Watchlist Internet

The Watchlist Internet is an independent information platform on Internet fraud and fraud-like online traps from Austria. It informs about current fraud cases on the Internet and gives tips on how to protect yourself from common scams. Victims of Internet fraud receive concrete instructions for further steps.

Recent topics of the Watchlist Internet include: subscription traps, classified frauds, phishing, rip-offs via mobile phones and smartphones, fake shops, trademark counterfeiting, scamming or advance fraud, Facebook fraud, fake bills, fake warnings, ransom trojans.

The Watchlist Internet contributes to the fact that Internet users are better informed about online fraud and learn to handle frauds more competently. This strengthens trust in one's own online competence as well as confidence in the Internet as a whole.

Using a reporting function, Internet users can even report Internet traps and thus actively support the educational work of the Watchlist Internet.