Public Warning.-Scammers passing themselves off as Spanish lawyers and law firms

[pattison1951]

Justin and susan can you help. I have put a deposit on an apt in Estepona almost 5yrs ago and can get no advice from anyone, as i dont have the keys yet and now dont want it for many reasons although desperate to have a little place in Spain. I am coming over in 2weeks and wondered if you could please please please help in any way with advice.

[ifv]

Hello pattison1951

Welcome to the belegal formums.

I don't think we have anyone here by the name of Justin or Susan (I believe they are the couple who run the site eyeonspain).

Nevertheless, we can still provide you with some advice on which your options are regarding your unfinished property. I suggest that you describe a bit more in detail the problem you have and a lawyer will be more than happy to reply to your post.

Regards

[Unregistered]

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

[Unregistered]

Hi there,

I just received a letter in the mail from a Jose Abrienda Y Socio saying he is from the Solicitor y Notaries Public and is asking for further details for a 6.1Million EUR inheritance and that he wants 10% of the inheritance given to charity and split the remaining between myself and him.

Obviously dodgy, just want people to be aware.

[Unregistered]

i m from Cyprus...
my brother has received yesterday a letter by JULIO GOMEZ & ASSOCIATES saying that there are funds left behind by someone in madrid we never met. the amount is 5million 800 thousands. he added that 20% of the funds shall be shared among charity organizations and the remaining 80% to be shared equally between them...
Another fraud!!

add the name on the list!!!

[Unregistered]

Dear all

Today, I recieved a letter postmarked from Portugal. It was written in perfect French, as it was sent to France. The address in the letter ist in Spain, Madrid. The sender is FERNANDO GOMEZ Y SOCIO S.A.

The letter says that I had the same name as a lady who had passed away in the Tsunami 2004. Her inheritance of US$ 5,500,000 goes to an family member. The letter says although that I am not a biological relative, but this could be arranged because I have the same name (!!!!). Fernando Gomez, who signed the letter as Advocat, proposed to split the money 6-4 between us.

Please add this frauder to your list.
Kind regards

[Unregistered]

Just received a letter from Francisco Blanco offering me £12M. He claims to work for the above lawyers, this is obviously a Nigerian scam. Should you receive such a letter contact the real Eco Abogados and inform them of the scam. You should also hand the letter and envelope to the police, as they may be able to get fingerprints off the documents. Do NOT contact the writer or give any personal information, they will clean your bank account out!






QUOTE=Unregistered;9519]i m from Cyprus...
my brother has received yesterday a letter by JULIO GOMEZ & ASSOCIATES saying that there are funds left behind by someone in madrid we never met. the amount is 5million 800 thousands. he added that 20% of the funds shall be shared among charity organizations and the remaining 80% to be shared equally between them...
Another fraud!!

add the name on the list!!![/QUOTE]

[Unregistered]

I've just got the same letter however the name of the lawyer is Jose Garrig Advocate from Barcelona. And it is for US$13,500,000.00 split 50:50
I wish it was true...

[Unregistered]

When my mother (81) received a letter, now 2 years ago) from this lawyer telling her that a far relative had died in the tsunami. The person who so called died has te same name as my mother.
So my mom called me to come over to read this dubious letter. i went to my lawyer and searched on the internet and found out that it is a bogus. What else. the letter sais: That this person and his family died in the Tsunami in Thailand, and my mother is the only living relative left.

She would inherit Seven million five hundred thousand Euros!!! Yes, 7,500,000,00 a huge jackpot!!
They are seeking her collaboration to be the benefactor of the aforementioned amount. i thought this rather strage, but yeah, anything can happen in life (?). NOT!
So the bogus lawyer goes on: Being the attorney of the deceased and family, he thinks my mom is related (because of the same sir names) and so he thinks she and he have a great chance of success IF SHE FOLLOWS HIS INSTRUCTIONS. So he goes on about how they can easily facilitate the release process, if she does what he says!! This is the second letter my mom received. the fist is about one year previous to this one, the man told her to send an amount of money, say 250€ (not that much really, so i think people do it..cause it is low in comparison to the amount she is going to inherit..yeah! The amount is for the costs he has to make, so he is able to proceed with the legal papers and that he can wire the huge amount of money to her account. (???) just like that..
This time around in the second letter, he doesn't yet ask for money, BUT he writes this instead: Though this might sound intriguing and possibly make one apprehensive, however if you are interested, do contact me either via email, fax or telephone for further discussions. lastly, owing to the sensitivity of this transaction I urge you to keep this proposal in UTMOST CONFIDENTIALITY pending our discussion. This smells like a SCAM to me, she cannot tell anyone.. why not, if it's all legal..because it is NOT!!!
So i hope Spanish police catch these crooks and send them to prison for quite some time, and have them do community work with people who were scammed, like they did to someone out there.. And maybe , maybe they will get it..and be very ashamed of what the have done. If they are not a bunch of psychopaths, they have hope for redemption.
if you do not have so much money, you want to believe things like this are true..So these horrible things happen to people that don't have much money, So this makes things far much worse and should get very long sentences in prison..So be AWARE of letters like this one!!...Shame on these criminals, cause that's what they are Thieves and lowlifes!! I rest my case , thank you.

[Unregistered]

Recieved letter in post from Portugal. It said we had the same name as a lady who had passed away and her inheritance was in the bank and would go the the treasury if no relative was found. They proposed that even though they know it;s not legite if we posed as the next of kin they would want 20% to go to charity and 80% split between us.
The firm they used was. BAR BERNARD VERGAS ATTORNEY.
My wife has passed my detail to them including my pasport number.

What damage can they do with this information.