Little work and a lot of money: the police and consumer advice centers warn against such job offers. These offers are usually dubious and can have expensive consequences.
One example: A young Syrian from Rottenburg, who was unemployed for a short time, discovered a job offer on the Internet—customer service at an international financial services provider. He got the job. Allegedly, he was supposed to advise customers as a financial agent on Bitcoin issues, among other things. In return, there was to be an hourly wage of 100 euros. In reality, the young man converted money into cryptocurrencies for fraudsters via his private account or transferred scammed money on.
The court assessed this as “reckless money laundering.” The penalty: 12 daily sentences of 15 euros each. He also has to pay back 16,000 euros in damages to defrauded customers if he earns money again.
Another case: an alleged employee of an (actually existing) international financial service provider lures temporary workers. They should get a basic salary of 3600 euros per month and improve app testing tasks for one to two hours per day. This job offer is also dubious. The real financial service provider warns on the Internet about this spam message.
The police advise, “Do not respond to such dubious email offers and do not make contact with the sender.” Some of these mails only serve to obtain personal data. This data can then be used for fraudulent purposes.
There is no such thing as a super-earnings without effort. The police therefore urgently advise not to accept any job offers in which the private account is to be made available in order to make payments through it. This also applies when people with a migration background ask compatriots for help in their native language—for example, to use their private account to send money abroad for a sick relative.
In general, the police say, “The more tempting an offer is, the more suspicious you should be!” For example, unusually large earning potential (including commissions) should make you suspicious, as well as inaccurate descriptions of the job. You should also be suspicious of the fact that the scammers usually do not provide a postal address or telephone number.
More information on fake jobs is available at https://www.verbraucherzentrale.de/wissen/vertraege-reklamation/abzocke/nebenjobs-revier-der-abzocker-10384
and https://www.polizei-beratung.de/themen-und-tipps/betrug/finanzagenten/
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Das Polizeipräsidium in Reutlingen. Foto: tünews INTERNATIONAL / Martin Klaus.
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