The Deutschlandticket allows travel on buses and trains throughout Germany for 49 euros per month. It is practical, user-friendly as a monthly subscription and apparently arouses desire not to pay the already low price. A perfidious scam is already causing millions in damages.
Fraudsters use the loophole: get a free Germany ticket
49 euro ticket – this is what the Deutschlandticket originally became known under. At this monthly price, the practical ticket is apparently still far too expensive for many interested parties. With a Fraudsters have a simple trick that Ticket secured completely free of charge, as the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (RMV) now reveals.
Apparently you didn’t need a lot of technical knowledge or expertise to get the Germany ticket for free. The Germany ticket is simply purchased via the respective transport association app and the Direct debit chosen as payment method. According to the RMV, the ticket could then be used immediately. The The actual payment only takes place days later.
Fraudsters are said to have exploited this on a large scale by using apps like “RMVgo”. provided other people’s bank details or invented account details. According to RMV boss Knut Ringat, this is a fraud “on an unprecedented scale” (source: Hessenschau).
The Deutschlandticket is not the only way to keep your money together:
In February alone, the number of fraud cases using this scheme increased fivefold compared to 2023 12 percent of all Germany tickets sold in the RMV area were fraudulent with failed direct debit payments. According to the transport association, the financial damage is expected to be in the seven-figure range. The RMV lost more than 1 million euros.
This is particularly bitter since the transport associations and states are already complaining about it Germany ticket too cheap be. It is not yet clear what will happen with the price. There should be no price increase in 2024, but what things will look like next year remains to be seen. Moderate price increases to 54 euros per month were brought into play as well as extreme price explosions to 89 euros.
Change for customers: Deutschlandticket can no longer be purchased as before
The RMV now wants to make the scam, which is exploited throughout Germany, more difficult. New customers should for now no longer use direct debit payments via the app can. Anyone who needs their Germany ticket immediately will have to pay by credit card in the app in the future. Direct debit should, however, only with at least ten days’ notice are offered – and only via the online ticket shop or in official RMV sales points.
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