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Reporting fake shop fraud in Sachsen-Anhalt

Saxony-Anhalt runs its own electronic police station, the E-Revier, where you file reports online. Give your name and contact details, otherwise the police cannot give you status updates.

Yes, via the E-Revier

Open the official site

E-Revier der Polizei Sachsen-Anhalt

System
Own system: “E-Revier – the electronic police station”
Identification
The police ask you to submit information giving your name. They only give status updates if you have identified yourself beforehand.
After submitting
With your contact details the police can ask follow-up questions.
Emergency
The E-Revier never replaces the emergency number 110

The link leads to the authority’s official page. Fakeshop AI is not an authority and forwards nothing.

How reporting works in Sachsen-Anhalt

  1. Bank or payment provider first

    That is where the deadlines run, and the only place to get money back.

    Deadlines and templates for your bank
  2. Gather your evidence

    Order confirmation, proof of payment, screenshots of the shop and the message history.

  3. Fill in the form in the portal

    Open the “fraud” section of the online station for Sachsen-Anhalt and describe what happened, with dates.

  4. Keep the confirmation and reference number

    The reference number helps you with your bank and payment provider.

Specifics in Sachsen-Anhalt

  • Unlike in the joint portal, identity matters here: anonymous tips are possible, but status updates are only given after identification.
  • The Saxony-Anhalt police explicitly warn about fake shops in their prevention brochure for internet users.

What the online station asks for

According to the online stations’ start page, the fraud section asks for these details.

  • Your personal details: first name, surname, address, date of birth, contact details.
  • What you know about the other party: shop address, company name from the imprint, email, phone number, recipient IBAN.
  • The course of events with dates: order, payment, contact with the shop, contact with your bank.
  • Evidence as files: screenshots, PDF of the shop pages, order confirmation, proof of payment, email thread.
  • What your bank or payment provider has said so far, with dates.
Checklist and statement template to copy

Sachsen-Anhalt compared with its neighbours

Even close to a border, your place of residence counts. The table shows where form, ID requirement and language differ.

StateReport online shopping fraud onlineID requiredLanguagesPortal
Sachsen-Anhalt

Yes, via the E-Revier

Give your name, otherwise no status updatesNot statedE-Revier der Polizei Sachsen-Anhalt
Niedersachsen

Yes, “fraud” section

No, BundID optionalGermanOnlinewache Niedersachsen
Brandenburg

Yes, “fraud” section

No, BundID optionalGermanOnlinewache Brandenburg
Sachsen

Yes, “fraud” section

No, BundID optionalGermanOnlinewache Sachsen
Thüringen

Yes, “fraud” section

No, BundID optionalGermanOnlinewache Thüringen

Advice and other bodies

Verbraucherzentrale Sachsen-AnhaltAdvice on online purchases and fraud; the linked article explains how to spot fake shops.

Sources · checked on 2 October 2026

Independent consumer information, not legal advice. Authorities change forms and addresses; the linked official page is authoritative.

Dennis Bölling, Founder · QAD SoftUpdated