Gray & Associates Portugal
Complaint 136771 Details
- Date Occurred: 07/19/2014
- Reported Damages: $0.00
- Username: Donald C. Gray Jr. of Gray & Associates
- Email: [email protected]
- Location: Lisboa, Portugal
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The company or person contact no longer exists
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Received letter postmarked from Portual. When I opened it I was shocked to see a letter from a law office in Portugal looking for the next of kin for "Eng. Palmer Nitschmann" who was killed with his family in a car accident on Sunday 21 November 2004. As you read the letter it goes on to say that there is 8,650,000 sitting in a bank account and they would like to release it to me. Just call the number provided and they will start the proceedings. I realize this is a scam - but as I searched the name, address, phone # - very little comes up. In fact there is even an actual website for the info provided. The phone numbers look like they are actually from Portugal.
However - there are too many things that don't make sense.
The letter is addressed to L. Nitschmann. Well my NICKNAME starts with an L - but my legal name does not. The more I look at the letter the more questions I have. So I googled the info and I found very similar stories - just not with the same lawyers name.
I would like to make sure that the name DONALD C GRAY and GRAY & ASSOCIATES is clearly listed out there. This is a scam - but honestly it is one of the most "real" looking scams I have seen. I work in the finance world - and know that these scams are out there. I wanted to report it to hopefully help anyone else out there.
- Liz SBID #4cc7ea962c
- Posted 07/19/2014
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- scambuster2 SBID #353a34a7ae
- Posted 08/24/2014
- My mother in Australia just received an identical letter to yours, except for the surname of course. The "dead" relative's first name was even Palmer. I agree with you that it's a very plausible-looking scam, as the mining company they refer to exists, and so does the law firm in Lisbon. This isn't the first time I've encountered a scam using a real law firm's name - who knew nothing about it till I alerted them.
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- Complaint Against Gray & Associates Portugal
- Complaints Filed: 16
- Reported Damages: $43,257,900.00
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