08 PM
I to had a letter today, cant believe people go out of they way hoping that someone will take the bait. Scary, even if they only know your name and address. Not cool !

Unregistered
09-27-2012, 04:06 AM
SCAM WARNING
My farther-in-law received a letter of a business proposal, assuring the inheritance of US$12.7m secured in a trust fund in Madrid.(from deceased family of similar name)
bogus letter/scam
The attorney wanted a 10% share to go to charity, and a split of 50/50 for the rest.

Unregistered
09-27-2012, 04:27 AM
From Edward Samuel at Cortez Abogados Law Firm in Madrid.
Looking for a relative of someone with same last name who died in a train bombing in 2004. He wanted to share 50/50 in USD $7.5M unclaimed monies. Yah right!

Unregistered
09-27-2012, 06:14 PM
I also received a letter today. Sent by a man called Barr. Ramon Carlos, saying to represent the firm, Geer Abogados Y Associados. Saying I have received 8.7 mill U.S dollars from a person who died in a Tsunami in Spain in 2004.
Wanting to share it with me 50/50.
This man is a fraud! He does not exist in the register of lawers in Spain, nor does he exist in the register of the firm he claims to represent.
I am from Norway.

Unregistered
09-28-2012, 01:15 PM
Hi to all from down under.
Sept. 28 and I just received a letter from the lovely chap called Geraldo Balfour esq. Same story of lost relative in the 2004 tsunami, and the same amount to be claimed 4.5 Million Euros.
How can this scam possible works ? Haven't they heard about the internet ?
I found these very funny so I will give them a 8 for the stamp ( thank Senior Geraldo B) and 0 on originality.

Thank you all for the warning.
Cheers

Unregistered
09-28-2012, 10:12 PM
I just got one this week. Sept 20 2012.

I think the source where they are getting this info needs to be prosecuted. They are targeting retired individuals.

Also a tip for those receiving blocked number calls from scammers. If you forward your number through to some VoIP mailboxes it will capture the blocked number. I subscribe to a VoIP service in addition to my cellphone and home number. It's a cheaply cheaply one that happens to not abide by call block standards. I noticed it one day when checking voice messages that the source number was not blocked. Lol. Love it.


Just received a letter claiming I am the sole beneficiary for $10.8M inheritance deposited in diplomatic box. I am worried where these scammers get their info???

This is their info (or not):
Edific Crane & Asociados Abogados, Calle San Jose Zurbano 52, 28100 Madrid
Tele: 0034-634-162-839
Fax: 0034-917-692-729
24 hours direct: 0034-634-162-839
e-mail: RodrigoGonzaleze@gmx.com or rodrigogonzaleze2@ozu.es
Should I contact the police and give them the letter?
Very creepy
Oh, envelope was stamped in Correos Cta Valencia

Unregistered
10-03-2012, 05:02 PM
Letter says it is coming from Pintor Sorolla (Esq), Diputacion 276, 08009 Barcelona. Telephone +34 672 969 949 / Fax +34 917 903 561 / Email: pintorsorollaeq-at-gmx.es

The address is a rather nice building that could well have been an attorney's residence.

The 'Diplomatic Personal Treasure' amount waiting to be had: $8,550 000.00

'...who died along with his nuclear family during the Tsunami catastrophe, which occurred in December 2004.'

Google translate. LOL!


I think the source where they are getting this info needs to be prosecuted. They are targeting retired individuals.

I think this is an interesting conclusion. How do these scammers get hold of the required information?

Envelope had a nice stamp though! :p

Unregistered
10-04-2012, 05:15 PM
My mother in law received a letter from a "Barrister" Garcia Sanchez apparently working for G.S Abogados. As other people have already said, this "Personal Attorney" claimed to give 10% of the inheritance to charity, and the remaining 90% split between the benefactor and himself... which is just dodgy because where and how much of the inheritance money goes is completely up to the person who died, not just decided by the lawyer. Also, the fee lawyers get is a fixed sum, am I correct?

I also noticed the english was... a little bad. They spelled "through" as "thru" which is text speak. Absolute bogus.

Unregistered
10-04-2012, 06:55 PM
My son has received a similar letter from Antonex Abogados Y Asociados, Calle Arenal 35, 28013 Madrid. The lettter has been posted from Ireland and offers a 50% share of $8,500,000.
Nice English all the way through, except that it refers to a deceased Mr as "she" a little later.
Thanks for pubicising this site

ZOOMEK
10-05-2012, 12:22 AM
My father in norway received letter from Barcelona, telling that he gets 12,5$mln.
Letter was from
J $ G. ABOGADOS

Avenida Diagonal, 4, 4ª Barcelona, 08008 Barcelona Spain.

Ph.: +34.932.20.00.92 – Mobile: +34.634.09-26*80

Fax: +34.935.50.42*85, Site: www.abogado-home.com

Thank you for this page

Unregistered
10-05-2012, 12:59 PM
Brother inlaw received a similar letter begining of september this year from Barr. Edward Evan saying he inherit 7.5 million and would want 45% of it 10% goes to charity and 45% is for my bro inlaw. Cut the story short he did everything that was asked of him, even a man name William Gomez pretended to be from the bank email and rang him about changing the ownership and he needs to pay 2800 euros thats nearly 5000 new zealand money to change it but lucky i went and checked then came across this website. thank god

barrister edward evans
tel-34 632 555 379
barristerevansedwards@gmail.co

william gomez
director foreign operation
trans hispania bank madrid espana
address cervino, 21, 28290 rozas - madrid spain
tel- 34 603 315 288 (service)
bancotranshispania@gmail.com

Unregistered
10-05-2012, 02:34 PM
I was contacted via e-mail in the Czech Republic.
Thank you for these information

Guest
10-05-2012, 08:16 PM
I just received this letter today, in Canada. From Sr. Samuel Edward principal attorney with cortez agogado. yet in the header it is spelled cortes abogado... you would think a principal attorney could get the spelling of his firm correct. And again a "relative" died in the madrid train bombing of 2004 (I am %100 sure no relatives in Madrid). The letter states to release the fund to him (USD 7.5 million) he will share the ration 50/50.... sure thing fuckhead, especially when your private email address is with yahoo.com and phone number is clearly a cell.

Do your research and do not contact this idiot, it is SPAM.

Unregistered
10-08-2012, 02:13 PM
I'm also from Norway and received a very similar letter today from "Nicolas Cris" (signed something that looks like C Hartonio), an attorney with Guirao Abogados. Promising me 40% of 6.5 million dollars if only I get in touch. Because someone out there with the same surname as me unfortunately died in a car accident, with her whole family, in Madrid on the 27th December 2004. Note: 100% risk free and legal(...), AND there is NO ATOM of risk in connection to this business... Yes, sure... I wish...
If it looks to good to be true, it probably is...

Unregistered
10-08-2012, 02:32 PM
I'm also from Norway and received a very similar letter today from "Nicolas Cris" (signed something that looks like C Hartonio), an attorney with Guirao Abogados. Promising me 40% of 6.5 million dollars if only I get in touch. Because someone out there with the same surname as me unfortunately died in a car accident, with her whole family, in Madrid on the 27th December 2004. Note: 100% risk free and legal(...), AND there is NO ATOM of risk in connection to this business... Yes, sure... I wish...
If it looks to good to be true, it probably is...
same story here. im from germany

Unregistered
10-09-2012, 09:20 PM
Carrer De Deu | Mata, 117 Barcelona 08029 Spain
Abogado: Andreu Batllo Carlos
Tel.: +34 (603)-181-456/Fax: +34-93-550-43-67
Home Page: www.abogadobattlo.com
The inheritance is $12.5 million. Death of entire family in car crash. July 13, 1999.
Andreu is unable to contact anyone related to him in the United States. 10% of the money will be shared with charity organizations. The remaining 90% will be shared equally between he and myself. I am guaranteed the transaction will not be found illegal, ". . . however if this business proposition offends your moral ethics, do accept my sincere apology." Reply quickly by email either: abcabogados@abogadobatllo.com or info@abogadobatllo.com.

Really???

Unregistered
10-09-2012, 10:38 PM
my father in norway received letter from barcelona, telling that he gets 12,5$mln.
Letter was from
j $ g. Abogados

avenida diagonal, 4, 4ª barcelona, 08008 barcelona spain.

Ph.: +34.932.20.00.92 – mobile: +34.634.09-26*80

fax: +34.935.50.42*85, site: www.abogado-home.com

thank you for this page

me too
i'm from greece

Unregistered
10-09-2012, 11:51 PM
Received one in Canada today from Portugal:
Gonzalez & Associates
Bar. Phillip C. Gonzalez
Avenida Praia da Vitoria 45, 1050-184
Mobile no. (011) +351-910009388
Land Line (011) +351-21243-3994
Fax no. (011) +34-917903977

$8.65M US to split 50/50. Died in car accident with his family on 21 November, 2004

Thanks for all the posts

Bill

Unregistered
10-10-2012, 10:08 AM
I recieved a letter in the mail stating that this lawyer had a large inheritence that he wanted to split with me. I understand that this is a scam, but can someone please explain to me how this scam is intended to work? And also how they get my name and address if im not listed?

Unregistered
10-10-2012, 12:37 PM
I just got a mail sent to me from spain from a "Barrister Pascual Ramperez" email: "pramabogado@wss-id.org" telling me that there was a fund left behind with 5.8 million dollars and that he wanted to split it 50/50.

Unregistered
10-12-2012, 11:36 PM
I did also receive a letter from Martin Malha Esq, from Spain, the personal attorney of somebody who passed away and has the same last name as myself... yada yada yada... same crap as everybody else.
Are these people retarded?... SCAM is written all over the letter.
Add this name to the list: MARTIN MALHA ESQ

Unregistered
10-14-2012, 01:50 AM
Hi

I received a similar letter. $7.5m to be split 50/50. I decided to have some fun. Emailed him from an anonymous address to get him going. He replied quickly. "Steps and Way Forward" he titled his reply. I responded that he could only get 10%. Again he wrote back, "50/50". I wrote him to say that I had a contact in Madrid that he could make arrangements with. I copied a phone number to him. The number was for Luna Madrid Police department. I didn't wait for his reply. I wrote again that I forwarded all of his contact information to my contact "Emilio" and that he was waiting for his call. Emilio is a real name of a Police General. I emailed a further message to tell him that Emilio wrote to me in Spanish that his team is conducting a surveillance of a suspects' address and that they expect to make an arrest soon. I wrote one last time to tell him that I've sent all his info to Policia Madrid and that Yahoo.com and GMX.com would be getting the same info.

No reply from Don Edward............. :)

Unregistered
10-16-2012, 01:18 PM
My mother at 77 years of age received a bogus letter, stamped in Valencia Spain, from Nicolas Cris who claims to be an attorney at Guirao Abogados.
It´s the same story as you guys have received...a person/family dead in a car accident leaving 6,5 USD. For the claim my mother was asked to provide an account number.

I scanned the letter and sent it to my local policeoffice, by email, with information how to contact me if they wanted to go further with an investigation with this attempt of fraud.

I wonder how much these organisations spend in stamps, paperwork and time in correlation with how much they earn, if it´s a rewarding business. I fear that must be a rewarding business since they are putting so much effort in it.

Keep on the good work guys, by telling us your experience in these kind of scams!!

davegayle@rogers.com
10-17-2012, 04:36 PM
I received a letter also from Martin Malha. Is there some authority that I can complain to?

Unregistered
10-18-2012, 07:42 AM
I received a letter also from Martin Malha. Is there some authority that I can complain to?
I googled "Madrid Police email" and found this for you: (you would have to translate your complaint to Spanish)
Use this: http://www.bing.com/translator/

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_email_address_for_police_in_Madrid_Spa in
Best Answer
If this is to do with an Internet fraud you could try
delitos.tecnologicos@policia.es
If yiu want a different department. try looking up the general police service website, special units page : http://www.policia.es/cnp/cnp_unidades.html.

And to get local Madrid Police phone numbers.: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Where_is_the_police_station_in_Madrid

Unregistered
10-18-2012, 09:24 PM
Became a letter from Barrister Geraldo Brandis. This time it was a fund of 4,5 million Euro after a person who died in the Tsunami 2004.
Email: geraldobrandisesq@ozu.es
Tel: +34698714317
Address: Passeig de GrÃ*cia 118, 08008 Barcelona, Spain

Unregistered
10-19-2012, 01:32 PM
Became a letter from Barrister Geraldo Brandis. This time it was a fund of 4,5 million Euro after a person who died in the Tsunami 2004.
Email: geraldobrandisesq@ozu.es
Tel: +34698714317
Address: Passeig de GrÃ*cia 118, 08008 Barcelona, Spain

I received this same letter. I'm living in Sweden. That guy who died had as same last name as my middle(!) name. Poor geraldo, you scored an own goal!

