Today the Telekom scam came to my door

The do have badges and Telekom shirts and an Ipad to save everything, and you do get a legit Telekom contract online after you signed everything.

The problem is the way they do it:

  • Sales doormen knocking on your door telling you a LIE about(my example) "We are taking over this street and you have to change to Telekom otherwise in 2 weeks you won't have internet"
  • They sell you their amazing offer and make you sign (you give all your details, even IBAN and sign)
  • They are very insistent on it "we are already here, that's why we are here, etc ec"
  • Afterwards you get a phone call from their company to finalise the contract

Anyway:

  • In Germany, you always get a written notice that something big like that is happening, an appointment date, no random dudes.
  • Don't sign anything and don't let strangers in
  • If you DO sign, you have 14 days to cancel it (when they called me to finalise all details, I cancelled in that call and they were confused and mad. They said "when you sign something, it is binding (verbindlich)", I told them about the 14 days to cancel and they were upset "yea you are right, blablabla"

I already read other posts after they left and things are similar

  • They have badges and seem legit
  • They come around summer lol
  • They have a BS excuse to change your internet cable
  • They come from a company called Ranger Marketing & Vertriebs GmbH, meaning they are not employed directly with Telekom

Anyway if it happens to you, don't freak out, if you already have an internet contract and haven't gotten any official notice from them, just tell these dudes to F off :)