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Bad rip-off with "Den of the Lion" mesh: Man from Bavaria cheated out of 800,000 euros

2021-03-12T21:35:00.480Z


A lousy investment rip-off brought a Rosenheimer to 800,000 euros. The fraudsters lure with the common scam that the prominent investors in the program "Die Höhle der Löwen" have invested.


A lousy investment rip-off brought a Rosenheimer to 800,000 euros.

The fraudsters lure with the common scam that the prominent investors in the program "Die Höhle der Löwen" have invested.

Rosenheim - The sums of damage are immense.

More and more fraudsters are using a nasty trick to bring an enormous amount of money to people.

With pretended professionalism in the financial sector and allegedly positive statements, even hymns of praise for their trading method from celebrities, they gain the trust of their victims.

It is often claimed that the investors * in the Vox * program "Den of the Lions" have invested.

"Den of the Lions" fraud case in Rosenheim: Man cheated for around 800,000 euros

Only recently it became known that a man from the Rosenheim district fell for such a fraud.

And that for years.

The perpetrators stole a whopping 800,000 euros from the 50-year-old, as reported by the Upper Bavaria police headquarters in its latest press release.

Over several years, the 50-year-old invested several hundred thousand euros in several trading platforms until he discovered the fraud.

He had only communicated with the brokers and those responsible for the trading platforms digitally or by telephone and ultimately also allowed remote access to the PC and the online banking account.

According to previous police assessments, the chances of getting the stolen money back are bad for the Rosenheim resident.

The investigations by the Rosenheim Criminal Police Inspection are ongoing, but would be difficult because the perpetrators are based abroad.

"Den of the lions" rip-off: Fraudsters lure with high sums of money and prominent promises

Various pages are circulating on the Internet with sometimes insane financial promises and false claims.

Whether on the subject of Bitcoin, binary options, stocks, indices, currencies (Forex), financial contracts for difference (CFDs).

The fraudsters speculate on business laymen and lure with supposedly high profits.

To the layman, that all sounds like big wins and at the same time like being overwhelmed.

They get to their victims through advertising on the Internet, by e-mail or phone call, and pretend to be the professional savior.

Investors of "Den of the Lions" are often "hymns of praise" put into their mouths when scams are scams

According to the police, the program “Die Höhle der Löwen” * is quoted more and more often and claims that the form of investment in the show was a complete success.

The link with conspiracy theories is also at the top of the hit list, such as the claim that the corresponding episode of the program was not allowed to be broadcast because too many people had benefited from it.

“In addition to a few celebrities, words of praise are placed in the mouth of the board of a large German bank.

All of the named people simply have nothing to do with it and are being abused.

Anyone who lied to invest their wealth in this way goes into the proverbial lions' den and never sees their money again, ”the police report said.

“Den of the lions” scammers start with low investment sums - luring the victim more and more money out of their pockets

As soon as the rip-offs have someone by hand, their fraudulent game usually continues as follows: “The victims, who are usually not among the professionals among investors, are usually lured with a small investment amount of € 250.

Everything sounds serious and the alleged 'personal broker or trader', who call in minutes after filling a website, act like professionals, ”the police described.

"Den of the lions" - the scam is laid out in stages - the police explain the usual procedure

Then there will be talk of trading levels in a grandiose manner and market developments will be presented looking for effects.

The starting sum of € 250 increases quickly.

The perpetrators "prove" this with a constructed Internet customer account.

With different meshes you are encouraged to make further investments.

"Often the perpetrators play remote software on the PC - supposedly for support and to better explain the trading portal - and are thus able to access the victim's PC and online banking area directly," explains the police.

The virtual account balance keeps increasing,

only that none of it is real.

The perpetrators can type any number on the page, because the money actually deposited has long been abroad and the victims get nothing.

Police President Kopp: "Enormous increase in both quality and quantity"

Police President Robert Kopp says: “Our criminal investigation departments are currently recording an enormous increase in so-called cybertrading fraud, both in terms of quantity and quality.

We are concerned about the high number of cases and increasing amounts of damage.

In addition to the elaborate investigations, we rely on clarification in order to thwart the fraudsters. "

The Upper Bavaria Police Headquarters gives the following tips on how to invest your money safely

  • Enormous profit, hardly any risk?

    Then it would be no secret and everyone would do it ... Be suspicious!

  • Do you find little or mostly negative information about the trading platform via search engines?

    Be suspicious!

  • Great profit development on the (demo) account?

    The money is far from in her bank account.

    Be suspicious!

  • The "broker" calls you, but you cannot reach him on the number?

    Be suspicious!

  • You should invest more money to move up to a higher level of trade or to "secure" profits?

    Be suspicious!

The police would like to make the following clear: “Nobody should be ashamed of being the victim of fraud and for this reason not report to the police!

The cases known to us show that this can happen to people from all walks of life and from all levels of education. ”(Feb)

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