Unregistered
10-20-2012, 03:28 AM
Carrer De Deu | Mata, 117 Barcelona 08029 Spain
Abogado: Andreu Batllo Carlos
Tel.: +34 (603)-181-456/Fax: +34-93-550-43-67
Home Page: www.abogadobattlo.com
The inheritance is $12.5 million. Death of entire family in car crash. July 13, 1999.
Andreu is unable to contact anyone related to him in the United States. 10% of the money will be shared with charity organizations. The remaining 90% will be shared equally between he and myself. I am guaranteed the transaction will not be found illegal, ". . . however if this business proposition offends your moral ethics, do accept my sincere apology." Reply quickly by email either: abcabogados@abogadobatllo.com or info@abogadobatllo.com.

Really???

Is it possible, if you could mention the name of the death family? I would like to know please because I received the same letter. Thank you.

Unregistered
10-20-2012, 05:37 AM
We're in Canada and we received a similar scam letter today.....Tsunami 2004 victim with same name....proposed split of bank account funds etc (10% going to charity of course). Letter posted from Spain from (supposedly):
Enruque Velasco Associados
C/Villanueva, 24-3e dcha 28001 Madrid
tel: +34 634 034 745
fax: +34 935 504 015
with a gmx email address
Signed Barrister Enrique Velasco

So obviously a scam! Someone posted a comment much earlier about the scammers needing to invest in a new printer cartridge.....well our letter, with blurry off-colour headings, was evidence of that fact. Also whenever the words bank and money were used in the text they were in bold letters. Somehow that was supposed to convince us of the veracity of the letter?
What is scary is that this scam must sometimes bear fruit as it seems to have been going on for years, based on the history of this thread, and the cost of the mailings, and setting up fake websites and phone/fax numbers etc.
The real sources of their income, the older, less wary, will not be reading any of the postings here. We know that these kind of predators are out there but please make sure that your friends and relatives, who may not be so aware, do not become victims.

Unregistered
10-20-2012, 02:37 PM
what is the name of the dead family on July 13 1999 ? Can you please tell me I receive the same letter in USA from A.B.C. Abogados Carrer De I Mata, 117 Barcelona 08029 Spain, and include the date the letter was sent to you. Thank you.

Unregistered
10-21-2012, 02:03 PM
I am from Germany.
Please add this to your List:

Don Edward Samuel

Cortez Abogados
Hermanos Becquer 8.3
28006 Madrid
Tel +34634 120 674
Email samueledward@gmx.com

Unregistered
10-22-2012, 04:04 PM
from barrister ramos carlos . i live in Sweden. Has anyone answered to that yahoo email??

Unregistered
10-25-2012, 09:44 PM
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Unregistered
10-26-2012, 04:15 PM
http://i.imgur.com/OeFcm.jpg

Unregistered
10-28-2012, 05:07 PM
I live in Norway and I just got the same letter that I could share $11.5 Million with him, so kind!
Some relative and his family died in a car crash and bla bla bla.
Also a yahoo email sent from Spain but was post marked in Valencia.
Clearly a scam but at least it was nice that some one actually wrote me a letter!

Unregistered
11-01-2012, 12:40 AM
Carrer De Deu | Mata, 117 Barcelona 08029 Spain
Abogado: Andreu Batllo Carlos
Tel.: +34 (603)-181-456/Fax: +34-93-550-43-67
Home Page: www.abogadobattlo.com
The inheritance is $12.5 million. Death of entire family in car crash. July 13, 1999.
Andreu is unable to contact anyone related to him in the United States. 10% of the money will be shared with charity organizations. The remaining 90% will be shared equally between he and myself. I am guaranteed the transaction will not be found illegal, ". . . however if this business proposition offends your moral ethics, do accept my sincere apology." Reply quickly by email either: abcabogados@abogadobatllo.com or info@abogadobatllo.com.

Really???can you please give me the name of the dead family,I received the same letter, thank you.

Unregistered
11-02-2012, 02:54 AM
I live in the uk and i have recieved the same letter from Ernest Francisco.

Unregistered
11-02-2012, 07:47 PM
Lets not leave Canada out of this.
My letter said my relatives died in the Tsunami in 2004. Funny, I have no relatives with the same name as me, so, now I'm out some unknown relatives and 1/2 of $8.7 million. Oh well, easy come, easy go.

Unregistered
11-07-2012, 07:06 PM
I just got a mail sent to me from spain from a "Barrister Pascual Ramperez" email: "pramabogado@wss-id.org" telling me that there was a fund left behind with 5.8 million dollars and that he wanted to split it 50/50.

Yes I got the letter today as well and an attempt to access my gmail. Where do they get the addresses?

Unregistered
11-08-2012, 04:24 PM
In Canada - I get 4.7M he gets the other half!!

Oliver
11-08-2012, 05:30 PM
Got one in Sweden, they are just changing the name of the "attourney".

Unregistered
11-08-2012, 10:29 PM
I live in Canada, and it was sent to my home address...

kenny8076
11-16-2012, 11:06 AM
i got one the other day too in Sweden. i responded, figured i had nothing to lose. I just dont understand what the point of it all is. he hasnt asked for money, we have exchanged about 4-5 emails. Emailed me a next of kin document that all i had to do was sign,it was addressed to a man at Bancaja Bankia, who i googled and does work there. he also emailed me a paper stating he will be my lawyer. As far as information on that paperwork the only thing it asks for is your address(which he already has) and passport/drivers license number, which does nothing for him.

his website is legit and professional, email was through his website. I just dont understand what the scam is i guess. he isnt asking for money, no personal information besides passport number which like i said he cant do anything without actually having the passport.

anybody actually know what the point of all this is? what their goal is?

kenny8076
11-16-2012, 11:24 AM
Fernando Pérez Fernández
F.P.F Abogados
Plaza Ayuntamiento, 4-1° Izda.
36400 O Porriño,Pontevedra, Spain

tel: +34-672-555-146. fax: +34-93-550-43-67

fprezferDOTcom

Unregistered
11-16-2012, 09:03 PM
just got another email from this guy. i think i am farther in the process than the other people on here, i want to see how far i can get until the scam part kicks in. he still has not asked for money from me.

"Good evening!!! The Affidavit form was okay and the purpose was claims not oaths. I write to update that I have submitted the Affidavit Form and the letter to bank. The Power of Attorney will be issued to me by Monday. I have also attached herein a scanned copy of DEATH CERTIFICATE of my late client, his DEPOSIT CERTIFICATE and AGREEMENT DEED. This is to confirm my alibi and for your record keeping. After all ,we will present all our documents to the court upon Court hearing, Mr. Elliot Bank account has already been suspended in other words frozen, and it is only when the court rules in your favour and we obtain (LOA) LETTER OF ADMINISTRATION, LETTER OF APPROVAL , SWORN AFFIDAVIT OF CLAIM, CERTIFICATE OF JUDGEMENT / POWER OF ATTORNEY empowering you to receive the funds then only can the bank release the funds to your account noting that at that time the court must have ruled in our favour and issue a Court Order authorizing the bank to release the proceeds of my late Client's frozen account to your account.

Once the bank completes their verifications, they will open up correspondence with you and initiate the process of the transfer. You will understand it more better as we progress. Send me your telephone number to reach you. Good night."

he attached a death certificate and deposit reciept also....

Unregistered
11-23-2012, 08:40 AM
Just received a letter from Spain here in South Australia from Barrister Geraldo Brandis!! DAMN!! I thought we were FINALLY in the money from this distant relative with a misspelled surname! Lol! And he sounded SO HONEST! 10% had to be shared amongst charities as well!!! I wouldn't share ANY personal information (like driver's licenses or passport details) with them though, with concerns of identity theft.. if nothing else.

DeeGee
11-24-2012, 06:31 PM
I have a letter from "Barrister" Raul Martinez Sanchez, matrasanchez@gmail.com, phone +34 698 682242 proposing to split 50/50 a trunk of money deposited by a deceased guy in a safe security company in Spain.

Can't this scammer be traced with the above info, and apprehended? They even have a website in the name of the fictitious Abogados practice!

DeeGee

Unregistered
11-24-2012, 09:11 PM
I live in Germany and got a letter with nearly the same wording. About 10 million and 500.000 US-Dollars. From Lopez Acosta & Asociados Abogados Madrid, Sil 21, Madrid 28002, Tel. 0034-602-542-461, barristerlopezcosta@gmail.com or barristeravinal@attorneymadrid.com .

Unregistered
11-26-2012, 12:13 AM
I live in Germany and got a letter with nearly the same wording. About 10 million and 500.000 US-Dollars. From Lopez Acosta & Asociados Abogados Madrid, Sil 21, Madrid 28002, Tel. 0034-602-542-461, barristerlopezcosta@gmail.com or barristeravinal@attorneymadrid.com .

I live in Switzerland and received a similar letter today from the same scammer. Read through and note the unprofessional propositions and the chatty tone of the letter. Would a lawyer use this type of language? Look for mistakes in the English and mistakes in spelling, grammar and typing. Would a "barrister" suggest using a "judicial loophole" to access the vault? "...the transaction is 100% risk free...." .."we shall divide the content into two." This sounds like a real criminal proposition to me. It is so mind-bogglingly unprofessional and ridiculous that it is obviously a scam.

Here is the letter in full, faithfully copying the mistakes, so judge for yourselves:

"My names are Barrister Raul Martinez Sanchez and I work with MANZANO-ABOGADOS, Granada, Spain. Actually, I got your contact information through the European Public Records while searching for a last name similar to my late client´s a business magnate by name Mr Fred C******* who lived in Spain for over a decade before death. He died along with his nuclear family in 29th of December 2004.
Prior to my explaining further, I must first make an apology for this unsolicited mail to you. I am conscious that this is certainly not a predictable way of approach to foster a relationship of trust I had no choice due to the circumstances and urgency surrounding this claim. Before the catastrophe that claimed his death,he deposited One Trunk Box/Diplomatic Personal Treasure, containing the sum of US$5,000,000 (FIVE MILLION U.S. DOLLARS) with a Safe Security Company here in Spain and a 40Kilogram of 24Karat pure Gold Bars with another Deposit Company outside Spain. Due to security and personal reasons he did not disclose the exact content of deposited Trunk Box to the SAFE HOUSE. As the attorney to late Mr Fred C******* the security company has mandated me to present a member of his family (heir/inheritor) to make Claims or the vault will be confiscated and taken to the Bureau of Diplomatic Security as unclaimed.
After exhaustive efforts of search for a direct family member to my late client which came to no avail, I was given an ultimatum to look for some relative to come for the claim or have the Vault liquidated and made unserviceable in accordance with existing laws. Against this backdrop, I am soliciting for you to stand as the next of kin. I know you may not be anyway related to my late client but having a common lastname with him and considering the modality I have in place, I could guarantee that if you follow my instructions (The rule of laws) ,capitalising of some judicial loop holes the vault would be release to us. Mind you that this transaction is 100% risk free; there is no atom of risk connected to this business as I have worked out all modalities to complete the operation effectively.I shall present you for the claim of the cash in the deposited Trunk Box first before introducing you for the claim of the Gold Bars depositied outside Spain. Once the consignment (vault) is released to you, we shall divide the content into two.
Kindly reply to this mail via my private email address and phone number below for further clarification. Please be kind to get back to me if you are not willing to collaborate with me so that I can further my search for another partner.
Kind regards,
Barrister: Raul Martinez Sanchez
Private email: martrasanchez@gmail.com
Phone: +34 698 682242
"
You would really need to be a sucker to believe anything in this letter.

Unregistered
11-29-2012, 09:28 PM
Similar story here:

same surname as victim of the tsunami 04
left 5,4 Mio US Dollar in a Spanish bank

F. Nelson Marquez
Calle De Federico AgustÃ*,
41 28023 Madrid Spain
Tl: +34 602 697 858/+34 602 473 360
Fax: +34 911 820 164
Email: marquezadvocate@gmail.com

With best regards
Frederic Nelson Marquez

Unregistered
11-30-2012, 06:51 AM
SCAM!!

mario_sanches@lawyer.com
AS&Abagados
Madrid

The phone and fax number seems to be valid. Obviously they got my name and address from a public phone book: my surname is missing, only initial..

Dromore
11-30-2012, 07:01 AM
Hi
I'm in New Zealand. Got my letter today - much the same as everyone else's - Barrister Mario Sanchez in Madrid, 12.7 million Euro, 10% to charity and we share the difference - printed on cheap paper but full postage paid.

One big difference to all the others however - he's saying it was ME who was killed in Madrid in 2004. Probably explains why I haven't been feeling too well lately. Also highly annoyed none of my friends or relatives were at my funeral. You'd think at least one could afford the airfare NZ to Spain.

