Scammers are always coming up with new tricks. Currently, they are sending fake debt collection letters. In this case, debt collection means that companies commission other companies to collect money for unpaid bills. In the letters, the scammers demand several hundred euros for alleged gambling subscriptions, for example. The debt collection companies ask to sign a direct debit authorization. They threaten, among other things, legal proceedings, foreclosures or seizures. But these companies do not exist. They are fake debt collectors. The consumer centre therefore advises: “Anyone who receives a fake debt collection letter should not react to it under any circumstances and report it to the police.” In the case of fake debt collection, no direct debit authorizations should be signed and no money should be transferred.

Further information and a list of fraudulent companies can be found at

https://www.verbraucherzentrale-brandenburg.de/schwarzliste-inkasso

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Geldscheine in einem Portemonnaie. Foto: tünews INTERNATIONAL / Mostafa Elyasian.