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By [Daniel Brooks](https://giftcard.news/author/daniel-brooks/) September 11, 2026 1 min read [ Google News ](https://google.com/preferences/source?q=giftcard.news&utm%5Fsource=giftcard.news&utm%5Fcampaign=giftcard.news) Share [ ](https://x.com/intent/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgiftcard.news%2Ffraud-security%2Fholzgerlingen-boss-impersonation-gift-card-police-report-2026%2F%3Futm%5Fsource%3Dx%26utm%5Fmedium%3Dsocial&text=Impersonated+boss+request+diverts+EUR1%2C800+in+gift+cards+in+Holzgerlingen&utm%5Fsource=giftcard.news&utm%5Fcampaign=giftcard.news "X") [ ](https://www.linkedin.com/sharing/share-offsite/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgiftcard.news%2Ffraud-security%2Fholzgerlingen-boss-impersonation-gift-card-police-report-2026%2F%3Futm%5Fsource%3Dlinkedin%26utm%5Fmedium%3Dsocial&utm%5Fsource=giftcard.news&utm%5Fcampaign=giftcard.news "LinkedIn") [ ](https://wa.me/?text=Impersonated+boss+request+diverts+EUR1%2C800+in+gift+cards+in+Holzgerlingen+https%3A%2F%2Fgiftcard.news%2Ffraud-security%2Fholzgerlingen-boss-impersonation-gift-card-police-report-2026%2F%3Futm%5Fsource%3Dwhatsapp%26utm%5Fmedium%3Dsocial&utm%5Fsource=giftcard.news&utm%5Fcampaign=giftcard.news "WhatsApp") ![Polizeipräsidium Ludwigsburg identity graphic](https://giftcard.news/images/variants/v1/impersonated-boss-request-diverts-eur1-800-gift-cards-holzgerlingen-polizeiprasidium-ludwigsburg-identity-w300.webp) Official police identity graphic accompanying the issuing authority’s press profile. It does not depict the incident. Photo: Polizeipräsidium Ludwigsburg A purported request for investor gifts led a Holzgerlingen employee to buy EUR1,800 in gift cards and email their codes to unknown fraudsters, [Polizeipräsidium Ludwigsburg](https://giftcard.news/organization/polizeiprasidium-ludwigsburg/) reported on September 11\. The incident occurred on September 9\. [\[S01\]](#article-source-1) The 25-year-old received an email from someone posing as her boss. Believing the instruction was genuine, she purchased the requested cards and transmitted the codes. ## Corporate gifting supplied the pretext The account describes two steps: a seemingly legitimate business purchase, followed by disclosure of the information attached to the prepaid value. The claimed recipients were investors, giving the instruction a workplace purpose. Police did not identify the employer, card brands or selling retailers. Their statement also did not establish how the sender impersonated the boss, whether a company mailbox was compromised, or what happened to the codes after transmission. No arrest or recovery was announced. [\[S01\]](#article-source-1) For employers buying gifts, the case puts the authorization of the purchase and the destination of its codes in the same control process. The reported loss arose from a false instruction presented as corporate gifting; the police account does not identify a fault in the gift-card product itself. ## In this article ### Organizations * [Polizeipräsidium Ludwigsburg](https://giftcard.news/organization/polizeiprasidium-ludwigsburg/) ### Sources and documents * [\[S01\] Original police incident announcement](https://www.presseportal.de/blaulicht/pm/110974/6350227?utm%5Fsource=giftcard.news&utm%5Fcampaign=giftcard.news) — Polizeipräsidium Ludwigsburg Share [ ](https://x.com/intent/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgiftcard.news%2Ffraud-security%2Fholzgerlingen-boss-impersonation-gift-card-police-report-2026%2F%3Futm%5Fsource%3Dx%26utm%5Fmedium%3Dsocial&text=Impersonated+boss+request+diverts+EUR1%2C800+in+gift+cards+in+Holzgerlingen&utm%5Fsource=giftcard.news&utm%5Fcampaign=giftcard.news "X") [ ](https://www.linkedin.com/sharing/share-offsite/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgiftcard.news%2Ffraud-security%2Fholzgerlingen-boss-impersonation-gift-card-police-report-2026%2F%3Futm%5Fsource%3Dlinkedin%26utm%5Fmedium%3Dsocial&utm%5Fsource=giftcard.news&utm%5Fcampaign=giftcard.news "LinkedIn") [ ](https://wa.me/?text=Impersonated+boss+request+diverts+EUR1%2C800+in+gift+cards+in+Holzgerlingen+https%3A%2F%2Fgiftcard.news%2Ffraud-security%2Fholzgerlingen-boss-impersonation-gift-card-police-report-2026%2F%3Futm%5Fsource%3Dwhatsapp%26utm%5Fmedium%3Dsocial&utm%5Fsource=giftcard.news&utm%5Fcampaign=giftcard.news "WhatsApp") ![Portrait of Daniel Brooks](https://giftcard.news/images/variants/v1/daniel-brooks-editorial-portrait-w320.webp) About the author ## [Daniel Brooks](https://giftcard.news/author/daniel-brooks/) Journalist — Payments, Security & PCI DSS Daniel Brooks covers payment networks, financial technology, payment security, gift card fraud and PCI DSS for Gift Card News. 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