Fraudsters attack in Lüneburg: high -quality cars cumbling through fakes!

Fraudsters attack in Lüneburg: high -quality cars cumbling through fakes!

In Lüneburg, two men were convicted of fraud - the punishments range from two years and eight months to three years and ten months. The men obviously meant it well when they crept into various car dealerships in Lower Saxony and Hamburg. Because the sellers deceived with fake ID documents and manipulated pay slips to get seven high -quality vehicles with a total value of around 280,000 euros. She was only interested in the so -called "installment payment" - payments were not made, instead the cars were resold on the Internet. A police officer finally came on the trail of the two fraudsters, who arranged a bogus purchase and the men could thus convince how [Ndr] (https://www.ndr.de/niederricht/lueneburg_heide_unterel/autohaeuser-getaeuscht-und-betrogen-maenner-in-lueneburg-convicted.

But that's the top of the fraud ice mountain. The background is a professionally acting gang that has already struck several times in northern Germany. One of the convicted, Saso B., managed to identify himself with a fake Danish passport last year in the Bleckede residents' registration office. He only spoke broken German, but the employees easily accepted the ID. His stitch? Easy age, no matter where, the main thing is that the papers are right. Together with Nenad R., which appeared under the wrong name and with a Dutch passport, the group made mobile and ordered new cars in different cities, such as Landeszeitung reports.

a complex network

These fraudsters have developed a certain craft: one takes care of the fake documents, another coordinated the actions, and the further testing as to whether their machinations were also accepted by the authorities. They not only limited themselves to Lüneburg, but were also active in other cities such as Friesoyte, Hamburg, Bremen and Uelzen. The demand for new car was high and some car dealerships output the cars before a financing commitment was made. A seller had a VW Touareg driving, although the Volkswagen Bank had not yet given its okay - that finally led to the alarm of the police.

The fraudsters' gangs show how diverse and professionally the fraud stitches in Germany have become. According to the [BKA] (https://www.bka.de/shahareddocs/kurzmeldungen/de/kurzmeldungen/250425_ Development_betrugskriminalitaet.html), over 743,472 cases of fraud were registered in 2024. The number of unreported cases is probably much higher, because only about 20 % of all fraud is displayed. But the police react and relies on increased international cooperation and prevention measures.

A look into the future

The background of the fraud stitches are shocking: In the past year, the investigators counted over 500,000 cases from abroad, with a certain focus on call center fraud, where perpetrators pretend to be a relative or authority employee and thus abuse the victim's trust. With such a wide range of possibilities, the fraud remains a central crime phenomenon, and it is clear that both the authorities and the car dealerships are required to contain such machinations and protect potential buyers from our eyes.

After the last negotiations, the next day of court for Saso B. and Nenad R. have already been determined, while the investigation against other gang members is in full swing. The time will show whether the attacker or the injured party will triumph in the end.