Key legal question
Whether Bank X. incurred liability for erwecktes Vertrauen (trust liability) by allowing fraudsters to use its premises and apparent staff presence.
Extracted holding
No liability arose; any special relationship could be left open because the bank did not breach applicable duties of conduct or protection.
Extracted reasoning
The court held that trust liability requires strict conditions and only covers abuse of justified trust, not losses caused by the claimant's own credulity or general business risks. Bank X. had a legitimate interest in the meeting because it expected to gain the couple as clients, and its employee had no reason to intervene or correct the fraudsters' mutual appearances. The bank was not required to identify every person using its premises or to verify their business purpose absent concrete suspicion.