Comments on: Careful with Scammers Posing as Spanish Lawyers http://belegal.com/wordpress/careful-with-scammers-posing-as-spanish-lawyers/ Keeping up-to-date with Spanish Law Thu, 17 May 2012 20:57:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Frank Taormina http://belegal.com/wordpress/careful-with-scammers-posing-as-spanish-lawyers/comment-page-2/#comment-7082 Frank Taormina Thu, 17 May 2012 20:57:57 +0000 http://belegal.com/wordpress/?p=234#comment-7082 <a href="#comment-7076">@Elena </a> I received excatly the same letter, i email him back asking him about if he wantig some money or if not money it will be identy theft, and guess what i didn't get no response. SCAM!! He wanted me fax my passport or my driver's license @Elena
I received excatly the same letter, i email him back asking him about if he wantig some money or if not money it will be identy theft, and guess what i didn’t get no response. SCAM!! He wanted me fax my passport or my driver’s license

]]> By: Elena http://belegal.com/wordpress/careful-with-scammers-posing-as-spanish-lawyers/comment-page-2/#comment-7076 Elena Sat, 12 May 2012 03:58:26 +0000 http://belegal.com/wordpress/?p=234#comment-7076 Received a letter in Toronto from Barrister George Green of Merit Abogados Madrid Spain. He claimed that he is looking for his late client next of kin who died with his family during their short holiday in Myanmar Burma in May, 2008 during the Cyclone Nargis. Leaving a 8.8M unclaimed inheritance to be split as 3.9M to me and 4.8M to him, if I pose as a relative (since I have the same last name), and claimed the vault before it is seized and confiscated by authorities. Isn't this too good to be true !!! Hello, this is the age of the GOOGLE and FACEBOOK and everything can be verified in the internet. Received a letter in Toronto from Barrister George Green of Merit Abogados Madrid Spain. He claimed that he is looking for his late client next of kin who died with his family during their short holiday in Myanmar Burma in May, 2008 during the Cyclone Nargis. Leaving a 8.8M unclaimed inheritance to be split as 3.9M to me and 4.8M to him, if I pose as a relative (since I have the same last name), and claimed the vault before it is seized and confiscated by authorities.
Isn’t this too good to be true !!! Hello, this is the age of the GOOGLE and FACEBOOK and everything can be verified in the internet.

]]> By: David http://belegal.com/wordpress/careful-with-scammers-posing-as-spanish-lawyers/comment-page-2/#comment-7067 David Tue, 01 May 2012 09:59:00 +0000 http://belegal.com/wordpress/?p=234#comment-7067 I got sent the letter and he( Gomez Garrido) even rang me in Australia from Spain.He was very articulate and claimed the Spanish authorities would have got him by now if he was not legitimate. He made lot of references to the law and for a scam its very convincing. As usual if it sounds too good to be true, it is too good to be true! I got sent the letter and he( Gomez Garrido) even rang me in Australia from Spain.He was very articulate and claimed the Spanish authorities would have got him by now if he was not legitimate. He made lot of references to the law and for a scam its very convincing. As usual if it sounds too good to be true, it is too good to be true!

]]> By: Luke http://belegal.com/wordpress/careful-with-scammers-posing-as-spanish-lawyers/comment-page-2/#comment-7066 Luke Fri, 27 Apr 2012 23:11:11 +0000 http://belegal.com/wordpress/?p=234#comment-7066 we got the same letter yesterday in Australia from Gomez Garrido, as did my parents in Australia from the same company for $10.5M but linked to my family surname. i also checked the company website and noted the email address in the letter is spelt gomes and on the website is spelt gomez. For this reason I thought this one may actually be a legit website, but the scammer is just trying to catch the people emailing them back via the address they leave on the letter. The envelope had spanish postage stamps on it and was stamped as being sent from Valencia (Correos CTA Valencia 19/4/12-16) we got the same letter yesterday in Australia from Gomez Garrido, as did my parents in Australia from the same company for $10.5M but linked to my family surname.

i also checked the company website and noted the email address in the letter is spelt gomes and on the website is spelt gomez. For this reason I thought this one may actually be a legit website, but the scammer is just trying to catch the people emailing them back via the address they leave on the letter.

The envelope had spanish postage stamps on it and was stamped as being sent from Valencia (Correos CTA Valencia 19/4/12-16)

