ᐅ Attempted Fraud in Land Purchase – Have You Experienced This?
Created on: 13 Mar 2016 00:24
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DReffects
Hello!
I am planning to buy a plot of land in a municipality. The following people know about this:
- me^^
- my parents
- my partner
- the municipality
- the notary
Now I have received a very detailed email in German and English from a woman abroad claiming to be the previous owner of the property I am acquiring from the municipality. As proof, she sent her identity card and several photos of the property.
The first step in this scheme is that I am supposed to send a copy of my identity card.
My question:
Does this sound familiar to you? If so, where could the scammer have obtained such detailed information?
Thanks & best regards
I am planning to buy a plot of land in a municipality. The following people know about this:
- me^^
- my parents
- my partner
- the municipality
- the notary
Now I have received a very detailed email in German and English from a woman abroad claiming to be the previous owner of the property I am acquiring from the municipality. As proof, she sent her identity card and several photos of the property.
The first step in this scheme is that I am supposed to send a copy of my identity card.
My question:
Does this sound familiar to you? If so, where could the scammer have obtained such detailed information?
Thanks & best regards
DReffects schrieb:
Nothing, what should they do with a foreign sender IP, probably through a TOR network... I can also save my time.If an individual is not even willing to "waste" 20 minutes of their time, what can they expect?
Eventually, there will be a lot of complaints when the authorities don’t take action – but how should they, if even the average person keeps the offense statistics artificially low?
ypg schrieb:
If individuals are not even willing to "spend" 20 minutes of their time, what can they expect? Eventually, there will be complaints when law enforcement does nothing — but how could they, if even minor offenses by ordinary people are kept out of the statistics? Oh, come on...
I run several websites and therefore unfortunately have to report various incidents to the authorities (hate speech against foreigners). Even in cases that are easy to prove and investigate, the proceedings are dismissed in a very short time due to lack of public interest.
By now, I have come across several documented attempts related to this fraud scheme online.
From a technical perspective, prosecution is not possible here anyway.
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Bauexperte22 Mar 2016 00:29DReffects schrieb:
I run several websites ... Then the operator should be able to expect that you understand the purpose of forum rules and comply with them.
I have removed your links in accordance with the forum rules.
Regards, Bauexperte
Hey, what kind of forum rules are these?
Oh, which rules did that violate? I didn’t see anything relevant when I skimmed through.
Where can I find a private message function in the forum? I would have liked to ask you outside of the thread.
Bauexperte schrieb:
Then the administrator should actually be able to assume that you understand the purpose of forum rules and follow them.
I have deleted your links in accordance with the forum rules.
Regards, Bauexperte
Oh, which rules did that violate? I didn’t see anything relevant when I skimmed through.
Where can I find a private message function in the forum? I would have liked to ask you outside of the thread.
