Hello everyone! I wanted to ask if anyone knows if this is a fake or real thing, and of course I’ll go to my Sparkasse and ask too, but I wanted to make sure here too.
So here is how it went:
I got a call in the morning. I thought it was a job offer, so I answered, and then a lady said that she’s from Sparkasse Bank and asked if I’m [my name], and I said yes. Then she said that she’ll send me a letter and send it back, and I said okay because I thought it’s my bank next to me. She asked if [my address] was mine, and I said yes, so basically all of her 3-4 questions I answered with yes, and she ended the call.
After a week, I got a letter, and it looked suspicious to me, like not really professional, so I ignored it for 2 days because I would be going to my bank and talking about it anyway, but today I got an email from that woman, and it really doesn’t look professional, like yes, it has all the bank addresses but not mine in my city, so I linked photos of the letters and email.
If anyone has had this before, could you tell me if it’s real?
Oh and also i still can send my money to theirs or get it too so i don’t understand why it says it’s stopped
by amii_liaa
9 comments
just call them and ask i think they would rather answer your question then deal with you after you lost money. The Letter itself seems legit for my eyes tho
if you don’t have a bank account at Sparkasse, than I think it’s suspicious. if not, it’s probably ok
Looks legit.
They want your tax identification number, from other countries/your country of origin.
You removed the exact details, but it’s most likely from some central Sparkasse Office that handles these things for all Sparkasse locations in Germany.
I mean you should check with your Sparkasse if you have doubts, though this seems perfectly normal to me.
I’m very curious though what you mean when you say
>it really doesn’t look professional
Generally speaking, the more official something is the worse the paper quality gets.
That’s how I can quickly find all my tax stuff in my to-do pile
The Call is highly suspicious. My bank would never call me bevor they send such a letter. It seems like they hardly try to convince you that the letter is real.
The cover letter has multiple typing errors an the footer is missing. It looks very made up. The second page looks kind of real, but it seems more that they stole the original and just want you to sent the real thing back to there address.
Asking after two days where the answer is, is also quite a short term. A letter need 1 day to deliver and if you don’t expect you to return it on the same day it is kind of unlikely that they could miss the letter on the second day. This seems more of a pressure tactic to convince you to answer before somebody can tell you that it is fake.
I would highly recommend to check with your local bank before you do anything. Maybe you get another call from them trying to pressure you. Be careful to don’t give them any other information.
Call them.
The letter is full of mistakes. I would also be suspicious.
The first letter looks very fishy with a lot of mistakes.
There are some countries where you have to pay tax simply because you are a citizen, e.g. USA and Eritrea. Your eTIN is your SSN in the case of the US
Ich hätte den Namen der mutmaßlichen Sachbearbeiterin auch noch geschwärzt.