How to recognize fake shops online
What is a fake shop? A website that looks like an online store. However, these sites don’t actually want to sell and ship goods, but rather offer products and lure customers with top deals. These goods cost money, but are never shipped. If you fall for it, definitely file a report with the police, but it’s difficult to catch those behind it because such sites are usually operated from abroad.
In any case, there is assistance available for identifying fraudulent shops. The Consumer Protection Center maintains a database. Here you can go directly to the page:
https://www.verbraucherzentrale.de/fakeshopfinder-71560
Interesting: Here is also a list with current warnings:Â https://warnung.fakeshop-finder.de (page is in german, but you will find the URLs)
