Bauer Paid for Tractor that Doesn't Exist at All
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The 56-year-old wanted to buy a tractor, which he had discovered on a web platform, and transferred a deposit in the five-digit euro area. The big catch: The agricultural vehicle does not exist at all. At the beginning of last week, the farmer from the district of Imst had come across the advertisement on an internet sales platform. Offers were made a tractor. The price: a medium, five-digit euro amount.Half the purchase price demanded beforehan…
A farmer became a victim of the boldest online fraud. He made a down payment for a tractor. But the machine did not exist.
The man from Imst proved half of the purchase price. Only when he wanted to coat the tractor in Germany did the fraud fly up. Much more than 10,000 euros are now probably gone forever.
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