Erscheinung:18.09.2024 | Topic Unauthorised business, Consumer protection Identity fraud: BaFin warns consumers about website renditeexperte.com
The Financial Supervisory Authority BaFin warns against offers from the alleged Hofmann & Söhne AG. It is suspected that the operators of the renditeexperte.com website are offering to open fixed-term deposit accounts without authorisation. They give the impression that Hofmann & Söhne AG is identical with Wegerich, Prof. Dr. Hofmann, Zantiotis & Söhne AG. This is false. It is a case of identity fraud at the expense of the Wegerich, Prof. Dr. Hofmann, Zantiotis & Söhne AG, which has no connection whatsoever with the website renditeexperte.com.
Anyone conducting banking business or providing financial or investment services in Germany may do so only with authorisation from BaFin. However, some companies offer these services without the required authorisation. Information on whether companies have been authorised by BaFin can be found in BaFin’s database of companies.
The information provided by BaFin is based on section 37 (4) of the German Banking Act (Kreditwesengesetz – KWG).
Please be aware:
BaFin, the German Federal Criminal Police Office (Bundeskriminalamt – BKA) and the German state criminal police offices (Landeskriminalämter) recommend that consumers seeking to invest money online should exercise the utmost caution and do the necessary research beforehand in order to identify fraud attempts at an early stage.
