Comments for Spanish Law Tribune

Comment on EU Pulls the Stops and Vows to Put and End to Inheritance Taxation Discrimination on Non-Resident Beneficiaries Inheriting in Spain by Carol Woolnoth

Carol Woolnoth — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:47:22 +0000

Has there been any progress on implementing Inheritance tax
changes proposed since May 2010?

Comment on Careful with Scammers Posing as Spanish Lawyers by Joanne

Joanne — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 01:49:20 +0000

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??

Comment on Careful with Scammers Posing as Spanish Lawyers by candy

candy — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:55:59 +0000

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

Comment on Careful with Scammers Posing as Spanish Lawyers by Quentin Farmar-Bowers

Quentin Farmar-Bowers — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 22:09:00 +0000

I got a letter from Young Simmons and Associados giving an address at C/ Benet Mercede 19, 08012 Barcelona but posted in Lisbon Portugal (on 13 / 11 / 2011) with a share of an E6 million inheritance from a ‘relative’ I don’t have, who shared my last name. They gave their email as barristersimmons@ozu.es They gave their name Mr Young Simmons Esq which made me laugh, and offering me half the money if I pose as a relative. It least it cost them E0.8 for the postage. Pity its just a scam!

Comment on Careful with Scammers Posing as Spanish Lawyers by tom

tom — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 03:14:31 +0000

Just Received letter about 10.5 million Euros from a dead relative.
Sent it to my wife who has a different maiden name.

Title is Despatx Juridic LLUIS BARRULL MERCADER
Lawyer name is LLUIS BARRULL MERCADER (Not Listed in Spain)
Address is Avinguda de Salvador Dalí, 116, 17600 Figueres, Espanya (Google has this address but no tenant by any of these names)
Company website is http://www.barrulladvocats.es/ (Real Website but not recognized by Whois)
Tel number is (Mobile) 011 34 928 970 003
2 Emails — luisbarrul@terra.es — luisbarrul@ozu.es

Comment on Careful with Scammers Posing as Spanish Lawyers by F--king Niggerians..

F--king Niggerians.. — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 08:30:11 +0000

I too received a letter in the mail from “MURPHY HALL & ASSOCIADOS”…same as Keith from above, so clearly it is bullshit – thankfully I am one of the lucky people who know how to use Google as a research tool.

Sadly, there are many other people who not only don’t know how to use Google, but who will actually send money to these desperate (probably Nigerian) fools.

They are offering %45 of the total amount. I should ask them to deposit 1000 dollars into my account first, for them to receive a higher percentage..

Though, instead, I`ll probably just send them an email saying what pathetic human beings they are..

Comment on Careful with Scammers Posing as Spanish Lawyers by Keith L

Keith L — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 01:20:13 +0000

The scheme survives: Like Nat, my Spanish deceased “relative” with the same last name has 6.1 million Euro’s in danger of being lost to the Government unless I pose as a relative and split the proceeds. The law firm (and Barrister) in this case is MURPHY HALL & ASSOCIADOS C/Benet Mercade, 19 08012 Barcelona. It would be nice to receive such a windfall but the appropriate response in Australia is, “I may have long ears, but I’m not a rabbit!”

Comment on Buying Property in Spain: In my Own Name or Using a Company? by Real Estate Tarneit

Real Estate Tarneit — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 08:27:30 +0000

IS it possible? I do not think so.

Comment on Buying Property in Spain: In my Own Name or Using a Company? by Real Estate Sydney

Real Estate Sydney — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 07:16:18 +0000

I think, Buying Property with the name of Company is good, as there are many advantages over this.

Comment on Buying Property in Spain: In my Own Name or Using a Company? by Polaris World Golf Property Spain

Polaris World Golf Property Spain — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 21:13:05 +0000

We have many overseas buyers looking to buy properties in Spain through their company. For many it means avoiding UK personal tax on withdrawals from the company. In simple terms if someone wants to draw €100,000 to buy a property through their company their is no further tax above the corporation tax already paid on profits. If they withdraw the money as personal dividends first then depending on circumstances they coud be paying a further 20%-30% tax on personal income. However the big drawback for many i this market is the availability of finance. Many of the best property deals are with banks. 90% mortgages ae available to individuals but Spanish banks are reluctant to lend to companies. The banks need to sell these properties. If only they would wake up to this possibility. There is no more ultimate risk lending to a company rather than individual as many individuals walked away from their properties anyway in the crisis. Far easier to pursue a company surely?