Back in September Inside Timeshare published the article Litigious Abogados Who Are They? Since then we have received the following information from one reader who has been contacted by them, this article explains how they are operating.
This reader received a call and emails explaining that they had won their case against Club la Costa at the Court of First Instance, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, they had been awarded 24,261 Euros. Fantastic news, the only problem is they did not even know they had a case going through the courts.
There is also a small matter of “TAX” needing to be paid in order to release the funds, this amounts to 21% of the awarded amount and totals 5,094.83 Euros, which has to be paid into the account of one D Harstun SL at the Banco Sabadell.
According to the accompanying letter, the Procurator for their case, Davido Harstun Jaime, has already signed the tax forms on their behalf and once payment is received by the Court Procurator Office, the tax lawyer for Litigious Abogados Mrs Olivia Navarro will liaise with them to execute the tax logistics and have the funds released by the Court Funds Office. This letter is signed by Manuel Mar Prilo (Abogado). Along with the contact number 0034 822 250 489
No lawyers have been found with any of these names. Also when this number was called a native English speaker answered with “Claims Department how can I help you”, when asked what the company name was he just hung up.
To back all this up, copies of the tax forms duly made out were sent to the client, along with a copy of the court sentence.
This document is almost certainly a fake, from genuine documents Inside Timeshare has on file, it is missing some vital information, even the “court stamp” is one that has not been seen before (google justice logo images and it is on there). It is also strange that a case has gone to court, been adjudicated, sentence passed and the money paid into the court by the timeshare company in such a short space of time. All this without any statement being given to the court by the client no power of attorney given to the “lawyers” to act on their behalf and most important not even knowing they had a case going to court. This is not how it works.
Also there is the matter of “TAX”, when a client instructs lawyers to instigate legal proceedings, court taxes are paid at the time the case is lodged, once the court has made judgement the client will receive the awarded amount without the need to pay any tax. Especially not to a named individual or company. If any tax was due, this would be paid directly to the court or the tax authorities.
This is a sophisticated fraud, which plays on the uninformed public in another country. After all if you receive documents that look official, not knowing how the laws and tax systems work in a foreign country, would you not believe they were genuine. In this case the person had found the original article and contacted Inside Timeshare for advice and confirmation, fortunately he did not pay any money to them. So that is 5000€ this lot will not be getting.
The problem is now, how many others have they taken in?
Litigious Abogados Contact details are:
Tel: 0800 862 0102
The address given is: Calle Duque de la Torre 29, 114, Santa Cruz, Tenerife.
This address is not quite correct, it should read: Calle Duque de la Torre, 29 Arona Casco 38640 Arona Tenerife. This address is actually for Oficina del Servicio de Atención Ciudadana which is part of the Ayuntamiento or local council offices. (Checked on google maps street view).
Links to previous articles
http://insidetimeshare.com/1059-2/
http://insidetimeshare.com/litigious-abogados-update/
If you receive any calls or receive any official looking documents by email or post be very wary of them, especially if you have not instigated any legal process. It also takes a long time for these cases to actually get to court, then there is the process of the loser taking it to appeal which will prolong the case even further.
Inside Timeshare would like to hear from anyone who has had any contact with companies such as this, it is through your information that others can benefit. If you have any comments or questions about this article or any other matter, contact Inside Timeshare through the comments section.
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