Checked the names of those killed in the real bombing - I'm not there either - no Kiwis there at all. Perhaps I'll just have to wait until I die again to get the recognition I must deserve.

simobafil
12-05-2012, 01:21 PM
MIGUEL ZAMORA . SL Y SOCIO
CARRER DE BALMES, 198 - 211, 08006 BARCELONA, ESPANA

Tel: +34-9317-61006 / Fax +34 - 93-54-574 - 49

e-mail: info@bccabogado.com / abogado0es@gmail.com

http://www.bccabogado.com

Unregistered
12-11-2012, 12:01 AM
Received a hoax letter from a so-called attorney "David Pintos" from Madrid Spain, claiming the usual - a next of kin needed to be found in order to have access to 8.4 million... received our info from Canadian Public Records... etc...

Wondering if there is a way to report this as they leave so much contact information (which I understand may be false). It would be nice to let police or investigators know so that they can investigate and spread the word - especially to prevent others and those more vulnerable and honest (like the elderly) from being victim of these scams...

Anyone ever report this?

Unregistered
12-11-2012, 11:21 PM
http://www.alexsotochamb.com/aboutus.html

esta pagina es de una persona que nos mando una carta diciendo que habia muerto una persona con el mismo apellido mio, y no habia quien cobrara un deposito en el banco, tiene que ser un fraude

CAZOR ASOCIADOS (Bufete de Abogados)
Carrer de Muntaner, 81 08011 Barcelona, Spain. Email: cazor@ozu.es Nº Referencia: 153/02452 Fecha: 12 de Noviembre 2012 Estimado señor o señora: QUERO, Para presentarme, Soy Alex Soto, abogado con CAZOR ASOCIADOS - España, somos uno de los abogados más importantes aquÃ* en España, y también el abogado del difunto Sr. David Quero Rafael. Soy muy conciente que le sorprenderÃ*a recibir este correo de mÃ*, ya que no ha habido ninguna correspondencia anterior entre nosotros, sin embargo le contacto al respecto de mi cliente que junto con su familia (esposa e hija), murieron en un accidente de tráfico en la autopista de Valencia a Madrid el 5 de Diciembre de 2004. De hecho, antes de la muerte de mi entonces cliente, el hizo un depósito de fondo con su banco aquÃ* en España de la cantidad de Ocho Millones Setenta Mil Euros (Euro 8.070.000,00), y yo era su gestor sobre el fondo de depósito, lo cual tengo expedido un poder de representación, debidamente notariado como su abogado en el tiempo cuando hizo el deposito. Al ser su abogado, hace unos meses, el banco me emitió un aviso para proporcionar el/los parientes próxima / heredero/a de mi difunto cliente para reclamar dicho dinero depositado, en caso contrario pueden bloquear dicho cuenta al haber transcurrido el tiempo máximo del deposito sin reclamarlo y en este caso el dinero heredado por el estado.


este es un extracto de la carta

Unregistered
12-11-2012, 11:28 PM
Received a Letter today in Munich - this time it is Martin Abogados - same contend. they seem to go on with their betrayels. Has anybody gone to the police? He has given a tel.nr. and an email address at least

Martin Abogados y socio
Ramon cajal 28 CP
29630 madrid spain
Tel 0034 603 339 390
Fax 0034 917 903 637
mail: manuel_martin4@ozu.es


Let us all inform the police, since the spam must be successful for them somehow, otherwise they wouldn´t go on with it.

tiene el mismo numero de telefono 0034 917 903 637

http://www.alexsotochamb.com/aboutus.html

esta pagina es de una persona que nos mando una carta diciendo que habia muerto una persona con el mismo apellido mio, y no habia quien cobrara un deposito en el banco, tiene que ser un fraude

CAZOR ASOCIADOS (Bufete de Abogados)
Carrer de Muntaner, 81 08011 Barcelona, Spain. Email: cazor@ozu.es Nº Referencia: 153/02452 Fecha: 12 de Noviembre 2012 Estimado señor o señora: QUERO, Para presentarme, Soy Alex Soto, abogado con CAZOR ASOCIADOS - España, somos uno de los abogados más importantes aquÃ* en España, y también el abogado del difunto Sr. David Quero Rafael. Soy muy conciente que le sorprenderÃ*a recibir este correo de mÃ*, ya que no ha habido ninguna correspondencia anterior entre nosotros, sin embargo le contacto al respecto de mi cliente que junto con su familia (esposa e hija), murieron en un accidente de tráfico en la autopista de Valencia a Madrid el 5 de Diciembre de 2004. De hecho, antes de la muerte de mi entonces cliente, el hizo un depósito de fondo con su banco aquÃ* en España de la cantidad de Ocho Millones Setenta Mil Euros (Euro 8.070.000,00), y yo era su gestor sobre el fondo de depósito, lo cual tengo expedido un poder de representación, debidamente notariado como su abogado en el tiempo cuando hizo el deposito. Al ser su abogado, hace unos meses, el banco me emitió un aviso para proporcionar el/los parientes próxima / heredero/a de mi difunto cliente para reclamar dicho dinero depositado, en caso contrario pueden bloquear dicho cuenta al haber transcurrido el tiempo máximo del deposito sin reclamarlo y en este caso el dinero heredado por el estado.


este es un extracto de la carta

Unregistered
12-15-2012, 06:43 PM
OUR REF: JKSS/P01/7367/16/2012 YOUR REF: USR/0074/12/PKL
Office Address: Av. Óscar Monteiro Torres, nº 8 - 3º Dto, 1000-219 Lisbon, Portugal
Mobile No: (011) +351-927154196/Fax No: (011) +34-917903977
Land Line: (011) +351-21243-3994
info@santiagochambers.net

Attn: ____ Rosen,

Before I proceed, I must first apologize for this unsolicited mail to you. I am aware that this is certainly not a conventional way of approach to establish a relationship of trust, but you will realize the need for my action. My name is Barrister Louis P. Petrich of Santiago Law Chambers. Actually, I got your contact information through your consulate while searching for a last name similar to my late client Eng. Palmer Rosen an expatriate engineer who worked with the Construction & Civil Engineering Company (Mota-Engil) in Portugal for thirteen years. He died along with his family during a car Accident, which occurred on Sunday 21st November 2004.

Before his death, he deposited $ 8,650, 000.00 (Eight Million, Six Hundred & Fifty Thousand US Dollar Only) with one of the bank here in Portugal & the Bank has issued me a notice to present the next of kin or any of the relatives, or the account will be declared unserviceable and the fund diverted to the Bank treasury. So far all my efforts to get a hold of someone related to my client have proved abortive. The bank has mandated me to present any family heir/inheritor for claim before the fund gets confiscated or reverts to the Government Recovery Fund, as unclaimed money. So I decided to search for any of my late client's relative which has been very difficult for me, as he did not declare any other person, address, partner or relatives in the official paper works of his deposit.

Against this backdrop, my suggestion to you is that I will like you as a foreigner to stand as the next of kin to Eng. Palmer Rosen since you both share the same last name so that the fund will be transfer to you. With my position as his lawyer, I will now place your name ____ Rosen as the next of kin/distance relative to my late client. I will prepare every relevant document that will assist your claims, and facilitate the release of the fund.

Note that this transaction is 100% risk free. There is no atom of risk in connection to this business as I have worked out all modalities to complete the transaction successfully. Once the fund is transferred into your account, we shall share in the ratio of 50% for me, 50% for you as your benefit. Reply with your phone number via my fax/email address stated above or you can call me for further clarification. Please be kind to get back to me if you are not interested so that I can further my search for another partner.



At Your Service,

SANTIAGO LAW CHAMBERS
Barrister Louis P. Petrich
Av. Óscar Monteiro Torres, nº 8 - 3º
Dto, 1000-219 Lisbon, Portugal
info@santiagochambers.net
Mobile No: (+351)-927154196
Fax No: (+34)-917903977
Land Line: (+351)-21243-3994

I received a letter with exactly the same text except that the deaths occurred in the Madrid bombing. Address was Armando Mendex Madrid. Does anyone get fooled by this stuff on such rubbish paper too!

Unregistered
12-21-2012, 05:15 PM
The same shit has happened to me too!! Please take care of those bulshit scamers!!! Look here under what they wrote to me!!!

I found you during my personal search for someone with the same surname with my late client Engr. Leonard Ambaye At this point, it becomes imperative to let you know that my integrity and carrier as a lawyer are all at stake here, so please be informed that this transaction is going to be carried out under a legitimate arrangement that will not breach the laws of our countries. Hence, it is risk free.

The bank had contacted me on many occasions over these years to present the Next of kin to my late client deposit Engr Leonard Ambaye Upon these requests, I made several efforts to reach someone related to him but without success. The idea of presenting someone with the same surname came last month when the bank gave me the final notice to present the next of kin or the bank will declare the fund unserviceable, and returned to the state treasury.

Having received your email, I hereby forward my plan for its smooth conclusion in utmost fourteen working days. The money in question (US$ 5,400,000.00) is as a result of an abandoned deposit by my late client, Engr. Leonard Ambaye It is absolutely necessary for me to make it take the resemblance of an actual next of Kin; this is where I need your assistance, as my duty is to provide the necessary legal documents to back up our claim.

You see, Next of Kinship is not limited to relations of the deceased, nor is it confined to the circuit of parental relationship, rather it is by choice of the benefactor as regards to whom he wishes to WILL it to

(Beneficiary) either formally by writes up or informally by secret information disclosure to beneficiary, him/her, business partner, relation, kinsmen, or friends or well wishers.

My perfected modalities have been expanded, to include the transfer of the fund to your account by Swift Telegraphic Transfer or any alternative means desired as soon as the release of the Fund is approved on your name. I must I must also inform you that my biggest success is in our ability to enjoy the proceeds of this transaction with absolute peace of mind.

I am sure that the money will be transferred but I must be sure that after the transfer, I will have peace of mind; this is why Confidentiality and Honesty are absolutely important. I have to tender an application to the bank presenting you as the next of kin to my late client Engr. Leonard Ambaye then, you will be contacted by the bank within the maximum of 48 hours from the time the application is tendered to them as indicated by the bank..


Do send a copy of your identification or any legal document that identifies you, like your National Identity Card or Driving License, Your Telephone number, Fax number, Occupation, Date of birth and your Marital Status.It will be my duty to provide all the necessary legal documents on your name to enhance the release of the fund.



Kindest Regards

Francisco Martinez (advocate)
































--

ADVOCATE FRANCISCO MARTINEZ

Address: Calle De MartÃ*nez,

20, 28039 Madrid Spain

Tel: +34 602 476 985 / +34 602 603 275

Fax: +34 911 820 164

Email: adovcatefmartinez@gmail.com

Unregistered
12-28-2012, 02:09 AM
I am from the Uk just recently received one of these bogus letters of a so called relative a man called Rosemarie (yes thats what I thought) who died in the Tsunami in 2008. He apparently left 5.5 million and would I claim half of it. How dare they profit from another persons unfortunate demise. No doubt if you contact them they would ask for a certain amount of money to work on you r behalf to release the money. How do you report these people?

Unregistered
01-04-2013, 04:31 AM
a mi me acaba de llegar la misma carta , el numero es el mismo y el supuesto abogado tambien, alex soto, de donde eres tu ?

Unregistered
01-04-2013, 04:32 AM
tiene el mismo numero de telefono 0034 917 903 637

http://www.alexsotochamb.com/aboutus.html

esta pagina es de una persona que nos mando una carta diciendo que habia muerto una persona con el mismo apellido mio, y no habia quien cobrara un deposito en el banco, tiene que ser un fraude

CAZOR ASOCIADOS (Bufete de Abogados)
Carrer de Muntaner, 81 08011 Barcelona, Spain. Email: cazor@ozu.es Nº Referencia: 153/02452 Fecha: 12 de Noviembre 2012 Estimado señor o señora: QUERO, Para presentarme, Soy Alex Soto, abogado con CAZOR ASOCIADOS - España, somos uno de los abogados más importantes aquÃ* en España, y también el abogado del difunto Sr. David Quero Rafael. Soy muy conciente que le sorprenderÃ*a recibir este correo de mÃ*, ya que no ha habido ninguna correspondencia anterior entre nosotros, sin embargo le contacto al respecto de mi cliente que junto con su familia (esposa e hija), murieron en un accidente de tráfico en la autopista de Valencia a Madrid el 5 de Diciembre de 2004. De hecho, antes de la muerte de mi entonces cliente, el hizo un depósito de fondo con su banco aquÃ* en España de la cantidad de Ocho Millones Setenta Mil Euros (Euro 8.070.000,00), y yo era su gestor sobre el fondo de depósito, lo cual tengo expedido un poder de representación, debidamente notariado como su abogado en el tiempo cuando hizo el deposito. Al ser su abogado, hace unos meses, el banco me emitió un aviso para proporcionar el/los parientes próxima / heredero/a de mi difunto cliente para reclamar dicho dinero depositado, en caso contrario pueden bloquear dicho cuenta al haber transcurrido el tiempo máximo del deposito sin reclamarlo y en este caso el dinero heredado por el estado.


este es un extracto de la carta




a mi me llego la misma carta de la misma persona, de donde eres tu?

