Ok, the scammers have gone one step further in their pathetic money making schemes.

I was visiting my parents at the weekend, and my dad handed me a letter and asked me to have a look at it and tell him what I thought it was. I opened it up, as I read down, some of it was written in Spanish, but what I could make out in the English parts was this…

Basically, this letter was supposedly form the Gran Canarian Court. It was telling my dad he had committed a traffic violation in Gran Canaria, in February of this year…. It listed in Euros the money he had to pay….

Some for the traffic violation, some for court fees and some for the solicitor’s administrations fees,

The letter went on to state that this money had to be paid by the 25th of June, and at the bottom of the letter, was a bank account number.


I studied the letter; through my job I know what to look for in official letters. It wasn’t on headed paper, it wasn’t hand signed, it didn’t have an official court of law stamp, or imprint, it didn’t look professional at all, and the envelope it arrived in was bog standard plain white… No return address.

I told my dad to take it to the police station to be verified. And they confirmed what I had suspected…it’s a scam. Above all else, if it was as “court official” as they claimed, should it not have been posted recorded delivery??? And also, which court of law gives u a bank account number to pay ur fine into???? Above all else, my dad wasn’t in Gran Canaria this year and even if he had been, he wouldn’t be driving there!!!!!

Just a warning to u guys!!

thats also a really stupid scam . I doubt anyone with sense would fall for that one . No return adress ? obvious scam ...

It only takes 1 out of 100 to make a damn good living.

Well thats a new one, thanks for letting us know Snowbaby and good detective work! Bonus brownie points to you.

They come in all forms, A friend of my mother got a letter saying that there was $60 worth of good for her to collect, all she had to do was pay $20 and it was her's. My mother tried to tell her that it was BS, but she didn't listen and paid the money

thanks for the heads up....scammers suck

I recently received a letter from a fraudulent insurance company trying to bill me for med. services i received over a year ago. They tried to say they were collecting
the portion that the insurance hadn't payed and i only had 6 or 7 days to pay it. They also gave an account # i could pay to or a p.o. box #.. ? The envelope it came in had an incomplete return address and voice mail on the phone line.

I contacted the insurance co. and the company that handles the collections for the insurance.
My bill was completely paid and had been for a year.
This fake attempt at collection had all the account information correct.
(times, dates, amounts, insurance #'s)
except they were trying to say i never payed my share ($ 14,000 )
insurance said there was no portion to be paid by me.It was 100% covered by insurance, except for the $30 co-pay.

I have sent the letter to the insurance and they have assured me, the letter was not from them or any of their agencies.

I do not have to pay, and the insurance is investigating...
BEWARE PEOPLE...............

I got lots of these scam mail. One of it pretended it was from my neighbour(im sure my neighbour we talk to me personally than putting it in my mail asking for money.).And another one looks more professionally done except theres a few mistake in it. They didn't hand sign it. The message is from the beauru of claim director or something.(And i check it theres no such thing)