In the last few days and weeks I have repeatedly dealt with a few websites that have spread dubious offers. The prelude made it returns-produkte-retten.de, a site that is now already was taken off the network. It continued with a second page, which lures with cheap returned goods (here), as well as two pages on which test products from areas ranging from technology to cosmetics are advertised (here). In the linked posts I have shown how to examine such sites and track content to test the seriousness of the offers. But then what? How to report fake shops and scam sites? I'll explain that to you here.
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Use the consumer advice center’s fake shop finder
As part of the research described above, I wrote to the consumer centers in the German federal states and asked them what you, as readers of the Sir Apfelot Blog, can do to recognize and report a fake shop or a scamming website. The first tip in the email reply from the Baden-Württemberg consumer advice center was to find out about the providers of the site (look at the imprint, check tax numbers, etc.).
The consumer advice center’s fake shop finder can be used as a tool for quickly examining offers that appear questionable: https://www.verbraucherzentrale.de/fakeshopfinder-71560. There you enter a shop internet address and then an evaluation of the page is displayed. However, it may be the case with new fraud sites that they have not yet been deposited. Therefore, a missing rating is not synonymous with a reputable shop.
Advertise online against websites and the people behind them
If a scam site has been identified, a fake shop found, or if you have already suffered damage through interaction with such a site, then a complaint should be made. The Baden-Württemberg consumer advice center advised me to place the ad under https://online-strafanzeige.de/ deliver. This works e.g. B. comfortably from home, without having to wait at a police station and then have to explain the facts.
The found scam website or fake online store should say "be reported to the police so that they are switched off at Denic' the email said. Denic means DENIC eG, where "all domains with the country code .de registered“ are as it is on the the website of the service is called. In the DENIC FAQ However, it is pointed out that only the link to the web content is deleted with the domain, not the content itself.
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After graduating from high school, Johannes completed an apprenticeship as a business assistant specializing in foreign languages. But then he decided to research and write, which resulted in his independence. For several years he has been working for Sir Apfelot, among others. His articles include product introductions, news, manuals, video games, consoles, and more. He follows Apple keynotes live via stream.
It is unbelievable. On Thursday I discovered a shop that turned out to be a fake shop: drahtesel-esel.com.
And today this article comes in the newsletter.
And suddenly, when you talk about it, victims appear.
“Check tax numbers,”
not that easy at all. I had found three sites (one in Austria)
One side gave the Ust.ID. as invalid, another one as valid and another asked first for an own ID. (Nonsense, very few private individuals have one!) I gave my ID, which has since expired. and found out that I was not allowed to search in DE and should enter a different country code. What nonsense.
By the way, my expired ID was shown as “valid” by one website.
Thank God the page “ Drahtesel-esel(punkt)com” is no longer accessible.
I came to a page called
kayaksvip. com
Apparently hotels are rated. You get 30 or more addresses, which are then evaluated. There is money for every address. However, there are so-called “combinations” in which additional money should be injected in order to continue. The commissions then become higher. You have to deposit at least 101 USDT (cryptocurrency approx. 1 euro) to start a task and then the money will be credited back to you. But these combinations can occur within a task, where additional payments are then required. The more you deposit when you start, the higher the commissions are. However, this gets out of hand very quickly.
Example. Deposited 500 USDT, after about 15 tasks a combination came up: pay 800 USDT to continue. In task 28 there was a combination: pay 2350 USDT. In task 30 the combination came: pay 6170 USDT. If you don't do that, the money is gone.
If you do it, it's probably gone.
Hello GKratt, the same thing happened to me today. How did you finally get out of it? Did you deposit anything? So far I have deposited €42, but now I have €135 in my wallet. I think I'll just take the money tomorrow and be done with it.
Hello, this happened to me myself. If I wanted to get my money out, I was told my credit rating had dropped, I had to wait 10 months or pay €10000. By the way, in the beginning it was Trivago-io-com, now they're called Kay-ka-design-com. Every time something negative comes out becomes public, the name of the platform will be changed. I don't know if I can ever get my money out.
I should pay 6140 USDTs. I didn't have that much. I was offered an advance payment of 3140 USDT, which I would then have to pay back. It took a few days, but then I agreed and paid the 3000, the rest was taken over by “customer service”. I then made a test withdrawal of 20 USDTs to check if the money arrived since I had entered the long address manually. Money didn't arrive. Reason: My credit score dropped from 100% to 70% because I waited too long to complete the task. But I could restore these by depositing 5000 USDTs. It actually didn't make any sense to me because this didn't fit into the business model of evaluating hotels at all. My “teacher” who taught me crypto trading then wanted to support me with 2000 USDTs. I was supposed to deposit first and then he would pay extra. I then took the risk again, but the money transfer was blocked by OKx on the grounds that multiple payments had already been made to this address on this portal and that withdrawal was no longer possible despite the promises. The security service at OKx calls this a job scam.
Whenever you are promised easy money somewhere, you can assume that only the fraudster is making easy money. The others just lose money. It's tragic when so much money is involved.