- Energy allowance for pensioners – carrier has important notice
- German pension insurance warns annuitant from fraud
- criminal with a nasty scam – account details from pensioners in sight
- That advises the German pension insurance possible victims
Received in December around 20 million pensioners in Germany one One-time payment of 300 euros. The reason for this is the recent sharp rise in energy and living costs. The so-called Energy flat rate – or short energy flat rate – is part of the third relief package for the population that the traffic light government has launched. The Federal Government’s resolution also explicitly provides for financial relief for pension recipients. the German pension insurance warns in this regard from fraud.
Pensioners get an energy flat rate automatically – German pension insurance warns of fraudsters
“They are retired and await yours Energy flat rate in the amount of 300 euros?” asks the German pension insurance in an article published on November 16 on your website. “Then you have to do nothing morethan waiting for the separate one-off payment – which is not transferred together with the current pension – to be received.”
The nationwide active institution of the statutory pension insurance in the Federal Republic points out that the transfer automatically successes. The paying Rentenanstalt uses the existing account details for this. For this reason be no re-entry of the account data necessary. According to the authorities tried cheater currently with this one mesh to access the account data of pensioners.
Under false identities, the criminals stated that they needed the data for the transfer. “Those affected should Not enter and hang up the phone instead,” advises the German pension insurance. For information by telephone, the citizens’ hotline of the Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs can be reached Monday to Thursday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on 030 221 911 001.
Further information on the topic of energy allowances for pensioners is available in our corresponding guide article.
Meanwhile, the pension tax is to be reduced significantly in order to make the pension system fairer. Double taxation should be eliminated in the future.