]]> By: Sas http://belegal.com/wordpress/careful-with-scammers-posing-as-spanish-lawyers/comment-page-2/#comment-7064 Sas Sat, 14 Apr 2012 01:20:01 +0000 http://belegal.com/wordpress/?p=234#comment-7064 Interesting. Is there anything that CAN'T be Googled? We received a letter (through regular mail) from a Gomez Garrido Abogados Logrono. He gave us a telephone number, an e-mail address and even a website: www.gomezgarrido.com He claims that a he is a Spanish attorney to a lond-dead client, that he's tried to track down the next of kin but couldn't and that he will split 10 1/2 million Euros with us if we sign a form stating that we are the next of kin. What 'Mr. Gomez' doesn't know is that my grandfather actually did die in Spain and that he was a business man (who went bankrupt shortly before his death), so when we first received this letter we thought "Oh my god, could this be true? Did my grandfather have a large sum of money stashed in a Spanish bank?" It all seemed a bit sketchy, especially because he got my grandfather's last name and first initial right, but completely missed the mark on his actual first name. Must have gotten his name and initial out of some death registry or something. So, I Googled it and sure enough found your Scam Alert website. Thank god! The company website he listed (as above) looks TOTALLY legit. I've got to say they will go to great lengths to make it look like they are legitimate. Interesting. Is there anything that CAN’T be Googled? We received a letter (through regular mail) from a Gomez Garrido Abogados Logrono. He gave us a telephone number, an e-mail address and even a website: http://www.gomezgarrido.com He claims that a he is a Spanish attorney to a lond-dead client, that he’s tried to track down the next of kin but couldn’t and that he will split 10 1/2 million Euros with us if we sign a form stating that we are the next of kin. What ‘Mr. Gomez’ doesn’t know is that my grandfather actually did die in Spain and that he was a business man (who went bankrupt shortly before his death), so when we first received this letter we thought “Oh my god, could this be true? Did my grandfather have a large sum of money stashed in a Spanish bank?” It all seemed a bit sketchy, especially because he got my grandfather’s last name and first initial right, but completely missed the mark on his actual first name. Must have gotten his name and initial out of some death registry or something. So, I Googled it and sure enough found your Scam Alert website. Thank god! The company website he listed (as above) looks TOTALLY legit. I’ve got to say they will go to great lengths to make it look like they are legitimate.

]]> By: Horst http://belegal.com/wordpress/careful-with-scammers-posing-as-spanish-lawyers/comment-page-1/#comment-7060 Horst Mon, 12 Mar 2012 17:17:46 +0000 http://belegal.com/wordpress/?p=234#comment-7060 Add this one to the list: Barrister: Mrs. Carmen Castel Cruz Gils Abogados Associates Valencia, Spain. She has U.S. $ 13.3 Mill. waiting for me in a trunk! Gracefully she will share it 50/50 with me. How stupid do these people think one is?!? Complete with Tel. no., email address and address, most likely phoney. Is it not possible to shut these fraudsters down and lock them up at Guantanamo Bay? Add this one to the list:
Barrister: Mrs. Carmen Castel Cruz
Gils Abogados Associates
Valencia, Spain.
She has U.S. $ 13.3 Mill. waiting for me in a trunk!
Gracefully she will share it 50/50 with me.
How stupid do these people think one is?!?
Complete with Tel. no., email address and address, most likely phoney.
Is it not possible to shut these fraudsters down and lock them up at Guantanamo Bay?

]]> By: Antonio Flores http://belegal.com/wordpress/careful-with-scammers-posing-as-spanish-lawyers/comment-page-1/#comment-7055 Antonio Flores Wed, 07 Mar 2012 09:04:02 +0000 http://belegal.com/wordpress/?p=234#comment-7055 Note that they are all scams, invariably, and generally run by Nigerians. Note that they are all scams, invariably, and generally run by Nigerians.

]]> By: Diane http://belegal.com/wordpress/careful-with-scammers-posing-as-spanish-lawyers/comment-page-1/#comment-7054 Diane Wed, 07 Mar 2012 03:05:55 +0000 http://belegal.com/wordpress/?p=234#comment-7054 My mother just received the same letter letter today as well from Hernandez & Socios Estudio Juridico attorney FRANCISCO DOMINGO CARLOS checked address of laywer office was a restaurant in Spain My mother just received the same letter letter today as well from Hernandez & Socios Estudio Juridico attorney FRANCISCO DOMINGO CARLOS checked address of laywer office was a restaurant in Spain

]]> By: Joanne http://belegal.com/wordpress/careful-with-scammers-posing-as-spanish-lawyers/comment-page-1/#comment-6545 Joanne Fri, 25 Nov 2011 01:49:20 +0000 http://belegal.com/wordpress/?p=234#comment-6545 I have received another letter from a so called Spanish Barrister. This one is from Greg Overby with Vokintag Associates Madrid. He claims a relative with the same last name as mine who lived in Spain for 19 years died with his family in Hurricane Katrina, leavina $11,400,000.00. Mr. Overby would be happy to help me get this money for his fee of $6,200.000.00. I would get the balance of $5,200,000.00. Of course the only place I was able to locate anything about Mr. Overby was on a scam page on another site. This is the second such letter I have recieved this year. The earlier one was from a different firm and the victim perished in the Tsunami in Indonesia. Do people really fall for these scams?? I have received another letter from a so called Spanish Barrister. This one is from Greg Overby with Vokintag Associates Madrid. He claims a relative with the same last name as mine who lived in Spain for 19 years died with his family in Hurricane Katrina, leavina $11,400,000.00. Mr. Overby would be happy to help me get this money for his fee of $6,200.000.00. I would get the balance of $5,200,000.00. Of course the only place I was able to locate anything about Mr. Overby was on a scam page on another site. This is the second such letter I have recieved this year. The earlier one was from a different firm and the victim perished in the Tsunami in Indonesia. Do people really fall for these scams??

]]> By: candy http://belegal.com/wordpress/careful-with-scammers-posing-as-spanish-lawyers/comment-page-1/#comment-6537 candy Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:55:59 +0000 http://belegal.com/wordpress/?p=234#comment-6537 PLEASE ADD "TOPRANK LAW FIRM" TO THE LIST- AND MR MARIANO MORAN ACOSTA AS THE SO CALLED LAWYER AND MRS ANNA BELLEN CORDOBA AS BANK MANAGER PLEASE ADD “TOPRANK LAW FIRM” TO THE LIST- AND MR MARIANO MORAN ACOSTA AS THE SO CALLED LAWYER AND MRS ANNA BELLEN CORDOBA AS BANK MANAGER

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