Sad but true, for over a year now we have been seeing inquiry after inquiry from timeshare consumers who have been approached by fake lawyers supposedly based in Tenerife.
All the offices seem to have the same pitch.
They claim to be lawyers acting in the Tenerife courts, and a claim against your resort is shortly due and you can still join.
The lawyers work on a “NO WIN NO FEE” basis, but soon after the consumer shows their interest this changes to “certain fees due prior to be paid out”.
You name it and they will ask for it, Translation fees, procurator fees, lawyer fees, court fees, taxes due, etc. etc.
If the poor consumer is still holding on to them after paying all these fees (and yes sad enough there are victims who went through these stages) supposedly a cheque is being posted to the victim.
But guess what? The cheque is lost in the post! The victim receives an empty envelope.
This is yet again a follow up on an already very ugly scam, and from this moment the victim is led to believe that a new lawyers company is handling the case of the lost cheque. And yes, one more time some fees are due…
For as much as we have been posting blog warnings over the past year, still at this stage we receive emails from consumers who are actually quiet taken by this all, and find it hard to believe it isn’t true.
Of course, they receive (fake) court documents, pages long explanations on how good and experienced the lawyers are. Names and ID Numbers of lawyers are thrown into the text…websites seem to come out of the woodworks for each one of them and even a copy of the cheque is attached.
Overwhelmed with all this information, consumers don’t always think that it is necessary to double-check any of the details and they just go ahead.
But not only the names of the lawyers don’t exist, or as a matter of fact the whole court claim they go on about…the cheque of the bank, the BANESTO bank is fake as well and this bank does no longer exist. Banesto was taken over by Santander 5 years ago. So nobody will issue a cheque in the name of a bank that no longer exists.
Seen the extend of this fraud, (and the numerous victims counted by us so far) we can only fear the worse on how much money these scammers have really put in their pockets.
Consumers always ask us, why does the police not act?
And actually part of the answer is quiet simple. Because not all victims report this to the police and probably this is why the police has no idea of the actual extend of this scam.
With this article we are not only trying to “refresh” the information on the names used so far, we also want to ask all victims to step forward and report this to the police, to Action Fraud and if travelling to Spain, to the Spanish police.
DO NOT LET THEM GET AWAY WITH THIS!
Fraudsters survive based on the shame and embarrassment their victims feel when they realize they have been defrauded and avoid telling anybody about this, not even the police.
If you have been approached by any of the below companies, or maybe a new one with yet again a different name but similar stories and contact details, and you haven’t contacted us yet, PLEASE LET US KNOW!
You can contact us through the Contact form or place a comment on this blog.
List of company names used:
Litigar Abogados & Manuel Amas Conde Emails: litigarlawywers@consultant.com & manuelamasconde@consultant.com Websites: www.litigarabogados.com & www.manuelamasconde.com
Emilio Leyes Catillianos & Litigious Lawyers / Litigious Abogados
Blog: http://wp.me/p1kmoi-1OV Contact details: Telephone 0800 862 0102, Email litigiouslawyers@consultant.com Web www.litigiousabogados.com and www.emiliocatillianos.com
Legitimous or Legitimos Abogados & Juan Luis Partalabo
Blog http://wp.me/p1kmoi-1Po Telephone 0034 822 250 496 Email: legitimos.abogados@consultant.com or juan.partalabo@consultant.com and the web www.juanluispartalabo.com
Abogacía Española & Fernando Roleba Holaci or Ramon Quilon Climol
Blog http://wp.me/p1kmoi-1T0 Email: abogacia@consultant.com Telephone 0800 802 1758 and Web: http://fernandoholaci.com
Bulganu & Valentin Asesoria
Blog: http://wp.me/p1kmoi-1Wc Telephone 0034 822 250 498 and Email: bulganu-valentin@europe.com
Abel Garcia S.A. or Abogados Abel Garcia
Blog http://wp.me/p1kmoi-1Y1 Email: abel-garcia@consultant.com or garcia-ukclaims@consultant.com Telephone: 0034 822 680 048 and free phone 0800 802 1 778 Web: http://abogadosabelgarcia.com
Ricardo Zanino Asesoria Blog: http://wp.me/p1kmoi-20U Email: ricardo-zanino@europe.com and Telephone 0034 922 985 459
Abogados Amable & Garcia and UK Claims
Blog: http://wp.me/p1kmoi-21H Email: uk-claims@consultant.com and amable-garcia@consultant.com Telephone: 0800 802 1829 and 0034 822 680 055, Web: www.abogadosamablegarcia.com
Daniel Marco Yariz Procurador
