UK timeshare gang ‘who made £4million a year duping up to 500 Britons in elaborate scam’ is smashed in Costa del Sol
* Spanish police arrest 56 Britons following a series of Costa del Sol raids
* Investigators have so far uncovered 500 victims of the timeshare scam
* Majority of the victims are pensioners – and police fear there may be thousands more who will never be identified
* Scam involved calls from fake lawyers convincing victims to sell property
* Fraudsters then exploited the elderly ex-pats’ ignorance of Spanish law to convince them to pay fake ‘admin’ charges of up to £35,000
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