Warning
I would like to share my story with the members of the group to avoid similar situations in the future, and to warn everyone to keep their properties and belongings safe.
I have learned that there is a couple, restaurant owners in Denia, who has recently taken possession of one of their late guests apartment, and all his belongings.
My friend who was the unnamed guest had moved to Spain 3 years ago. He lived alone, he was a man for himself, but he loved Denia and he discovered the place every day. He worked for more than 50 years and secured a solid, comfortable existence for the rest of his life.
On his walks he found a restaurant on Calle Loreto, where he was warmly welcomed and in a short period of time, the restaurant had become his favourite place to go for a drink or a meal. He lived the happy life of a retired expat. Two years ago he fell ill, and the illness took him too soon, he passed away this February. He could not enjoy his golden years.
This couple, (who have moved to Spain a few years ago from the US), took the time and effort to learn about his situation, to abuse the, so called `friendship`. They found out, he had no heir, nobody to claim for his inheritance. They saw the opportunity of their lifetime and made the decision to break in my friends apartment and occupy it. They have a lawyer who is playing with them and actually advised them to make the move, as in Spain you can do such a thing without legal consequences.
I made my report to the police, and keep my hopes up to do justice and stop these people succeeding their plan to steal and rob a person who is dead and as they said to me ` he is not coming back`.
There are no words of my disappointment that this can happen in Europe in 2021. There are no words to express how I feel knowing that there are people with such evil intensions.
I told my story to make everyone aware, and ask to be very careful who they trust. There are people who are fishing for expats goods and wealth, using their vulnerability of living in a foreign country and only wishing to enjoy their golden years. If these people had done it once they might do it again with another deceived person.