Overview
- Criminals impersonate Deutsche Telekom, sending emails that falsely claim unsynced IBANs in T-Online accounts and threaten phone-number suspension.
- Phishing campaigns target ING and Consorsbank customers with urgent security or maintenance requests that lead to credential-stealing sites.
- Fake Sparkasse emails use “Servicekommunikation, Aktion erforderlich” alerts to prompt pushTAN updates and coerce data entry under threat of account restrictions.
- DHL customers receive deceptive “Einfuhrzoll/Steuerzahlung” notices lacking shipment details to trick recipients into paying bogus import fees.
- The BSI and Verbraucherzentrale have issued updated warnings and step-by-step guides advising consumers to verify requests via official channels and avoid clicking unknown links.