Skip to main content
Login
institutional access

You are connecting from
Lake Geneva Public Library,
please login or register to take advantage of your institution's Ground News Plan.

Published • loading... • Updated

Court Holds Phishing Victims Liable

Summary by Law Blog
A married couple lost 41,000 euros to a phishing scam – and the bank that held their account shrugged its shoulders. The Oldenburg Higher Regional Court approved this in a recent ruling. A woman wanted to renew her PushTAN registration. A caller, supposedly from the bank, had brought her to do so. The phone displayed a deceptively real number, thanks to call ID spoofing. The call tricked the woman into authorizing a supposed "security process" i…
DisclaimerThis story is only covered by news sources that have yet to be evaluated by the independent media monitoring agencies we use to assess the quality and reliability of news outlets on our platform. Learn more here.

1 Articles

law bloglaw blog

Court Holds Phishing Victims Liable

A married couple lost 41,000 euros to a phishing scam – and the bank that held their account shrugged its shoulders. The Oldenburg Higher Regional Court approved this in a recent ruling. A woman wanted to renew her PushTAN registration. A caller, supposedly from the bank, had brought her to do so. The phone displayed a deceptively real number, thanks to call ID spoofing. The call tricked the woman into authorizing a supposed "security process" i…

Read Full Article
Think freely.Subscribe and get full access to Ground NewsSubscriptions start at $9.99/yearSubscribe

Bias Distribution

  • There is no tracked Bias information for the sources covering this story.

Factuality 

To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium

Ownership

To view ownership data please Upgrade to Vantage

law blog broke the news in on Monday, August 11, 2025.
Sources are mostly out of (0)
Stories disproportionately reported by the Left or the Right

Similar News Topics

Oldenburg icon

Oldenburg

News
For You
SearchBlindspotLocal