BE CAREFUL WITH THE NIGERIAN LETTER 419 SCAM (FALSE INHERITANCE)
IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED AN E-MAIL WITH OUR NAME STATING THAT YOU HAVE INHERITED 12 MILLION EURO, I AM AFRAID TO SAY IT IS NOT REALY US, AND THAT YO HAVE SADLY NOT INHERITED ALL THAT MONEY.
Back in 2010 the name Michael Davies from Davies Abogados Solicitors and Barristers was used by the Nigerian Letters Scam Fraudster . Now it is happening again.
The Nigerian letter scam (also known as the 419 scam )has many variations :False lottery, requesting help to get money out of Nigeria for a corrupt official , false inheritance etc.
In the case of the false inheritance scam one of the variations is to use the names of real solicitors in their e-mails /letters.
They are sending out thousands of e-mails pretending to be us and other firms of reputable Spanish solicitors that deal with inheritance work , but with a telephone number for people to call belonging to the criminals.
The e-mail basically states that you have inherited 12 million euro and to call them (on a number which is of course not ours ) .
Needless to say these are completely fraudulent e-mails.
If you received one of these emails/letters you can either report it to the police or simply bin it. Needless to say if you have actually parted with any money you should report it to the police.
