Phishing in Germany

14 phishing cases reported in Germany. Below: real examples, the platforms scammers use locally, and where to report.

Platforms used

📱 Instagram 10
📱 Email 3
📱 Phone 1

Recent cases in Germany

Amex phishing scam in Germany **Warning: A highly professional AMEX phishing scam is currently circulating.** I recently received an SMS that appeared to come from the same number normally used for ...

2026-05-27

[Germany] Job-Scam from https://www.workio.at pretending to be Mintel Germany GmbH Friend of mine got scammed, believing to work for a market research company. They concluded a contract via email with...

2026-05-14

Getting random SMS codes from “Trade Republic” — anyone else experiencing this? Over the past two weeks, I’ve received two SMS messages with a 4‑digit code for “login” or “change your account,” suppos...

2026-04-03

I’m a student and just lost €2500 to a phishing scam ..bank won’t help I honestly don’t know what to do anymore and was hoping someone here might have advice. I’m a student in Germany and in February ...

2026-03-09

Minecraft Malware Developer Known info about scammer: Instagram: kagian.spakos Discord: kagian1 Number: +49 1521 2489822 Lycamobile phone, Germany YouTube: kagian1 This guy’s links on his YouTube vide...

2026-02-24

[ Removed by moderator ] Wanted to visit a burger king price website and then got lead to a scam website where a popup said: "Notification from the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA). We have gained...

2026-02-11

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