Caution
Online Rip-Off
Microsoft Scam
Alleged Microsoft employees call, send emails or pretend to be tech support in response to fake error messages in order to pull off various scams. Here is a summary and tips on how to behave.
Bitter pills - risks with online medicines
In this article, we have compiled information on how to recognise a reputable online pharmacy, which products may be sold and purchased at all, and which other legal regulations must be observed.
Customer reviews on the internet
It is no longer possible to imagine e-commerce without customer reviews, but they are not only an elementary part of online shopping. We show where trickery takes place and what to look out for.
Warning: eikora.de does not deliver
Numerous complaints have been made to ECC-Net and also to other consumer protection organisations about German online suppliers of bathroom fittings and furniture. The number of problem cases has risen sharply since the end of 2020, better order elsewhere!
Fraud with fake holiday homes
When timeshare flats or holiday homes booked online do not exist. Criminals are trying to extract money from the pockets of holidaymakers by using internet offers with stolen photos of real holiday flats.
Scams
Help with ALIAZ: Horsepower & Co.
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AK: Caution with travel broadsheet
10.05.2019 / Trip to Cyprus for one Euro
Warning: Dangerous potency drug
17.04.2019 / "Rammbock": Overdosed agent
Wave of reminders by Eurotreuhand Inkasso
25.03.2019 / Old claims of Exilium Finanz
Warning against DHE Haustechnik
06.03.2019 / High costs, bad service
Warning against streaming platforms
23.03.2018 / Automatic contract extension
Copyright & Counterfeiting
Liability for unsecured Wi-Fi
The operator of a Wi-Fi network is considered by the law as Internet provider. The Austrian law does not demand providers to generally observe the Internet traffic. The ECJ now confirmed this view.
Digital legacy
17.08.2015 / Tipps of ECC Austria
Foreign content from the Internet
Tips of ECC Austria about what to do to avoid a written warning and potentially heavy costs.
Purchase of digital content in online shops
Ebooks as well as music and movie files are protected by copyright.
School start: Tips from ECC Austria
Autumn is coming and in most European countries this means that school is starting over.
Liability for family members and flat-mates
ECC Austria provides tips on dealing with downloads by children or flat-mates.