Customers are increasingly ordering and paying for goods online, but they are not delivered. Consumer Advice Center warns of more and more online fake shops. Therefore, it has developed a search engine. This service allows customers to identify fraudulent providers where the Internet address of an online shop can be entered at the address
www.verbraucherzentrale.de/fakeshopfinder
In the sign light, red means the provider is on a fake shop list. Yellow means there are no clear characteristics, while green means the shop is trustworthy. In addition, the Federal Office for Information Security provides seven tips with detailed information on its website on how to recognize a true shop:
https://www.bsi.bund.de/DE/Themen/Verbraucherinnen-und-Verbraucher/Informationen-und-Empfehlungen/Online-Banking-Online-Shopping-und-mobil-bezahlen/Online-Shopping/Worauf-beim-Online-Einkauf-zu-achten-ist/worauf-beim-online-einkauf-zu-achten-ist_node.html
What customers can do if they fall for a fake shop can be found at the following website
https://www.bsi.bund.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/BSI/Kampagne/Onlineshopping_SOS_Karte.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=5#download=1
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Warnung vor Fakeshops im Internet. Foto: tünews INTERNATIONAL/ Theresa Melnyk.
