Beware of scam
An unknown perpetrator is trying to defraud companies, foundations and pension funds with fictitious invoices, according to the Basel-Stadt public prosecutor's office.
According to the information provided, the perpetrators send a professionally presented invoice or request for payment for an alleged business package that the customers have not ordered. This package contains an entry in a database. The institutions written to are asked to transfer several hundred euros to an account within 14 days, writes the Basel-Stadt public prosecutor's office. The senders of the documents were fictitious companies in Montenegro. Only after a close reading of the text, written in very small letters, does it become clear that it is not an invoice or a request for payment, but an offer.
An initial complaint has also been filed in Basel. The public prosecutor's office assumes that further institutions and companies will be contacted. It therefore advises caution and a thorough examination of such invoices.
