Ramirez and Ramirez

[ifv]

We are receiving a large number of emails enquiring about this 'law firm'. Apparently they are mass cold calling timeshare owners offering legal representation to recover funds. Although we have no details yet about this organisation, we can safely assume it is nothing but another scam of the dozens currently active.

For further information, please read this thread:

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

[suziebilly]

We too have just had a phone call from Ramirez & Ramirez promising to refund the money paid to get rid of our timeshare by joing DWVC. We were hoping to get our money back via reclaim. Does anyone know about this company or do we just give up of ev er getting our money back. I thought we were foolproof as regards scams, but obviously not. However, we haven't paid any money to this company having googles them first.

suziebilly

[ifv]

We too have just had a phone call from Ramirez & Ramirez promising to refund the money paid to get rid of our timeshare by joing DWVC.

The following is taken from the Action Fraud site:

Fraud recovery fraud happens when former fraud victims are told the money they’ve lost can be recovered.
[...]
Are you a victim of fraud recovery fraud?

• You’ve been contacted, either by phone or email, by someone saying they are a lawyer, a law enforcement officer or an official working for a government agency in another country. They know you’ve already lost money to a fraud and tell you they can recover your money for you.
• You’ve paid them a fee in order to recover your lost money.

Therefore, anyone who pays a fee to someone who contacts you out of the blue to offer money recovery services and knows that you have been previously ripped off, qualifies as a victim of fraud recovery fraud.

Action Fraud is the UK’s national fraud reporting centre. I recommend that you report this company through their online reporting tool.

[Unregistered]

If you have given you credit card details then tell your card provider and, if the money has gone through a UK comnpany, tell them there is a possibility of merchant acquirer fraud.

Contact Consumer Direct (while it still exists - the UK Govenrnment wants to do away with consumer protection) - these complaints will be notified to Trading Standards and give them the info needed to go through the EU consumer centres.

The OFT does not deal with individual complaints and will refer you back to Trading Standards. The Police will not deal with fraud under about £10000 and will refer yo to Trading Standards.

[tuppence]

Report the matter to "action fraud" The national Fraud reporting centre. They must take the report and then pass it to you local police under home office rules. Google the words action fraud and you will get the telephone numbers. Police will take reports for values less than £100. Trading Standards do not investigate overseas frauds but police can.

[Unregistered]

Ramirez @ Ramirez, are still going strong. We have a friend who lives in Spain, in Torremolinos and he went into Fuengorila found the address, o this so called company only to find at another Lawyers office which he inquired at, that true to form this company does not exist. This was this morning. So where do we go from here. We have lost money twice, Holidaymakers SL and Excalibur, there is also a compaby called Full Circle Holidays involved. Anna Higson was the person who phoned us and also a Philip Murphy.