Overview
- Police say a 42-year-old in Bad Berka was duped while selling clothing when a supposed buyer steered her off the platform’s normal payment flow.
- The contact proposed an alleged “direct buy” feature and sent a link where the victim entered credit-card details and a TAN.
- Using the captured data, the fraudster withdrew funds and transferred €1,950 to a foreign account, according to the report.
- The victim filed a complaint, and authorities are investigating fraud against unknown persons with no suspect publicly identified.
- Separately, police in Bavaria reported a similar platform scam and issued broader guidance to avoid links in emails or chats and to keep logins and banking data off third-party pages.