The provincial law courts found a female building developer guilty of spending the deposits made by clients for an urbanización that was never built.
Tag Archive for scam
Time Share Scam
by Vivienne Hughes •
A man will stand before a judge for allegedly swindling 300 people in a time share scam, most of whom were British citizens.
The 800 Scam
by Martin Myall •
The Policía Nacional have swooped on a gang that had set up a scam which had netted 12,000 euros involving pay-as-you-go, mobile-phone, top ups.
Gasman Ruse Hits Nerja
by Martin Myall •
Over on the Granada side of the provincial boundary, reports of the gasman scam have been numerous – indeed one of them called at the door of our Editor, but now reports are coming in from Nerja, as well.
Spam Scam Parking Ticket
by Editor •
Internet users in Spain are receiving mysterious NYK parking fines. New York State Police are warning people of yet another fake parking ticket scam. The state’s computer crimes unit says a spam message is popping up in people’s email in-boxes, claiming to be a traffic ticket.
Butano Scam?
by David Darby •
Normally we report on this type of incident when it happens to one of our readers, but on this occasion, the potential victim of a bogus butano man was me! The good news is, I read the Gazette every month and knew what was happening from the outset.
80,000-Euro Scam
by Editor •
The Guardia Civil, hitherto known as the Green Meanies, arrested a couple from the Alpujarra region for allegedly scamming 80,000 euros from their victims… bless them.
Spam Scam
by Editor •
A dangerous online scam: a bogus tax-office email. Read more…
Bogus Gasman
by David Darby •
Beware, the bogus gasman cometh! Seriously, we have had a report that someone has turned up at an elderly resident’s house claiming to be there on behalf of Butano, and that he needed to check the occupants appliances.