Erscheinung:22.07.2024 | Topic Unauthorised business, Consumer protection Prime Office Hanau GmbH: BaFin warns against allegedly lucrative job offers
The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) warns jobseekers against accepting a supposedly lucrative job offer for an administrative position allegedly advertised by Prime Office Hanau GmbH with the title “Sachbearbeiter/in, Bürokoordinator/in und Process-Tester in der Verwaltung im Home-Office” (“administrative clerk, office coordinator and process tester in remote position”). The perpetrators behind this job offer aim to use jobseekers’ bank accounts to transfer funds. The job offer is advertised on the websites clever-job.com and karriere-remote.com. The company Prime Office Hanau GmbH, domiciled in Pöcking, Germany, has not advertised any such position and does not operate the websites clever-job.com or karriere-remote.com. This is a case of identity fraud.
Background information:
BaFin warns that private individuals who accept funds and transfer them to third parties may be penalised for providing payment services without authorisation. They may also be subject to repayment claims raised by the persons whose money was deposited or transferred. In addition, there is the risk that jobseekers’ personal data will be misused.
BaFin has already issued a number of warnings against such job offers.
BaFin recommends that affected jobseekers report such matters to law enforcement agencies – the police or a public prosecutor's office.
The information provided by BaFin is based on section 8 (7) sentence 1of the German Payment Services Supervision Act (Zahlungsdiensteaufsichtsgesetz – ZAG).