Unregistered
01-11-2013, 02:30 AM
Same as everyone else got a letter saying that a family member with the same last name whom I have heard of with a 10 million dollar inheritance who wants to split it 50/50! hahaha

Unregistered
01-14-2013, 08:21 PM
I have just received a similar letter to what all these people are talking about. Never thought it would be for real but where the hell do these people get my details from? So annoying.. And actually I would not have ever thought that i was gonna read hundreds of complaints about letters like this. Crazy!!

Unregistered
01-15-2013, 06:02 PM
Yup i also Recieved a letter yesterday from the Above, claiming someone died in spain with their whole family.

Fairly worried that they got my address and initials.

This letter also came from Valencia

Unregistered
01-16-2013, 07:04 AM
Same as everyone else got a letter saying that a family member with the same last name whom I have heard of with a 10 million dollar inheritance who wants to split it 50/50! hahaha

Got the same letter from the same guy here in Canada (except my deceased relative has $10,800,000 in a "trunk box").
His address Sur. 13-301 46021 Valencia Spain
Ph: +34 602 468 013
Fax: +34 911 881 405
Felixvilaseca@gmail.com

Dean The Machine
01-17-2013, 01:42 AM
I'm from Switzerland..
I recieved the sam piece of shit from this fuckers...
just wrote them to get fucked .. ;-)

cheers

Unregistered
01-19-2013, 01:00 AM
inheritance scam by mail
from Hernandez Carrillo Abogados from Spain

this just arrived today

Unregistered
01-27-2013, 08:00 PM
I live in Norway. I just received the "Tsunami" message! Brendon (+ my last name) and his family died in the Tsunami, 4,5 million Euro inheritance, to be shared 50/50..... . BTW, Definitly no one in my family was ever called Brandon!

This is annoying!

Sender's name and address:

Geraldo Brandis Abogados Asociados
Passeig de Gracia 118
08008 Barcelona
Spain
E-mail: brandisgeraldobar@yahoo.es

Unregistered
01-28-2013, 02:16 PM
I live in Norway and got letter from Acevedo Iglesias, sent from Seville, dated 11 January 2013.

Funny thing is, it's actually sent to my mother's address and I lived there as a child, but not anymore. But the letter also uses my married name, which I never used when I lived at home. Really wonder how they managed that combination.

Looks like they are doing a big bombardment of Norway at the moment. With all the posts on this site, imagine how many letters there must be! Only a small fraction of recipients would post here.

Unregistered
01-29-2013, 01:13 PM
Hello!

Im from Sweden. I just received a letter from Spain. The stamp said Valencia. But the law firm was in Barcelona.

A relative has died in Burma. A victim of Cyclone Nargis in 2008.

He deposited a consignment containing a huge sum of 8.7 million dollars.


--- I LOL'ED

I was really happy for about two seconds. Now back to my simple life.

Peace!

poorboy
02-01-2013, 12:14 AM
I'm gonna be rich....I am gonna be rich....its not real? ....Noooooooo!

Unregistered
02-05-2013, 11:47 PM
got the same letter yesterday. Mine was also $10,800,000 in a "trunk box". It had a real stamp on it and it says the lawyer is Felix Vilaseca, same address, same phone number and same fax number. email address is a little different being felix.vilaseca@alacant-abogodos.com


Got the same letter from the same guy here in Canada (except my deceased relative has $10,800,000 in a "trunk box").
His address Sur. 13-301 46021 Valencia Spain
Ph: +34 602 468 013
Fax: +34 911 881 405
Felixvilaseca@gmail.com

Unregistered
02-08-2013, 10:43 PM
Yup i also Recieved a letter yesterday from the Above, claiming someone died in spain with their whole family.

Fairly worried that they got my address and initials.

This letter also came from Valencia

i rec'd one too i am forwarding it to police

Unregistered
02-13-2013, 09:15 AM
Another one:

Manuel Martin (LLB)
Senior Partner
Tell: +447024043926
Manuel Martin Solicitors
92 New Cavendish Street
London W1W 6XJ
United Kingdom.

Unregistered
02-18-2013, 12:17 PM
Hello,

I am living in Denmark, and I just recieved a letter from "Barrister Robert Huber" of "Chron Abogados" because I share a last name with a dead man in Spain. There are 8.7 million US Dollars to be collected.
The law firm is located in Barcelona, but the letter stamp is from Valencia. And the "Barrister" uses his private yahoo mail adress. I mean, come on!

E-mail: roberthuver46@yahoo.es
Tel: +34 602 684 748
Adress: Via Laietana 28, Barcelona

Unregistered
02-26-2013, 11:02 PM
From Canada Received letter from scammer who posed as lawyer willing to split funds belonging to someone with same last name. Letterhead reads RAFAEL BERDAGUER ABOGADOS, ATTORNEY: RAFAEL BERDAGUER BARDADILLO.

Sent contact email to scammers private email address rafaelbb.esq@gmail.com to see what their response would be. They send private phone number 0034063102370511 requesting we contact them by phone. Didn't of course. Did send email to a RAFAEL BERDAGUER BARDADILLO's website asking if they were the lawyer handling this estate but never got email response. Maybe website is part of the scam....don't know.

Turning info over to local authorities as well.

Unregistered
02-27-2013, 09:11 AM
Hi just received a letter from Spain down here in Australia. Barrister Francis Zara esq is his name. I am the proud owner of 4.5 million euros. I just wish that the person who left it to me was really my relative. Ha ha

Unregistered
02-28-2013, 08:44 AM
Australia - Just received a letter from Luwis Cheema ESQ informing me I may be the next of kin to a deceased estate of 4.5M Euros.

I don't think so not today

Ranger
02-28-2013, 03:42 PM
Also have just received a letter and phone call from Spain here in Australia. Barrister Francis Zara esq is his name. I am also the proud owner of 4.5 million euros.
He was a Spaniard that spoke with a strong nigerian accent and he hung up on me when I told him.
Touchy people are the nigerians!!!! can't accept the truth.

Unregistered
03-02-2013, 10:26 PM
I'm from Israel. These guys are really not very smart. The "law office" of Lius & Diaz wants to share an inheritance left by one Ms Hoshana Zelda .'Zelda'. was supposedly her family name. Zelda also happens to be my given name. So on that confused basis they're offering to have me declared the heiress to a $2 million bank account, before it's confiscated as 'unclaimed' by the Bureau of Bank Security. I wrote them that it would be best to let the beleaguered Spanish state confiscate the money; they surely need it.

Unregistered
03-04-2013, 08:08 PM
I too did some digging, it happens that my long lost family member, being of considerable amount of money was sadly taken from us along with her family in a tragic car accident in 2004. It really must have been a sad and sorry year for drivers in Spain. She too had no other family members to claim her fortune. The odd thing is that these scammers aren't very clever, they're using a formed letter with personal info and money in bold face and an odd address. Really people, check with google maps if you want to scam people. So folks if you fall for this you deserve everything you get. Remember never trust an email or a letter unless you check it first. By the way, mine came by mail, and the name isnt even mine.. I married into it. So please be careful.

Unregistered
03-12-2013, 04:56 PM
I recieved a letter from Spain from Barrister Oscar Moss Luis and he works with Oscar Hernández & Asociados. He wanted to split 8.6 million dollars with me. I'm from Sweden.

Unregistered
03-13-2013, 02:56 AM
A friend of mine got this letter a few days ago and asked me to do a little research on the net.
Looks like we got a really good deal, 6.8 million euros - 20% goes to charities and 50% for my friend and 30% for the "Madrid Law" firm.
The letter was signed by Mr Pablo Perez Esq (There's a lawyer with that name in the USA (http://www.foreclosurelitigationlawyer.com/Firm%20Info/Lawyers/774399.aspx), perhaps he's interested in placing charges against them) and the address on the letter is Plaza de Alonso Martinez 6, 28004 (There's a legitimate law office at that address (http://www.mglegal.es/) but neither the telephone, nor the fax numbers are theirs - perhaps they are also interested in prosecuting)
The logo of the company looks quite cheap for a law firm, the telephone number is 0034608439835, the fax number is 0034917903833 and the email is madridlaw@lawyer.com (I hope spam bots will take it from here :) ).
Also, this letter seems to be an improvement since it mentions a real person as his late client and in fact a distant relative of my friend.
I'll check with him about the address and the stamp on the envelope and reply back.

Unregistered
03-14-2013, 07:08 PM
My grandmother recieved a letter on March 13th saying she had a family member die in the Tsunami disaster in 2004. The lawyer wants to split the money 50/50 (4 million each). Only took them 9 years to find us.... such a scam

Barrister Andrew Ward
28010 Madrid
Espana
Email: ba.andrewward@yahoo.es
+34-602-684-748

What law firm uses yahoo as their professional email?? F*CKING idiots

Unregistered
03-18-2013, 11:40 PM
i just receive today from abogados cuatrecasas
i give it to the police. Canada

Unregistered
03-25-2013, 08:00 PM
Carrer De Deu | Mata, 117 Barcelona 08029 Spain
Abogado: Andreu Batllo Carlos
Tel.: +34 (603)-181-456/Fax: +34-93-550-43-67
Home Page: www.abogadobattlo.com
The inheritance is $12.5 million. Death of entire family in car crash. July 13, 1999.
Andreu is unable to contact anyone related to him in the United States. 10% of the money will be shared with charity organizations. The remaining 90% will be shared equally between he and myself. I am guaranteed the transaction will not be found illegal, ". . . however if this business proposition offends your moral ethics, do accept my sincere apology." Reply quickly by email either: abcabogados@abogadobatllo.com or info@abogadobatllo.com.

Really???
I got the same letter. Can you please tell me the name of the dead peoplehttp://belegal.com/forums/images/icons/icon6.png

Unregistered
03-28-2013, 04:44 PM
I am living in Finland and received a letter from Spain, stamped in Valencia, from Phillippe Edgar who is CFO in Banca March. His email address is philippe_edgar@yahoo.com and I wonder why CFO in a big Spanish bank has free email address not his bank address. Nice letter but the signature is not original hand written but printed so these cheaters have some place to improve He is willing to split 9,2 MSUD which is inheritance of Mr Hannu (and my lastname).

Maybe next time Phillippe...

Unregistered
04-02-2013, 09:55 AM
received the same type of letter from MARIANO ACOSTA-RUIS ESQ. from MAR-ACOSTA CONSULTANTS (mar-acostaconsultants.com).

Claims to be spanish law firm, the letter is post stamped with Portugese symbol (man with a horn on a horse) with no date or any other markings on the envelope.

The most annoying thing is that it was sent to my 81 yr old grandmother- easy prey ha?

Unregistered
04-02-2013, 09:34 PM
I just received a similar letter from Avero Y Co. Abogados, from an individual named Avero Armancio ESQ. The number's are Tel-00134603433834 and Fax-00134911311712. The e-mail address is averoamancioo@hispavista.com. My only concern is how are these people getting my address and name? I do not enter contests and I am very cautious about any identifying information I disseminate about myself

BasCB
04-05-2013, 08:33 PM
A friend who does not speak English send me a scanned letter he received apparently from a Spanish law firm called "mszabogados" signed by a Marcos Sainz. I did find the company has a website, and the contact info and adress fit (but the number is a Spanish mobile +34 658 196 404), although the website gives a different e-mail adress for information (the letter ask to send information to mszabogados@consultant.com)

Its about an inheritance from a person called like his first ex-wife - supposedly to be 8.75 million EUR to be split 20% for a charity, and the rest evenly between the lawyer and my friend. I have told him it looks like a scam and to be careful, but promised to see if I could find out anything more about this.

Bastiaan Bunnik, Czech Republic

Unregistered
04-06-2013, 09:36 AM
I received a letter from a "Spanish Law Firm" with an inhertance offer of $6.5M. Boy, I'm excited! I immediately replied by email, stating that I am really happy to claim the estate, as long as ALL expenses are borne by the lawyer, to be reimbursed eventually by the released estate. If he wants me in Spain to sign documents; happy to go; as long as they pay for the tickets, hotel and expenses :-)

I await their response with interest. :-)

Frank
Australia

Unregistered
04-11-2013, 05:21 PM
My husband's "supposed" relatives dies in the cyclone nargis in May 2008 in Myanmar, Burma. lol We live in Saskatoon Saskatchewan and for sure know of no relatives in Spain. The letter was quite funny and full of spelling mistakes. Too bad, I would have loved to share the $4.7 million that would have been our 50/50 share! Too bad for them that we didn't fall for it!!

Unregistered
04-11-2013, 05:49 PM
I also received the same letter from "Barrister Filipe Sanchez f.sanchez0003@gmail.com 34603872644"
I live in Norway

Unregistered
04-11-2013, 08:39 PM
I got a scam letter from a so called Popeye A. Sanchez from the above mentioned legal firm from Madrid. The usual scam stuff ....several mio USD that I would inherit...

Unregistered
04-17-2013, 02:21 PM
Hei all ....