Blog http://wp.me/p1kmoi-24n Email procuradoresyariz@europe.com and Web www.danielmarcoyariz.com
Abogados Amador Ganeca & Amador Juandoz Ganeca
Blog http://wp.me/p1kmoi-25o Telephone 0800 802 1891 and 0034 822 680 036 Email: ganeca-ukclaims@consultant.com and Web www.amadorganeca.com
Armando Gareca Abogados
Blog http://wp.me/p1kmoi-26c Email Gareca-britishclaims@consultant.com and Web http://armandogarecaabogados.com Telephone Freephone 0800 802 1 885 and 0034 822 680 067
Amador Galeca Abogados
Blog: http://wp.me/p1kmoi-29i Email galeca_ukclaims@consultant.com, Telephone: 0800 802 1223 and Web www.amadorgaleca.com
Ivani Birka Asesoria Email ivanibirka@europe.com
Paulo Finucie Asesoria Email paulofinucie@europe.com
24h notificaciones
Email 24hnotificaciones@consultant.com
Paolo Morris Asesoria
Jessica Kiegle Procurador y Notario
Abogados AG or Armando Gonzalez Areca
Website www.abogados-ag.com Freephone: 0800 802 1487 Tel: (0034) 910 601 672 Email: ag-abogados@consultant.com and ag-britishclaims@consultant.com
Marco Cravina Asesoria Email:marco.carvina@europe.com Freephone 0034 822 250 490
Abogados Canarias Website abogados-canarias.com Telephone: 8008021662 and 822680088 Email: abogados-canarias@consultant.com
Lawyer: Manuel Cilavoz Varintos Email: varintos-uk-claims@consultant.com
Elisabetta Olias Asesoria address at Calle Las Flores 24, Edificio Mar, Oficina 317, Tenerife. Telephone 0034 922 985 459 Email: elisabetta.olias@europe.com
Marco de Ciocci (Translator) Calle las Calderas 43, Oficina 102, 38618 Los Abrigos, Tenerife
Notario Yari Marca S.A. Calle Las Sabanas 3, Oficina 342, 38618, Los Abrigos Tenerife
Manuel Hidualdo Abogados , address:4 Calle de S. Francisco, Santa Cruz, 38002, Tenerife Freephone: 0800 802 1746 or Tenerife Tel: 0034 822 685 013 and and 0034 822 685 088 Email: manuel-hidualdo@consultant.com email: hidualdo-uk-claimants@consultant.com
Alberto Kalimro Galvera from Legalidades Abogados
4, Calle de S. Francisco, Santa Cruz, 38002, Tenerife Freephone: 0800 862 0995 And Tenerife landline: 0034 822 250 502 Emails: galvera-uk-claimants@consultant.com
abogadosgalvera@consultant.com
Alberto Rogalvera albertorogalvera@consultant.com
Procuradores Igraim – Carlos Rihom Igraim Calle Yamun 23, Edif. Ifuami, Oficina 328D, Santa Cruz, 38009, Tenerife Email: procuradores-igraim@europe.com
Litigaciones Abogados SL , Address: 4, Calle de S. Francisco, 4, Santa Cruz, 38001-38002, Tenerife Freephone: 0800 862 0 314 Tenerife Tel: 0034 822 680 013 Emails: nabalez-abogados@consultant.com
litigaciones-european-claims@consultant.com
Procuradores Gomerz – Ramon Josema Gomerz www.ramonjosemagomerz.com email:procuradores-gomerz@europe.com
Mindtimeshare 
I’ve had letters from icatf – justicia libertad paz – signed by Juan Colabat Florevo – offering no win, no fee to lodge a claim for mis sold timeshare – is this legit or another fake?
Our friends and I have been contacted by a Juan Deolaro from a company called Litigación Abogados, address 6, Calle de SAN.Francisco, Santa Cruz, 38001-38002, Tenerife. Tel: Freephone 0800 862 0 036, Tenerife 0034 822 684 562. litigacion-britanicos@consultant.com and litigation-agogdos@consultant.com. http://www.litigacion-abogados.com. Copies of certificates and various documents sent to them.The letter emailed to my friend was signed by a Manuel Selbon Vamilos, Departamento De Reclamaciónes. They have used various logos to make it look legitimate. The offer was the same as Anne above. We have done our own research and found out all the information given was fake . . .
A call was received this Monday and the man introduced himself from this company and before he could say much much she told him she knew it was a scam and he put the phone down on her!!!
I can send you a copy of their emails and letter if required.
I have been receiving calls and emails from a company calling themselves Abogados Litigacion.their address is Calle de San.Francisco,Numero 6,Santa Cruz,38001-38002,Tenerife.They are lodging a claim for us against Diamond Resorts.I should be receiving a call from a Richard Lammont the procurator today to receive our permission to proceed with our claim.This is on a no win no fee basis.Bells starting ringing when an administration fee would be required.The amount as yet unknown.
We have been inundated with calls and I have on several previous ocassions contacted yourselves for advice.I again seek your help on the above company.Is this yet another scam.
Looks like one of them are trying to make people think you are involved, Alberto.
From many years ago a former customer who used to deal with timeshare (but doesn’t now!) always referred to Tenerife as ‘Ton of grief. Says it all. And, by the way, he referred to Lanzarote as ‘Lands of grotty’.