I wanted to pay my Wingo invoice with TWINT yesterday. I selected TWINT as the payment method on the official Wingo website. I opened my TWINT app on my phone and grabbed it to scan the QR code. Before I was even able to fully lift the phone from my desk, I must have fat-fingered something in the TWINT app, and bam: I paid 33.85 CHF for an apfelkiste ch order??? At first, I assumed I must have accidentally ordered something from within the TWINT app. Nope. I contacted Apfelkiste, and they sent me the invoice for a stranger who ordered 2x druckbare Kassenrollen in Birsfelden. They said the product had already been shipped, so there’s no refund, and that I should contact the police and my bank. I’ve heard about various scams involving TWINT, but what the hell is this? How can someone send me an order from Apfelkiste and have it appear for approval in my TWINT app?? My bank told me that this shouldn’t be possible and that it’s very strange. They blocked my TWINT account for security and told me to go to the police. I didn’t click any SMS links, I didn’t open any suspicious links, and I didn’t scan any shady QR codes. I even checked my whole room for an Apfelkiste QR code lol, nothing. What I did do, however, was most likely approve the transaction while lifting up my phone. I noticed myself touching something on the screen. But even then, HOW am I receiving a payment request from another customer’s Apfelkiste order? And how did it happen at the exact same time I was trying to pay something else with TWINT? No one had sent me money before or anything. My e-banking also wasn’t hacked. submitted by /u/Left44
Originally posted by u/Left44 on r/Switzerland