I am from Greece. Wondering where they got the address from.
My father also received today a letter from Spain and from Pablo Perez Esq. who is a lawyer.
We own to get 6.800.000.00 euros from an related person who is died and left an account to my dad.
Tel. numbers are in Spain 0034 608 439 835 fax. 0034 917 903 833

Michael C
04-22-2013, 08:26 PM
This one from "David Pinto" and "David Lawsuit". Same theme - lots of money in a vault in Spain and if you make the claim, they will split the procedds 50-50. A lost person of the same surnmame who died in a Tsunami in 2004 (with his while family apparently).

Unregistered
04-25-2013, 08:48 PM
I live in Canada and we just received a letter in the mail - Feddy & Associates - Madrid -here is another one to add to the list of "barristers" Fred Edwards - Financial Attorney. We have to claim $12mm Euros.......and this guy located us by searching for last name of any next of kin for his so called client. Unbelievable how much money they waste on stamps you would think.

Unregistered
04-26-2013, 03:41 AM
Yup. Got a letter from Spain today. Correos CTA Valencia it says.
Funny, since the office is located in Madrid.. Well, what do you know..
From Mr. Frank Nicholas. They have a website too!
Either way, phone +34687114616 fax +34935504015 mail fnicholas74@ymail.com
Plaza Celenque 3, 28013 Madrid

Only thing that worries me, is how they get the access to our addresses, scary

Unregistered
04-29-2013, 05:24 AM
Fred Edwards just sent me and my father a letter that our family member Denis died in the Japan Tsunami in March 2011.

Funny thing we have an extensive family tree of over 800 Family members, no one by the name Denis.

Big Time scam

Unregistered
05-01-2013, 02:29 AM
I live in Canada and we just received a letter in the mail - Feddy & Associates - Madrid -here is another one to add to the list of "barristers" Fred Edwards - Financial Attorney. We have to claim $12mm Euros.......and this guy located us by searching for last name of any next of kin for his so called client. Unbelievable how much money they waste on stamps you would think.

I just received a letter from the same guy. Supposedly his client by the same last name as me died in the tsunami in Japan. Luckily for me (sarcasm) just before that happened he secretly deposited 12 million Euro. Even better he has no heirs. So I'm rich. Unfortunately I can't seem to find a law office online. They must be old school and not advertise on the internet.

Company name: Feddy & Associates.
Phone: 011-34-644-540-812
email: feddy644@gmx.com

Calle Juan Ocana
8 Bajo 28931 Madrid
Spain

unregistered
05-07-2013, 08:58 AM
I received a letter today from a Spanish Lawyer Matio Robles. He wants to split $9.5M with me. Business man left a trunk & a diplomatic Treasure with a Spanish Safe Company. Business man coincidentally had same surname as me.
Love old!!! Old school phishing on real paper.
Frank
Brisbane Australia

Ponn
05-07-2013, 05:00 PM
I am from Norway and I Get also same letter thanks for this net side for this infomation .. those people is fuling us

Unregistered
05-09-2013, 01:58 PM
Hi . Yes, just got a letter from BARRISTER SERGIO PINTO ASSOCIATES FROM PORTIGAL to me in Australia saying will i be the next of kin to a deceased person and they will split 50/50 $865000.00 with them.

Well seems one big scam, obviously I took it no further. Andy

Unregistered
05-10-2013, 06:24 AM
Received a letter from Sergio Pinto Associados.

Usual solicitation.

sergiopintoassociados@live.com.pt

Fax: 0011-3491-7903-977
Mble: 0011-3519-2020-0823

Tried calling the number. Straight to message?

Unregistered
05-19-2013, 10:02 AM
This set of barrister scams are still going round as i had a elderly friend get the letter recently about a family trace and wanting to split 50/50 the huge millions from canada .scary part is some details are almost true so makes you worry about them how they get your details address etc know who to prey on most .bout time this was stopped before some poor person gets caught in trap . What does it take to stop these fraudsters ,

Unregistered
05-20-2013, 01:32 AM
Hi,
I used all of your useful tips tp discover it is (unfortunately...) a scam letter,
saying I'm the only kin left from some female relative.

-- Offer is too good to be true - inheritance of 6,800,000 euros from someone I never heard of.
-- Website ** http://guaranteelawfirm.com ** is one month old
-- The name is PEROITO SANCHEZ "Esq."

Real disappointment !!!!!

Thank you & all the best for everybody,
Greets from Israel.

Unregistered
05-22-2013, 09:14 PM
I received the letter from Mario Law firm and associates. I called the number and a man with a strong Spanish accent did answer the phone saying " Mario"
I just hung up.
I new it was a scam but I am worried about older people or those more vulnerable getting this letter.

Unregistered
05-23-2013, 01:55 AM
I got a same letter today with 4.5milion after tsunami

Unregistered
05-29-2013, 03:00 AM
I'm getting emails asking for assistance in helping him get US 5.5 million

condor
05-31-2013, 01:48 PM
Please add the name Armando Garcia or fake business name A. M. Garcia & Asociado to your list of scam lawyers. This is one my brother received from a scammer stating he was a spanish lawyer who had an inheritance for my brother.

Thank you

Also add the name of Fernando Gonzalez to your list for the same reason

Unregistered
06-04-2013, 04:08 AM
got one offering US$25,000,000.00 (which the letter then describes as "Twelve Million United States Dollars". Not much question as to its authenticity, but the funniest part is that this intrepid barrister found me by my apparent dead Spanish relative's last name. My grandpa immigrated to Canada and they mis-spelled his name on entry. EVERYONE with this particular spelling is unfortunately on this side of the pond.

Unregistered
06-04-2013, 11:24 PM
Hi, I am from Greece and today came to my father a by Mr. Pablo Perez Esq...and I started to looking to see what is truth and what is a lie in this letter..ans I understand that is lies...After I have read the same letter and was from another person who had write on this site...the number is #358...write to you to learn and don't believe you these lies

Unregistered
06-08-2013, 01:44 PM
I received the same letter in Israel (sent from Portugal)
I would like to know whether the receiving people have problems with their Kidneys or having Dialysis sessions?
Because the scammers mentioned something about a Kidney Infection

BEWARE !

letter information :
edificio law firm
plaza de alonso martinez
tel +34-608-439-835 ..... + 34608439835
fax +34-917-903-597 ...... + 34917903597
email of "lawyer" perezpablo@lawyer.com

Unregistered
06-09-2013, 07:39 PM
Hi all i from Israel
Today I also received an identical letter alarmed me no postmark and I decided to check out the information on the internet and came across a forum on fascist and my fears were under the firmament
Thanks for the forum and information.

ashditz
06-10-2013, 09:58 AM
I'm from Israel and also got the letter.

b.t.w
mar-acostaconsultants
.com/Humberto_Fernandez_Jr.html

the website they use- the image there is a stolen one.

the guy in the pic is peer.m.schatz

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Peer_M._Schatz

Unregistered
06-17-2013, 08:01 PM
Got a letter to sweden today, with an actual relative that went missing in the tsunami 2004.
leaving me 8.6 million, or rather half that, 4,3 million.

oscar penalosa
calle de atocha madrid
+34603290292

I smell nigerian

sheyllim
06-20-2013, 12:04 PM
Did you know that Police and news agencies are reporting an increased number of door-to-door cons across the nation. There may be a bigger number of operators attempting to rip people off, so be wary of any person knocking on the door and trying to sell you stuff. People should be aware of those strangers knocking on your doors. Some people end up needing installment loans to get by until the month is over after a scam.

Unregistered
06-25-2013, 03:44 AM
My father, who passed away 6 1/2 years ago, just received a letter from Barrister Andres David Uriah wanted to split $10.8 million. Same thing, deceased gentleman from 2004 with same surname. It really had me curious as it had the stamp and post mark from Spain. It took a week from Spain to Alberta, hmmmmm. Been two weeks waiting on paperwork from Ontario!

Unregistered
06-28-2013, 06:30 PM
A long narrative for your readers - please respond if you have more information. Aside from what I write below, I thank the people who added to this thread, who also helped us expose the scam.

My couple-hour attempt to expose a scam.

My father-in-law recently received a letter in the mail from a Spanish lawyer by the name of "Pablo Perez" of the Edificio Law Firm in Madrid, Spain. Mr. Perez informed my father-in-law that he had been searching, on behalf of a former, deceased client with the same last name, a living relative in order to transfer the inheritance left by the deceased. My wife followed up on the letter, writing an email to Mr. Perez. She received in response a letter proclaiming the honesty of his intent, his desire to close the portfolio and transfer the inheritance. He assured that everything would be done through legal channels.

Ok – obviously a spam, but to those who could use the cash, thinking is not always completely clear and reasonable. But on the way to officially proclaiming it a spam, we did some research, and were warned by the following clues.

1) Mr. Perez had an email address that ended in lawyer.com. That seemed fishy, so we checked the website http://edificiolawfirm.com/index.html. All of the "partners" of Mr. Perez had email addresses that ended in edificio.com.

2) Mr. Perez sent a "death certificate". After looking at it carefully, I decided my Photoshop skills are better than that of the scammers. The font size changed mid-sentence, the official stamp was totally phony.

Now things really got fun.

3) I decided to do a reverse image search using the picture of Mr. Perez provided on the website. It led me to another fellow by the name of Dr. Michael Schädlich. He's a real guy I think, and probably unaware that his picture is being used by scammers. BUT, Dr. Schadlich is not only Mr. Pablo Perez at the edificiolawfirm.com site, he is also Herbert Kroon at "Robert McAllister & Partners" (http://robertmcallisterpartners.com/home/profiles.html), and Roger Barkley, director of marketing at Rolls Royce according to a fake (?) linked in profile (http://www.linkedin.com/pub/roger-barclay/32/505/88a).

4) Now, if you follow the links, you might notice that the firm of Robert McAllister & Partners has the EXACT SAME FORMAT website as Edificio Law Firm, which got me thinking about the other pictures on the sight. I conducted another reverse image Google search on the picture of all the partners (of both firms), and found the picture again here: http://www.hornecoupar.com/ - a law firm in Victoria, British Columbia. So, according to this firm, the people in the pictures are Mark Horne, John Coupar, Fiona Hunter, Heather Fisher, and Donovan Waters. I'm fairly certain this is the legitimate law firm. But…
Now things get weird.

5) Three of the five people identified from the Horne and Coupar law firm in Victoria, BC are also the staff of the Topnet Beverage Company in Saudi Arabia (http://topnetbeverages.com/about), where they are identified as Rev. Dr. Walley Ashford, Dr. Blatter von Browich and Mrs. Susan Bell. So, is Topnet Beverage also a fake company? Or is the Horne Coupar law firm?

Who are the scammers?

I don't know, but I assume they work with 10dollarsite.com to build their websites, because that company even uses a site with a similar photograph on a sample of their work (then it was for McKinney Brothers law firm in Denver - http://10dollarsite.com/Portfolio/) and they also worked with http://www.creotec.com/web-design-portfolio.php who created the now deactivated www.spanishpropertytaxrefund.com using the same picture yet again.
Well, there it is. All the relevant fake names, with a couple real ones, whose identities are being borrowed. I hope this little narrative reflecting three hours of sleuth work will help others to avoid be taken in.

The bottom line here, of course, "if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is."

Again, I don't know who they are, but I hope they get caught. They are preying on normal every-day people, some of whom are despondent enough to pursue the mirage put before them. These guys are no "Robin Hoods" – just run-of-the-mill criminals.

Unregistered
07-02-2013, 02:45 PM
I've just received a letter from a David Gomez at a Spanish "law firm". The format is similar to everyone else's - someone died in the tsunami, and I stand to inherit lots of money if I reply to the lawyer's private email address.

Even though it's an obvious fake, I googled the name of the firm:
Baylo Abogados
C/ Goya 13
1. Izda
28001 Madrid
The phone number is a mobile number.

The first google hits are what appears to be a genuine law firm - Baylos Abogados - located at C/ Goya 12 in Madrid - one of the partners is a David Gómez. (www.baylos.com). I've googled the picture of Mr Gomez and he doesn't appear to be anything other than a lawyer, which indicates to me that the scammers have hijacked a genuine firm's identity and that of poor Mr Gomez.

I would be interested to know whether the scammers are buying up population registers or have got hold of them illegally. My name is generally connected with another address in Sweden, so if I was to get spam coming from anywhere other than the official register it would be to that address. (And the register must be newer than 3 years in this case, due to a postcode change).

Unregistered
07-22-2013, 02:38 PM
Beware, I have received a letter from a EQUITY ADVOCATES S.A in Madrid. this is their website http://www.equiadvocates.net/index.html , claiming to have a late late leaving behind millions which I cal legally collect even though I have no family relations to this lady....
the letter is sign by a "lawyer" by the name Luis Mora Espino

Unregistered
08-05-2013, 06:15 PM
Hello,

At first I'm from Poland. Today my father received a fax from Baylo Abogados (not baylos - which is ceirtanly similar http://www.baylos.com/ ). They informed us, that our related who lived in Spain left us several milion dollars. Unfortunately we didn't have any related with our family people from Spain. Moreover as you know, polish language is really difficult. The fax had many of mistakes. They were probably using google translator. The website is really poor: http://dmabogado.com/

POLISH AND OTHER PEOPLE BE AWARE!

