As the holiday season approaches, the Dutch consumer organizations again urged Netherlands residents to be wary of dodgy online stores. In the hope of reducing the number of victims, the organizations have launched a campaign: “First check reviews, then order.” The police’s National Internet Fraud Reporting Center (LMIO) expects over 40,000 reports of purchase and sales fraud this year. About 14,000 of these cases involve online stores that never delivered after payment, a number the police expect to increase with Black Friday, Sinterklaas, and Christmas on the horizon.
The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) announced on Monday that it will conduct an investigation into the development of savings interest rates and competition in the Dutch savings market. According to the consumer watchdog, there are indications that Dutch consumers benefit only to a limited extent from the increased interest rates in the European market.
The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) will investigate whether an internationally active manufacturer of information technology equipment made prohibited agreements with its distributors. The ACM did not name the manufacturer, but said it suspects the company and distributors jointly determined which retailers may supply products to different customers, and at what price, the watchdog said on Monday.
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