Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Portugal

Hello, thank you for your time and help. My sister received a letter by mail yesterday from a 30yr old male claiming to be an attorney in portugal, he has provided his full name, address, phone number, fax, and email. He has stated that my sister is the only living next of kin to a relative that passed away in 2003. We have no information on this person at all. He informed my sister that an amount of approx $10million aud should be split 20% to charity then 50% to him and 50% to my sister. There is no information in the letter about the deceased name of estate or business name etc. He stated that the bank needs my sisters bank details to transfer the money. I would like to know what information should be provided by an attorney in an initial letter of this type of matter and the 50% fee sounds a bit steep, is this legal ? It seems like a scam, what do you think ? I have done a few searches with his name and location but his business name does not come up anywhere in portugal. My sister is still trying to call the number but has had no luck. I have his details if you want them.

Asked on 10/29/09, 4:50 am

Rita Branco NFEA & Associados, Sociedade de Advogados RL

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Dear madam:

This is clearly a scam used by internet hackers, but in any circunstance you should suply any bank details.

Please ask this lawyer to send you a copy of is professional license rom the law bar (cedula profissional da Ordem dos Advogados).

Neverless you can send us the name of the reserved attorney and we can check if he is or not regitered.

kind regards

Answered on 10/29/09, 7:21 am

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