Billion dollar fraud on the Internet | DW Documentary
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Publicado 2023-11-24
Filmmakers Niklas Resch and Caroline Uhl meet with victims and investigators, then track down some of the perpetrators behind the scams. They discover that trying to put a stop to this kind of fraud is like tilting at windmills. Moreover: Victims and perpetrators may have more in common than they think.
Ulrike Schneider was cheated out of a lot of money. Ironically, she lost over 10,000 euros because she tried to do a good job investing her savings. She invested money with an online financial portal called TradeInvest90 because it promised good profits in a short time. What Schneider did not suspect: The portal was run by an international gang of fraudsters.
In the film, we also meet Adrian. In his late 20s, he was living in Kosovo with hardly any money. So when he received an offer for a well-paid call center job, he jumped at it. But he quickly realized that his job was illegal. His job was to pretend to be a financial market expert for portals such as TradeInvest90 - and thus to take money from German-speaking investors such as Ulrike Schneider over the phone.
Adrian and his colleagues bilked their victims out of millions - and earned enormous sums themselves. The head of this gang of fraudsters has become a multi-millionaire. He shamelessly squanders the savings of his victims.
The fraud continued for several years until investigators from the State Criminal Police Office in Saarbrücken put a stop to the gang - following a complex investigation. But others continue to steal vast sums of money using the same scam to this day.
The filmmakers have succeeded in providing a deep insight into the innermost workings of a highly organized gang of fraudsters. For the first time, the film shows original material from inside the call center. The documentary contrasts the views and motives of victims, perpetrators and investigators - and shows the psychological mechanisms at work in both the deceived and the deceivers.
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Todos los comentarios (21)
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Sadly, these kinds of scams are heavily advertised practically every day on YouTube. I am a heavy YouTube consumer and I have frequently reported such scams being advertised here to YouTube but the ads just keep coming back. What is YouTube doing about it? Nothing.
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DW, this is a step in the right direction. Awareness of cyber crime and its features will be minimized when all of us have a clue.
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I like how all criminals justify their crimes with the line "i had to feed my familly" and then you see that the only things they are feeding, are their egos, and their greed. All they are looking for is luxurious lives, flexing on instagram with hot women and champagne, without working. Put them in jail, and don't fall for their bs. Enough documentaires and movies that glamourises thieves, human traffickers and drug cartels.
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250 Euros to 10,000 euros within 4 weeks is all the RED FLAG , I need to run a million miles!
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There is a big difference between feeding a family and living a life of luxury.
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There's not a lot of information on this case when searching google. It feels like you shared a story with the world that only the police and the people involved knew about. Great stuff
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There should be government programs to regularly educate senior citizens on cyber fraud. Maybe a helpline where they can consult before making any investment to check the legitimacy of the platform.
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The biggest mistake we make is thinking it only happens to stupid people, brightest minds get conned too. Be careful out there and be careful of easy money.
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Be careful of all the guys from the scammer, because day by this types of crime increase in every corner of the world. This Dw is very informative, thanks for the team.❤
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Suicide? What happen to the money hidden offshore? On another note, the sums involved are a drop in the ocean compared to how much UK taxed payers lost due to the 2008 banking crisis, and not one banker ever appologised, let alone handed back their bonus. So compare if you will the life decisions taken by the ex call centre worker interviewed here and the bank salesman knowingly selling junk bond insurance dressed as AAA rated credit default swaps. Not much difference, except the latter made much more and will never be prosecuted.
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shame on scammers. they looted people who are innocents and who are already financially unstable.
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let me guess the right question isn't being asked... Why aren't Facebook, YouTube and so on being held accountable for bombarding us with scams and fake profiles. if my local shopping centre allowed a salesperson to rip off visitors, it would be stopped immediately
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Love DW Documentary. Great quality, thorough, good editing. 👍
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I used to work for an ex-cop (Baltimore City) at a liquor store he owned. He gave me a very solid piece of advice: "Never break more than one law at a time."
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I always enjoy Dw documentaries; they talk about what people want and prefer. Thank you.
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Great Report DW , I recently lost more than 10000 euros to scammers . Computer literate but I was too exhausted to comprehend. Started realizing it was a scam the moment I had vacation.
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For real, the greed of the investors is the cause of the problem that the criminals nurture
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Thank you DW for good documentaries
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Unfortunately, there are digitaly illiterate people in the modern digital world and these financial pyramid schemes are aimed at such people. People need to be brought up to date with such information so that such offices are in little demand, even from school; simply posting the necessary information on the Internet is not enough.DW reporting is excellent as usual.
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If you feel greedy - someone trying to rob you.
