They admitted that they defrauded 288 thousand euros with an imaginary inheritance from 15 people.

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He was lucky with a millionaire legacy in a country he didn’t even know he could have any relatives with. Still as great as it looks people continue to be deceived by a scam of greed this leads them to pay huge sums, once completely smuggled into the paraphernalia of lies, and travel from Germany to Spain to receive their ‘reward’.

Another proof of this is the organization that was put on trial yesterday. Second Division of Valencia County CourtHe managed to defraud about 288 thousand euros from 15 people, most of whom are residing in Germany, with the notorious letter fraud of Nigerians.

It was defended by three of the ten accused members of the conspiracy. lawyers Jorge Abadía and Víctor SorianoThey accepted prison sentences of between six and eight months, the six-year prison sentence they initially faced. In addition, the charges against the accused represented by the accused lawyer Juan Molpeceresfor this, the prosecutor demanded the same fine and a civil liability of 20,000 euros.

The defendants agreed to pay compensation and legal costs to those who were defrauded, but with a great advantage the postponement of their prison sentences. The rest of the gang is missing.

The currently convicted persons contacted foreign citizens through letters or emails, in which the sender introduced himself as a member of a law firm or insurance company based in Spain, and notified the recipients that they were the beneficiaries of the deceased relatives’ large inheritances. He was deposited in Spain. To lend credibility to the scam, they sent forged documents or affidavits regarding alleged deposit certificates from safe deposit boxes. Supreme Court claims dead person’s closest relativeThey didn’t even know who they were.

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