The Belastingdienst (Dutch tax authority) never calls for immediate payment and never emails with a link. Here's how to spot the scammers impersonating the tax office.
No guesses. Only published data from Fraudehelpdesk (the Dutch fraud helpline), CBS (Statistics Netherlands), AFM, SIDN and Dutch investigative journalism.
Step by step: this is how scammers build the scenario. The faster you spot the pattern, the sooner you can hang up or click away.
One red flag is usually enough. Two and you know for sure something is off. Stop, hang up, click away, call the real organization via a number you look up yourself.
In this order. Time is money — literally. The faster you call, the bigger the chance the bank can still reverse a transaction.
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In case of immediate danger or an ongoing transaction: hang up, call your bank, then file a police report. The faster, the bigger the chance the money can be recovered.