Unregistered
08-08-2013, 04:02 PM
I am a Canadian and have received 2 scam letters from Rafael Berdaguer Abogados and yesterday a new letter arrived
from Arraut & Asociados with the same content..???!! The name of the "deceased" family member has magically changed. Never knew I had so many "long-lost" family members....I sent copies to the Spanish Embassy in our city, but have received no response.

Unregistered
08-11-2013, 08:16 PM
I receive a letter few days ago..confirming me that I have a relatives died years ago..and deposited a 13M dollars in a bank. This lawyer named Don Erico Lawson ask my help to claim that money. But I dont know any relative from spain coz I am a citizen in Philippines hut curently residing here in Norway. I dont know if this is true or not..please help me. This leter came from the office so called ERICO ABOGADOS CONSULTO address is PASEO DE SARASATE, 5.1° Dcha, Pamplona 31002 Spain tel.no is +34 634 113 826 email.add.is lawsonericoesq@yahoo.es. .please respond t thi...

Unregistered
08-12-2013, 07:20 AM
Recently I've received fake notice about inheritance from someone in US without kin. I'm from Poland. Please be aware of that scum.

sweden
08-12-2013, 02:16 PM
we got a letter from a lawyer with the name popeye sanchez. he sais that my father would get 12,752 million euros. and i searchd a little on the internet and fond out that he always uses the same letter he just gets another last name. the stamp didnt have something on it so technically it should not go to send such letters.

Unregistered
08-14-2013, 10:15 AM
Just received a scam letter posted in Madrid offering inheritantce of Eu.4 million to share with Luis Morillo, Abogados (Lawyer) suggesting I share 80% with lawfirm and donate 20% to charity. How did they get my address?

Unregistered
08-15-2013, 12:03 PM
In Brussels received this letter saying that 4.5 Mio Dollars are waiting for me to be split 50/50 with lawyer. If I agree on claiming that I am the relative of a guy with my last name. Of course total scamming. Beware all out there.

Romanolaw
08-20-2013, 12:26 PM
Bookmarked this page for Future !

Unregistered
08-24-2013, 08:49 AM
I live in South Africa, and received a letter from a Barrister in Spain stating that I may claim a fortune of 10 million US dollars from a person with my last name as he is deceased since 2004.

Unregistered
08-28-2013, 10:17 PM
Just received a letter from a Pedro Pinto and Associcates in Lisbon Portugal. Add this name to list of scammers

Unregistered
09-06-2013, 01:40 PM
Another name: Marcus Sollana Y Socio, Solicitor y Notaries Public,Avda. del Brasil26,28020 Madrid.. Inheritance scam......

Take Care...

Tritti
09-07-2013, 04:40 PM
This time /September 4th 2013) the letter arrived to Italy (Milano) to my father (88 years old).
The lawyer (Andrew Ward) promits a sure an rely process to obtain 8.5M US kept in securety society.
The money belongs to a relative died in Tsunamy storm in 2004.
He says to work for Cuatrecas in Madrid that has a website (true or false?? - in this website there is the same address and the face of the lawyer). He asks for contact by private emai (ba.andrewward@yahoo.it).
When I digited this address to google I found this Forum.... Whow ham many cases...!!!
We all are relatives of very rich persons!!!
The letter is written in bad italian (I think they used a internet translator)
It was posted from valencia - Spain
The conclusion of the letter is funny: "in case you are not interest please contact me in any case son I ca continue my research with an othe person with your last name......

Unregistered
09-17-2013, 07:58 PM
Just received a letter from this supposed law firm, supposedly in Barcelona, Spain, more precisely "attorney", "barrister", Jorge Rottier Sala", proposing to split 50/50 the millions someone with the same last name left when he was killed with his family in a cyclone while holidaying in Myanmar...

It says "I know you may not be in any ay related to my late client but having a common surname with him is a possibility that the fund will be released or transfer to you. I can guarantee you that if you are willing and interested I will put in place all necessary modality in accordance with the law to legally present you as the true next of kin/beneficiary."

The letter is postmarked Correos CTA Valencia.

Unregistered
09-19-2013, 10:50 PM
Please add this possible scam to your list. An 80 year old friend received a letter from an Edward Blanco of Banco Bancaja Espana, saying he was a Solicitor and legal attache and offering my elderly friend a 50% share in money left by someone with the same surname who had been killed in the 2004 Tsunami.

unregistered
09-20-2013, 02:23 PM
I got a letter today from this guy today, by posthttp://belegal.com/forums/images/icons/icon7.png
marcus sollana y socio, solicior y Notaries Public, Avda. del Brasil 38020 Madrid, Spain.

The story, a lady has died in an accident with her only daughter. No relatives anymore. Because I have the same surname as this lady, we have the chance to get herdeposit of 2.360.000 Euros. If I follow his instructions, he will do 50-/-50 with me. 1.180.000 Euros, I really would like to have it.

I never heard such an bullshit. Everybody knows, that someone has to evidence, that you are in any family relation with her.
Otherwise you get nothing and all money goes to the state she lives.

If someone get such letter, don`t think about the money, staiop dreaming and throw it in the next waste basket

Unregistered
09-20-2013, 03:13 PM
I got pretty much the same letter today, and have notified the Madrid police!

Unregistered
09-20-2013, 08:41 PM
Got a letter from Marcus Sollana y socio with the same story

Unregistered
09-20-2013, 09:23 PM
its real i tell you! a real scam that is. unfortunately for them... i am nifty with tech. soooooo..... i think il bomb their email addresses with acouple of trojans and bloodworms if you know what i mean.

Unregistered
09-20-2013, 11:20 PM
I also recieved one, just now.
I live in Norway and it was from Madrid Spain, claiming a businesslady had been killed in 2004 and therefore I would recieve 6,5 million dollars.

Unregistered
09-25-2013, 06:45 AM
Hi to all!

Same scam, 4,500,000 from some dead relative who lived in spain.....be warned.

Unregistered
09-25-2013, 09:59 PM
I got the same shit today from Jorge Rottier Sala from Spain. Folks, be aware!!!

microsion1
09-26-2013, 09:42 AM
:confused:Especially thanks of admin for nice information about this valuable topic.

Thanks
Saurabh Kumar Singh

Ariesk5n
09-26-2013, 12:24 PM
Hej...I just got that Filipe Sanchez letter...wierd because i`m in Denmark now...but not danish :D

Unregistered
09-26-2013, 08:44 PM
Hello you up above me!

I have recieved the same letter from a Barrister Filipe Sanchez and I am from Denmark and danish! 8,7mill euros. Barcelona Spain. Its Alfis Advocats. Cheater company!

Unregistered
09-26-2013, 09:53 PM
http://www.alexsotochamb.com/aboutus.html

esta pagina es de una persona que nos mando una carta diciendo que habia muerto una persona con el mismo apellido mio, y no habia quien cobrara un deposito en el banco, tiene que ser un fraude

CAZOR ASOCIADOS (Bufete de Abogados)
Carrer de Muntaner, 81 08011 Barcelona, Spain. Email: cazor@ozu.es Nº Referencia: 153/02452 Fecha: 12 de Noviembre 2012 Estimado señor o señora: QUERO, Para presentarme, Soy Alex Soto, abogado con CAZOR ASOCIADOS - España, somos uno de los abogados más importantes aquÃ* en España, y también el abogado del difunto Sr. David Quero Rafael. Soy muy conciente que le sorprenderÃ*a recibir este correo de mÃ*, ya que no ha habido ninguna correspondencia anterior entre nosotros, sin embargo le contacto al respecto de mi cliente que junto con su familia (esposa e hija), murieron en un accidente de tráfico en la autopista de Valencia a Madrid el 5 de Diciembre de 2004. De hecho, antes de la muerte de mi entonces cliente, el hizo un depósito de fondo con su banco aquÃ* en España de la cantidad de Ocho Millones Setenta Mil Euros (Euro 8.070.000,00), y yo era su gestor sobre el fondo de depósito, lo cual tengo expedido un poder de representación, debidamente notariado como su abogado en el tiempo cuando hizo el deposito. Al ser su abogado, hace unos meses, el banco me emitió un aviso para proporcionar el/los parientes próxima / heredero/a de mi difunto cliente para reclamar dicho dinero depositado, en caso contrario pueden bloquear dicho cuenta al haber transcurrido el tiempo máximo del deposito sin reclamarlo y en este caso el dinero heredado por el estado.


este es un extracto de la carta

A mi madre le llegó la misma carta, obviamente con un cambio en el apellido del difunto, el resto es la misma

Unregistered
10-02-2013, 03:54 PM
I am from Canada. I got the same letter yesterday. 10.8M US $, tsunami victim.
The letter is from:
Rafael Agua Asociados
Tel: 0034-632-010-244
Fax: 0034-935-457-368
Buganvilla, 0006, 28036
Madrit, Espana
rafaelagua@gmx.com

Unregistered - idan
10-04-2013, 05:56 PM
Hello all,

I recived today the same letter from Geraldo Balfour, the same 4.5M euro and the same shitty story. I'm from Israel.

Be carefull and don't be stopid guys!

Unregistered
10-13-2013, 07:19 PM
Add South Africa to the list: I live in Cape Town and just received a letter posted in Valencia, Spain from RICARDO CORTES from the so-called firm G C G ABOGADOS, Calle Em Ilio Orturo 6, 03501 BENIDORM . ALICANTE . ESPANA. Tel/Fax; +34-935-457-007, informing me about my inheritance of $ 11.5 million from my "long lost aunt"!!! Poor soul; she died in a plane crash!

Unregistered
10-22-2013, 06:11 PM
Well we received 2 letters in 1 Week
Both letters same thing, different first names, same surnames. Both people died in May 2008. One letter is for about USD 3.8 mil and the other USD5.8 mil.
I emailed the Innex to enquire about some further information, and believe it or not, I received a phone call from Spain from the apparent Barrister. I then received another call from him today, asking if my dad was wanting to proceed with the claim. Today we received the second letter, this one being from Milan San Bravo.

I have forwarded copies of both letters to my attorney.

Unregistered
10-23-2013, 03:32 PM
we received in the mail that same letter from Batalla Abogados & Solicitors yesterday claiming the same thing that they were looking for the heirs of a miner from Spain who left a large amount of an inheritance, yea right!

This is a scam!

Unregistered
10-25-2013, 04:42 AM
We also received a letter in Canada - October 24, 2013

Letter was mailed from:
F M Law Firm
Calle de la cruz 92, 28012
Madrid, Spain
Fernando, Melvis
enquiry_info@lawyer.com
fmlawfirm@consultant.com

The postage was from France....???

Apparently, before the accidental death of a business magnate during the Madrid Train bombing (M11), this magnate deposited one trunk box/diplomatic personal treasure containing a sum of $6.8M. To be split 50/50 between me and Mr. Fernando Melvis....?? Yeah right.

They have a website that corresponds to the details in the letter......

BEWARE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Unregistered
10-25-2013, 09:14 AM
I got a letter via post office mail from this one - Ivan Prieto http://uppergatefirm.com/home/index.php/about-us/ivan-prieto

I told him that I am going to show the letters to my lawyer....

Please check if that person should be added to the list here..
Thanks

Unregistered
10-26-2013, 08:09 PM
Hi, i get the same letter from
ERICO ABOGADOS CONSULTOR
Paseo de Sarasate 5, 1 Dcha, Pamplona 31002 Spain

Unregistered
10-28-2013, 03:07 PM
Hi!

This seems to be an example of classic Nigerian letters, advanced-fee fraud scheme. What I found surprising, however, is that both me and my spouse received one letter each today, delivered by usual post. I had previously received such correspondence by email only and with anti-spam filters getting smarter such emails have mostly been filtered out by my email clients recently.
The sum at stake is 13 500 000 USD cash

Ours are from Don Erico Lawson
+34602454705
ericoabogados@gmx.com
erico_lawson@ericoabconsultor.com
Both letters were posted in Valencia, Spain

We are from Stockholm, Sweden

Unregistered
10-28-2013, 04:04 PM
l have just had a letter from Barrister Gonzales J Batalla in Madrid for $9,5m addressed to my late husband. Coincidence it is yet another mining company. Another scam so be warned.

Unregistered
10-31-2013, 06:00 PM
I received one of these letters today. I live in Canada. The "lawyer's" name is Alexander W Blanc of Fal Attorneys. He claimed to be in France on work but was returning to Spain shortly. My "relatives" died in Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar.

Unregistered
11-03-2013, 06:12 PM
I got a letter yesterday from this firm. An unknown relative had died. 9.500.000 Euro to be spilt between a Dr. Helmut Vetter and myself, 10% goes to charity.

vetterhelmut@yahoo.com or dr.helmut@vetterasociados.com.
Phone: +34 632690224 fax: +34 911820287.

