Over one million euros lost: woman from Saxony falls for “Markus Lanz” fake
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Home World Stand: 06.07.2026, 5:30 pm Comments We follow Markus Lanz on Google - The talk show with Markus Lanz is broadcast Tuesdays to Thursday late in the evening - and is often template for AI fakes. © ZDF / Markus Hertrich A woman from Saxony believed that she had seen a lucrative money tip in the ZDF show "Markus Lanz" - the video was completely fake. In the end, she had transferred more than one million euros to fraudsters. The police advises: Be suspicious of high yield promises without recognizable risk carefully examine providers and platforms - often it is counterfeits Not to be put under pressure and take time for checks Independent advice, for example, at consumer centers In the event of fraud immediately report to the police, beware of so-called "retrieval offers" after a fraud - these are also often fraud scams themselves (This article was written in cooperation with teleschau .).
Furthermore, The injured party reported on Saturday (4.7.) to the Chemnitz criminal police. With a deceptively real-looking AI video of the ZDF program “Markus Lanz” fraudsters have brought a woman from the Central Saxon city of Lichtenberg for her entire fortune. After the woman had registered there, first a woman and shortly after an alleged broker contacted her by phone.
In addition, Accordingly, the woman had come across the fake video on the Internet in April.
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Home World Stand: 06.07.2026, 5:30 pm Comments We follow Markus Lanz on Google - The talk show with Markus Lanz is broadcast Tuesdays to Thursday late in the evening - and is often template for AI fakes. © ZDF / Markus Hertrich A woman from Saxony believed that she had seen a lucrative money tip in the ZDF show "Markus Lanz" - the video was completely fake.
reliability low1/2 sourcesIn the end, she had transferred more than one million euros to fraudsters.
reliability low1/2 sourcesThe police advises: Be suspicious of high yield promises without recognizable risk carefully examine providers and platforms - often it is counterfeits Not to be put under pressure and take time for checks Independent advice, for example, at consumer centers In the event of fraud immediately report to the police, beware of so-called "retrieval offers" after a fraud - these are also often fraud scams themselves (This article was written in cooperation with teleschau .)
reliability low1/2 sourcesThe injured party reported on Saturday (4.7.) to the Chemnitz criminal police.
reliability low1/2 sourcesWith a deceptively real-looking AI video of the ZDF program “Markus Lanz” fraudsters have brought a woman from the Central Saxon city of Lichtenberg for her entire fortune.
reliability low1/2 sourcesOnly when the supposed broker did not report and the woman had already invested more than a million euros, she recognized the fraud and turned to the police.
reliability low1/2 sourcesAfter the woman had registered there, first a woman and shortly after an alleged broker contacted her by phone.
reliability low1/2 sourcesAccordingly, the woman had come across the fake video on the Internet in April.
reliability low1/2 sources
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