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Warning: fraudsters posing as VAT INSTITUTE

8 September 2023 1 min read By the specialists of VAT INSTITUTE

One or more individuals are posing as employees of VAT INSTITUTE and attempting to extract money from businesses for a VAT service. We dissociate ourselves entirely from these practices.

We have learned today that one or more individuals are posing as employees of BTW-INSTITUUT or VAT INSTITUTE and attempting to extract money from businesses for a VAT service.

It appears to be happening in the e-commerce and webshop sector, and to be aimed at dropshippers in particular. Communication about this supposed service takes place exclusively over WhatsApp, which is emphatically not how we work.

Our firm dissociates itself entirely from these practices and will report them to the police as soon as possible. We advise anyone affected to do the same. If you have been approached or have questions, please contact us.

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