I was only 99% sure this was a scam until I read this thread because it was real mail and not email, so thank you for adding information here! :-)

Anja in Norway

Unregistered
11-04-2013, 04:57 AM
I too live in canada and recieved a letter from a Alexander W blanc. Stating that a relative died and my inheratance is $4.2M
I emailed him asking about his legitimacy but I know now that he is a fraud.

Diane S
11-05-2013, 08:17 PM
I just recieved a letter from Alexander W Blanc, another fraud...saying 8.2 million dollars is in a safe security company in spain and i am heir and would be entitled to 4.1 million.follow his instructions to claim.he says he's in france and will return to spain by oct.30,2013 .Beware

Unregistered
11-08-2013, 12:06 AM
They're still at it, another 6.5m$ inheritance from a lawyer calling himself Ricardo Gonzalez, supposedly working for Abaco Legal with a phony email dagarcia1270@gimail.com

Unregistered
11-10-2013, 05:34 AM
The scam letter I received was posted in Portugal. I live in Canada. The letter says that his client, with the same last name as me, died in a car accident, along with his family, on November 21, 2004. He left US $8,650,000 in a bank account and since no family heir/inheritor has been found, Otero wants me to pose as the next of kin, because of the same surname. We would split the money 50/50. I quite enjoyed it and had a good laugh.

Unregistered
11-16-2013, 11:48 PM
I received a letter today from William Z Riviere Abogados, a "barrister" from Madrid, Spain about a possible relative who worked for Muammar Gaddafi (exact spelling!) as an oil contractor for the Libyan government. The letter was addressed to the unique name I use on my Florida driver's license. They must be selling our info to scammers!

Ollie
11-19-2013, 11:44 PM
I was forwarded a letter dated in May 2013, addressed to my long deceased mother! It was dated May 7/13 and came from F M Law Firm, Callo de la cruz 92, 28012, Madrid, Spain. The post mark on the envelope was FRANCE!

The writer, Fernando Melvis, stated that my relative, Charles Schario, and his family had been killed in the Madrid Train Bombing of 2004, March 11. He said I was able to claim an inheritance of $6.8 million dollars which had been located in a "one trunk box/Diplomatic Personal Treasure" with a Safe Security Company in Spain.

As he was unable to locate any remaining family members he was authorized to present me to make claims or the vault would be confiscated. If I agreed, we would split the contents 50/50!

Just to be sure, I googled the above mentioned train bombing and was unable to find a list anywhere of the victims. I know that my family had European relatives with this rather unusual surname, but I have not been able to find any info about him.

I have chocked this up to an elaborate scam and am considering reporting it the RCMP Fraud squad.

Unregistered
11-24-2013, 04:53 AM
I got one of those this year too. Posted from Valencia, Spain; I live in Canada. This is probably third or fourth letter of this kind that I received over the course of five - six years.
They must be mailing them more in bulk these days - it was all printed (including signature) and the postage on the envelope was printed too. I remember that one of the early ones really impressed me because it had a post stamp that had to be manually glued to the envelope and the signature was really done by hand - you could see the indentation of the pen in the paper.
The law firm referenced in the letter, "Rodrigo Ferrer and Associates", seems to have a very professionally looking website. The odd thing is that they list a physical address in Madrid, but postal address in Valencia, 335 km distance...
Anyway, as much as one would want that to be true (who wouldn't want to inherit several millions...?) it's a pretty obvious scam...

Unregistered
11-25-2013, 02:28 PM
Like everybody else, we could inherit 9.5 mio Euros from some person passed away with our same family name.

The legal firm seams to have a legitimate website (a lot of fake seller do as well nowadays). The address is Carrer de Colon 76 in Valencia - in that city there is only a Calle de Colon, so fake address.. than they give a phone number same as Anja from Norway and a different fax number +34 961 125 606.

I start asking myself how are these scams possible, aren't the technologies at disposal of authorities up to the task?

Unregistered
11-26-2013, 05:54 PM
We received a letter in the post from a so-called lawyer with the name Luis Jose Serrano from C/Ribera del Loira, 46 28042 Madrid, Spain Tel 34 688 385 031. The letter is also some inheritance scam.

Unregistered
11-28-2013, 06:44 PM
By letter I'm invited to claim an 8.6 million eur inheritance. Spanish law firm is Hispan Attorneys and lawyer is Pablo Miller Loritez. English is good but the visual presentation is amateurish at best.

Dem
12-02-2013, 12:29 PM
I actually saw the name of the lawyer already here, just thought to repost it since I got it too.

My father who i an old man has recieved the same mail twice, from:

Abogado Jaime Navarro
Avenida Reino de Valencia no 8,
PTA. 11 - 46005 - Valencia, Espana
Tel: 003460-267-4962 / fax: 003493-550-4095
Email: Barristernavarro@gmail.com

Sent on 26/11/203
and we live in fricken Israel...

astrobee
12-03-2013, 01:02 AM
I too have had one of these fraudulent letters posted from Spain calling himself a lawyer, he put my husbands first name at the end and our surname at the start he obviously can hardly handle the language. he said he got his name from Canada... we don't live in Canada and how many Smiths live in the world????
no signature at all and highly suspicious from the moment I opened it.
his name is luis jose serrrano.. wanting split 5 million 800 thousand into two so he gets half... I would suggest he is stealing and Spain is not a good place for any investments do they not know we hear all this on tv here. I had to close down an email address due to Nigerians constantly sending emails on same subject.. we get phone calls from Pakistan telling us we have a virus in our computer yeah right and what right do they have to even think they can get into our computers.. I am sick of people like this not only on the telephone but now we are getting private mail, as well as emails... time telecom got rid of these people ringing old people who get sucked in...

Unregistered
12-03-2013, 08:41 PM
I also received a letter in the post from a so-called lawyer with the name Luis Jose Serrano from C/Ribera del Loira, 46 28042 Madrid, Spain Tel 34 688 385 031. The letter describes that I and my family may have inherited lots of money. He thinks that we should split the money 50/50.The letter was postmarked in France. False pretences!!!

Unregistered
12-04-2013, 02:23 PM
Please add BARRISTER DIEGO MARTIN AND PARTNERS International Lawyers & Tax Advisers,
Avda de Mostoles, No 25,
Blk 5D, C.P. 08591, Barcelona-Spain
Tel:01134-611-240-027, Fax: 01134-935-504-027
E-mail : diegomartins@lawyer.com

Unregistered
12-04-2013, 02:30 PM
Please add BARRISTER DIEGO MARTIN AND PARTNERS International Lawyers & Tax Advisers,
Avda de Mostoles, No 25,
Blk 5D, C.P. 08591, Barcelona-Spain
Tel:01134-611-240-027, Fax: 01134-935-504-027
E-mail : diegomartins@lawyer.com
I'm from Trinidad, West Indies, these crooks are trying to tarnish the great reputation of Spain

Unregistered
12-06-2013, 04:39 AM
wants to split 50/50, 5.8 million dollars of someone who died in a hurricane with the same last name. I looked up the hurricane and it wasn't even in the country he said. Hurricane Nargis killed some one in Spain, he says. But this hurricane was in Bangledesh.

Unregistered
12-06-2013, 08:55 AM
I today received this also
lawyer; luis jose serrano, madrid spain. email; barljoseserrano@gmail.com. ...scammer

wants to split 50/50, 5.8 million dollars of someone who died in a hurricane with the same last name. I looked up the hurricane and it wasn't even in the country he said. Hurricane Nargis killed some one in Spain, he says. But this hurricane was in Bangledesh.

Unregistered
12-06-2013, 07:32 PM
I just received a letter post marked in Spain, with an actual stamp on it! I'm a millionaire! Ok maybe not.... the story is a person with same last name died in cyclone Nargis in Myamar. left 8.2USD in a safety deposit box, no heirs, well except me.... just have to split it with the 'lawyer'.
The website looks good for the 'law office' but google maps show the "office" as a apartment complex and the phone number is a mobile phone in spain...
So add.
Luis Damian Bufete de Abogados
c/a Garrido Juanisti 07, 28030
Madrid Spain
+34-611384687
to the list of fakes!
When will they ever learn.....

Unregistered
12-07-2013, 03:05 AM
Hi,

Here's another one to add to the list.

I received a letter today from Jose Antonio Duran from the law firm Rodrigo Ferrer and Associates in Madrid. The address provided is:

Paseo de la Florida, 16. 28008
Madrid, Spain

The content is similar to what other people have received, a "long-lost relative" I've never heard of left funds totalling 4.68MM EUR and they will split it 50/50 with me. It's obviously a scam. I'm in Winnipeg, Canada.

Unregistered
12-08-2013, 02:08 AM
Mine didn't have a stamp or postmark and appeared with our newspaper, not with the mail.

Why all the Spanish? Unlike Nigeria, they actually have law and enforcement in Spain.

Curiouser and curiouser...

Unregistered
12-12-2013, 12:54 PM
And again letter from spain. This time I received a fax to my company. They have all - my fax, telephone number, email adress and my company's name and adress. I'm from Poland.

Unregistered
12-13-2013, 07:16 AM
How nice of someone i dont even know to leave me 10.5M Euros.

This cannot be a scam. I knew all the hard work would eventually pay off.
lol!

I hope the law cut their hands and feet off...

Unregistered
12-14-2013, 03:41 PM
I received a letter posted from France concerning an unclaimed safe deposit box in Spain containing 8.4 million bucks to be split 50/50 with the lawyer. The letterhead is FAL Lawyers who do exist in Australia. The attorney-at-law here is Luis Burrell. of course I could find no evidence of his existence and then I found this site with more than enough evidence that this is a scam. I was sceptical in the beginning because the letter looked like a form letter with added names. Please be ware of things that sound too good to be true

Unregistered
12-14-2013, 05:25 PM
Also hitting Calgary, Canada with what looks like a stamp from France in with the regular mail. $8.2M USD is mentioned as being left behind due to Cyclone Nargis in May 2008 in Myanmar...

Ho Ho Ho somebody is trying to give themselves a Merry Christmas - ha ha

Unregistered
12-14-2013, 11:17 PM
Imagine, so many people all having $8.2 M, no heir and perishing during the same cyclone. What are the odds? Very decent of the lawyer, Luis Burrell, to offer to split the proceeds 50/50.

Unregistered
12-15-2013, 06:01 AM
My grandfather in Edmonton, AB, Canada got the exact same letter from "Luis Burrell"...

Unregistered
12-15-2013, 02:46 PM
Hi,

I'm from Spain, I've received a similar communication by e-mail:

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I am a lawyer here in Spain, I need your assistance in repatriating US$12.4M (Twelve Million, Four Hundred Thousand US Dollars only) deposited by a customer who died with his entire family here in Barcelona. All attempts made to trace members of his family were unsuccessful. I will give you more information upon your response to this proposal. Send me your telephone number so that I can explain to you in details.

Best Regards,
Barrister, Fernando Nelson Martinez (fernando.martinez16@aol.com).
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Unregistered
12-17-2013, 12:54 AM
I'd like to give the originator of this garbage an electronic kick in the butt with a frozen boot.

Unregistered
12-18-2013, 02:09 PM
I am from Toronto Canada and I received one such letter from Madrid Spain from a supposed Law firm "Rodrigo Ferrer" and the lawyers name is Pablo Hector Garcia. Stating that I am next of kin to some dead guy and there is 8+ million euros waiting that they want to split 50/50. The world is full of sick individuals. People beware!!

emmcee
12-21-2013, 06:47 PM
My parents just received a letter from Milan San Bravo, attorney at law in Madrid Spain. His letter claimed that his client tragically died in the Cyclone Nargis in May 2008 and he has been unable to locate a next of kin. He says even though we are not really related, if we say we are, he could split the $5 million estate with us 50/50 - says its 100% risk free!

My poor father was so excited and ready to fly to Spain! I hate to think of all the elderly or naïve people these scammers are successfully robbing!!

Unregistered
12-30-2013, 02:28 AM
Hi, I just received one today.
Hmmm ...... They have my old address from 2 years ago.
From: Milan San Bravo
Email: milasanbravo@gmail.com

Posted in France, real 'stick on stam'p and all.
Again the 'Cyclone Nargis Disaster' caused the death.
$5.6 million dollars US to be split 50/50.

Actually the name of the dead chap 'Edwin Coombes' is of a real person (a few of them actually over time) and the family name (Coombes or often Coombs) is of folk spread throughout the world.

regards Steve Coombes

Unregistered
01-14-2014, 06:33 PM
hi, we have a same story .rodrigo ferrer company paseo de la florida 16, 28008, madrid spain of 8 580 789 euro, received a letter from ir the post
my uncle died 2003 and left me 8 580 789 euros

web sites look preety good but number and address is wrong
bank address is appartments , but in the corner is a real bank of the simillar name,


so stuppid

Unregistered
01-15-2014, 05:26 AM
Received a letter from a MIGUEL ANGEL ACEVEDO claiming to be the CEO and lawyer in charge received today. It claims that a relative of mine has died and an auditor found an account that has been dormant for a decade now. The total monies is in the sum of 8,680,453.81 EUROS.

