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A woman from Vogelsberg lost more than 18,000 euros due to a perfidious scam on the Internet.
Herbstein – According to police, between Friday, April 24th and Monday, April 27th, the victim fell for a so-called “task scam”. She had accepted a supposed offer to work from home via a short message service. Your job should be to leave positive reviews and feedback on websites.
18,000 euros in damages due to fraud with an alleged work-from-home job
For each of these assessments, the woman first had to pay an amount and then received a slightly larger amount back. According to police, the sums started in the low double-digit range, but quickly increased to four-digit amounts. Ultimately, the perpetrators led the woman to believe that she had made mistakes in the evaluations. Under this pretext, the monies deposited were no longer refunded to her. In total, this caused damage of over 18,000 euros.
The police warn that the… There are many types of fraud on the internet are. Typical of this scam are lure offers for simple work from home with supposedly high commissions, for example for liking and rating products or watching videos. Those affected are often asked to pay in advance in order to get the money they have allegedly already “earned” or to get larger orders. However, after the deposit, the promised commission does not materialize.
To prevent this, the police advise deactivating group invitations in messenger services and reporting unknown administrators, blocking their numbers and leaving the corresponding groups immediately. In addition, no job offers should be accepted via messenger or SMS and seemingly lucrative home work offers with simple tasks should be critically questioned. According to the police, the basic rule is never to pay in advance in order to earn money.
In addition, officials warn against using cryptocurrency apps in connection with such activities and against transmitting personal or sensitive data to unknown persons. Anyone who makes their account available for third-party transfers could, in the worst case scenario, be guilty of money laundering.
