EBA steps up with anti money laundering

EU steps up in anti-money laundering!

The money laundering scandals of recent years in the European Union have shown that the European Union’s banking sector, particularly, remains highly vulnerable to cross-border money laundering. Some late scandals like the #Wirecard scandal in Germany and the #Kobenhavn Andelskasse scandal or the Danske Bank scandal in Denmark made the

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WHICH Push Payments

All about Authorized Push Payments!

Did you transfer money to a scammer by using online-banking tools? If yes, pls read this: So scammers convinced you to send money via online banking to an account controlled by the scammers. As you gave instructions to your bank and authorized them to send the money to a different

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EFRI´s letter to the FATF

EFRI`s LETTER TO THE FATF!

As you read this blog post, the #Wirecard tsunami sweeps over Germany and destroys the reputation of the capital market and its institutions. The responsible authorities (mainly #BAFIN) and involved companies (especially EY Germany) are blaming each other and are trying to overcome the issue. The frightening truth is that Germany

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Strictly avoid Recovery Scams

Strictly Avoid Recovery Scammers especially Payback Ltd.

All investment scams out there show a similar pattern. The victim´s trading account shows massive gains and growing balances during the initial phase. When the victims start to request the withdrawal of the funds, communication with trading people gets complicated. No email communication is possible any longer. Unagreed trades result in negative

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EFRI Website

EFRI`s Mission

The EFRI’s mission is to advocate consumers and small investors in the fight against scammers and cybercrime. For this purpose, we have  founded the EFRI NGO (Initiative zur Bekämpfung von Cyberkriminalität an Konsumenten und Kleinanlegern in Europe  ZVR 1493630560 in Vienna. Pls, find more about this not-for-profit organization here. Fraud

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Money laundering complaints

EFRI filed again money-laundering complaints

As discussed in our latest blog post, EFRI continues to file money-laundering complaints against scam facilitating payment processors based on the documentation provided by victims. We think that only if the European banks or the acquiring organizations stop to enable the money flow from the victims to the fraudsters the ongoing

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funds recovery from the enablers

We address scam enablers for refunds for victims

Our Approach EFRI identifies the enablers of the scams and asks them for refunds! We organize the fund recovery process more like a membership model. We set up separate social media groups for victims of the different scams and guide the victims on how to approach relevant authorities.   All

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