Energy prices in Europe have been rising sharply, especially the price of natural gas is high. Whether to use heating this winter has become a general concern for European people. Therefore, many European consumers have begun to find heating alternatives, and the sales of stoves and firewood have risen rapidly, becoming star products. Especially in the Netherlands, market demand is very strong, and the problem of online fraud has followed.
The Dutch police recently warned the public that there are currently some fake shops selling furnaces and firewood on the Internet, which deceives consumers to order the deposit of stoves and firewood. Many deceived people have paid firewood deposits, ranging from 100 euros to 500 euros, and the deposit of the stove is even more exaggerated, ranging from 450 euros to 3,000 euros. Police have announced a list of counterfeit online stores and are continuously updated. Police predict that with the arrival of winter, heating demand will increase further, and more fraud online stores will appear. Police remind consumers that when buying stoves and firewood, they can check the authenticity of the online store through the chamber of commerce and value -added tax number to beware of being deceived.
Internet scammers paid close attention to the crisis of the European people’s heating, so that the upcoming “cold winter” was worsened.