My letter also states that it would be a 50/50 split.

Please be aware of this scam!!!

Unregistered
01-16-2014, 09:52 PM
I am living in Montréal , and i also received this letter today, here is his number, i will call and i let him know that he is a son of a ...
BEWARE, no one will give you 8 million Euro!!

Dimitre Vavov
01-19-2014, 04:59 AM
I would like to join the warning!
I also received the same letter; amount is exactly the same.
Signed by Castor Sainz Andres, the CEO and lawyer...
The letter has a 0.90 euro stamp dated Jan 01, 2014.
Campbell, California

Unregistered
01-25-2014, 05:44 PM
The same letter was received by me in Toronto just yesterday. People, be smart and don't give any money to these scammers!

Unregistered
01-29-2014, 07:36 AM
I received a letter today from William Z Riviere Abogados, a "barrister" from Madrid, Spain about a possible relative who worked for Muammar Gaddafi (exact spelling!) as an oil contractor for the Libyan government. The letter was addressed to the unique name I use on my Florida driver's license. They must be selling our info to scammers!

Just received the same letter here in Australia posted from Germany. It was posted to a relatively new address.

Unregistered
01-29-2014, 03:18 PM
Same letter from luis Burrell to my home in Montreal comming from Spain, 8.2 millions $$ 50 / 50. The strange thing, we make a travel in Myanmar 2 months ago and the client ( same famely name) died in Myanmar in 2008. They have our adress and travel info. I suspect someone in hotel or air Myanmar exchange our detail with that stupid "Luis Burrel"
30 Jan 2014

Unregistered
02-06-2014, 06:45 AM
I live in Tasmania Australia!
today I received this snail mail letter in the mail from:
Luis Enrique Martinez Nunez (a lawyer)
email: luismnunez@abogados-forum.eu
from: Bufete Perez Vidal & Asociados in Madrid Spain
phone: 0034 632 071 570
fax: 0034 917 903 717
web: perezvidal.eu
dated 30.01.2014

the deceased died in December 2006
Sum of $7.9Mil - woopee to be split 50/50
the most hillarious thing however is the following
He states he is from Spain right .... so the letter should be addressed from Spain
but it has been stamped and posted from FRANCE!!!!

as with the other letters it is on cheap paper and not even a real signature just a scanned one!
Also if it were an official letter the other thing I would expect to be on a envelope would be a return address! - I mean come one .... such important news .... you would think that if it didn't get to the recipient they would want it back!!!

hope you all stay safe and no one falls for this massive scam .... its terrible
the worst thing is that I have only lived at this address for 6 months so I would love to know where they got the address from!!

Unregistered
02-06-2014, 11:02 PM
so what is the scam?

Unregistered
02-11-2014, 10:35 AM
Hey Guys

We were offered only 7,9 M Dollars. In Spain they use Euro! What the hell. If he wanted it to be taken more serious, at least he should get the currency right.


Stay safe!

Unregistered
02-16-2014, 03:06 AM
Hi
I live in Australia.
I just received a letter from a lawyer in Paris, France (French stamp, no return address on envelope but full address, email, phone & fax on the letterhead). A client of this lawyer, a Spanish business "magnate" with my surname, died in the Nargis cyclone and left $US2.8million in a safety deposit box in Spain. Unable to find an heir and with the box about to be deemed "unclaimed" and confiscated by the state if he can't find a legit claimant he has written to me because of my surname. He has "..worked out all the modalities to complete the operation effectively" and if I will contact him and be his partner then when the box is released to me we will split the money 50/50.

But I have some questions:
Lots of other people are getting offered lots more than $2.4million. Is this lawyer trying to cheat me already before we even get started? And 50/50 split? I think 80/20 my way sounds better. How do I deal with this cheating lowlife and get what I really deserve?

Unregistered
02-23-2014, 08:40 PM
Hi Guys
Today I got a letter from Advocate Franck Morris in Madrid stating that I am the lucky recipient of a sum of $6.4M which leaves feeling cheated as some of you got offered $7.9M ;)
Anyway, this was the latest to this hopefully unsuccessful scam.

Unregistered
02-27-2014, 03:02 AM
Got a letter today from Roman San Calvo, lawyer in Madrid Spain and similar to previous posts I am the lucky relative of Edwin ______ a business magnate who died in the Cyclone Nargis Disaster, blah-blah-blah. My prize is 50/50 split of $5.8M. I decided to set up a dummy email account and respond just to satisfy my curiosity to see what they say.

Unregistered
03-15-2014, 01:02 AM
Just received a letter from Mr. Hortet of KPL Asociados addressed to my deceased father informing him that he is heir to $9.5M U.S. Postage in France must be cheaper than in Spain. Letter appears to be a Xerox copy used in a mass mailing.

dowling
03-15-2014, 02:44 PM
I received a letter from a David Jorge Hortet informing me that he would like me to try and con the estate of Leonard Dowling of $9.5 million dollars by saying I am the next of kin to this person.

Unregistered
03-18-2014, 12:34 AM
just also received a letter from kpl asociades, madrid claiming I would inherit 50% of $9.5 million. Mailed in France, sent to Australia.

Unregistered
03-18-2014, 05:23 PM
Ich bin aus Deutschland... und bin nicht mit Ulli Hoeneß verwandt :-)
Aber trotzdem bin ich reich, weil mein Verwandter vor 2 Jahren verstorben ist und hat nun 16,5 Mio € hinterlassen... und ich darf 60% davon behalten ;-)
Mr. Lanx Hops Gonzalez aus Madrid hat mir heute ein Fax geschrieben, und will sich mit mir treffen... ha, ha , ha

Unregistered
03-19-2014, 01:04 AM
God bless the tossers of the world, where would we be without them? Beaut start to the day. The wife is up for 4.75 mil. Im getting replaced with a younger, more robust model and being paid a tidy sum to go quietly. Everyones a winner. The funny thing is that these guys post this crap to countries where your average citizen may have a little cash but they generally have access to the internet as well. Brilliant. The letter is so dodgey in its entirety, its worth framing for the giggle factor alone. This is way better than the pathetic text messages that get sent out. Anyone tried emailing back for a small up front cash deposit from these guys as proof of jackpot at the barristers expence? The mrs reckons we could throw it on the house loan. Stoked to find this blog. kudos to the creator of it.

Unregistered
03-19-2014, 11:40 AM
I'm sure that the French postal service is very grateful to David Jorge Hortet for the vast amounts of mail that he is sending around the world. At least in Australia he is keeping letter volumes up for international inbound mail. Like the comments below it's the same deal with different surname, same amount and same excuse. I guess with the high unemployment rate in Spain what else can you do on a barmy summers night!! Keep it up Mr Hortet sooner or later you will hook a sucker .....

Unregistered
03-21-2014, 01:57 AM
My envelope was mailed from Spain, not France from Franck Morris (Esq). My alleged next of kin died in the Tsunami of 2004. He didn't have as much money as some of the other folks. Only a paltry US$6.4M.

I hope that we can continually help them develop their product with this blog so they can maybe someday get it right... well except for the entire premise of this letter that is just absolutely ridiculous.

From Edmonton Ab, Canada
Stay safe everybody.

Unregistered
03-23-2014, 11:59 PM
Must have been a mass mailing, and this "gentlemen" spent a bunch on stamps by looks of it. Posted from France, "lawyer" from Spain, my Japanese boyfriend apparently had a cousin named Leonard living in Spain...wish we knew, would have paid him a visit.....how unfortunate he also lost all his family in a car accident....

Worries me, if this type of letter is sent to the most vulnerable, ie, the elderly who may fall for this....

From
Toronto Canada

Unregistered
03-24-2014, 03:35 AM
Interesting. Got a letter from the same Spanish lawyer. Also regarding an estate from a distant family relation called Leonard. You'd think he could use a few different first names! First thing that came up when I googled the name of his law firm was this thread. Funny.

Unregistered
03-24-2014, 10:52 PM
Th assclowns are at it again - targeting Canadians with their bank now in Portugal

Unregistered
03-26-2014, 09:49 AM
These ever so generous spanish lawyers just sent me a letter ,offering me half of 5.8 million US dollars. As mentioned my distant relative was Leonard [must be a popular millionaire name]very nice letter Roman San Calvo but it was a bit too obvious .posted from UK ? Large space for a small surname.NO signature .My my when will they give it away,my money is staying in australia. thank you belegal.com for this delightful forum.

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03-28-2014, 07:59 PM
His name is Manuel Pacheco. A Mexican citizen that lives in Spain. He says he has contacts in banks where you can get loans of any amounts. The truth is that this individual does not have anything. He tries to get payment in cash for services that will never happen. Supposedly the payments are for attorneys fees, company creation, etc but when you ask to meet the attorneys, they will never show up. Sometimes he also works out of Amsterdam where he says he has more connections. Be aware of this individual as he is a professional scam artist.

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03-31-2014, 09:08 PM
Elderly are being targeted by Roman San Calvo...posted from Valencia; have changed the name to Edwin!
Whole family wiped out by a cyclone!... No wonder Spain and Portugal are suffering financially with all the "business magnates" being felled by disasters.

My poor mother-in-law is despondent after realizing it was just a hoax!

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04-01-2014, 03:29 AM
I'm in Australia and just received a cheaply printed letter supposedly from this Spanish Law firm that exists and has a lawyer by this name offering half of 8,340,000 Euros. An obvious scam but wanted it reported somewhere. Estate was for Cara Johanson who supposedly died in tsunami in 2004.

I hope they get no responses from gullible people, just a lartge potage cost.

May they rot in jail sometime.

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04-01-2014, 03:50 AM
Same story here in Ottawa - almost identical actually. Over $6million inheritance (split 50/50 of course), wealthy long lost relative and his entire family killed in a cyclone. Chest of money will be delivered to your home but they need you to pay the flights for the diplomats that need to deliver the money. Letter well written enough for anyone who is vulnerable. A shame really. Wish there was a way to track them down and make they accountable.

Stay away! Do not respond.

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04-07-2014, 05:39 PM
UK here! Same letter, same stuff. I contacted one of the police's departments in Madrid as someone already posted their e-mail address. I will now keep quiet and see what this person is going to write me back. I am really curious though, haha. In the letter he says he is called Manuel Conthe (I googled him, he's quite a big deal), so... these scammers are really desperate, lol. Just be careful people.

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04-08-2014, 11:33 AM
Hi guys,

I just recived a fax from Mr. Lanx Hops Gonzalez from Madrid ( i am from poland) who claimed that I will get 16,500,000 Euro. He poroposed 60% for me and 40% for him. Hahah funny :)
Looking foraword from this super buisnessman.
He want to visit me or he wants me to go there and meet with his lawer.

WHO THE FUCK IS THAT? AND WHERE DID HE GET SUCH INFORMATION ABOUT ME ?

I am wondering to contact Spanish Police ... (?)

Watch out guys, keep warm !

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04-25-2014, 06:26 PM
I too received a letter today from Spain. Postmark says Buriofax. No stamps. Dated April 15th.

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04-30-2014, 12:22 PM
Received the letter same old story, lawyer, 12 Mil left from someone with same name, wants me to pose as relative cheap paper mobile fone number blah blah blah

Be aware!

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04-30-2014, 07:39 PM
mother received letter from Barr. Mario Sanchez from As & Abogados Barristers & Solicitors saying he was an attorney for man who died in Madrid train bomb 2004. He wanted her to go to Spain and verify she was a distant relative of the dead man as they share the same surname, so they could share 12 million euros. He said the letter was top secret and that he had her details as next of kin to back her claim. My concern is how he got her details....thinking of informing the police and sharing his secret.
Be wary people

dnissani
05-09-2014, 02:42 PM
Shalom everybody,

pls beware that EQUITY ADVOCATES S.A quoted above, has shifted "identity" and is now also sending 'respectable' scam post office letters under the name of Achievers Law Firm from Madrid.

Danny

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05-24-2014, 01:30 PM
Using the same pro forma as quoted "Firstly, I must solicit your confidence in this transaction. Etc." only personal details changed.
Antonio Makro Esq
Solicitor, Notary Public and Law Consultant. C/ Orense, 37, Madrid 28223, Spain
Tel: +34634993700 or +34604153858
Using a combination of names from my mother and father's heritage, that was odd and a bit too much information. I am not sure where they are getting their info but it is a bit un-nerving.
It is good to know I am not ignoring $5.5 million euro because I am poor and it would be tempting to celebrate with something extravagant, like food.... or shoes with no holes!

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06-06-2014, 07:27 PM
got a letter from "Achievers law firm"

under the name "Mathias Pinto"

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06-08-2014, 11:39 PM
got a letter from "Achievers law firm"

under the name "Mathias Pinto"

got the same one as you :)