We once again received inquiries about a smoke detector fraud warning that has been shared on social networks for some time.
This is a warning about fraudsters who pose as smoke detector inspectors and thus gain access to the house:

We are currently receiving an internal report from the fire department. ..there are people out and about who work their way from house to house and want to check whether the smoke detectors, which have been required by law since January, are there...don't let them in and call the police. ...an organized crime gang!!!
Keep posting!! Please don't let anyone in!!! PLEASE SHARE LOTS
The fact check
The text has been shared repeatedly since at least 2016 At that time it was still a chain letter, but today the police are actually warning of a scam in which fraudsters pose as smoke detector inspectors.
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The colleagues from CORRECTIV asked and received a statement from the LKA Lower Saxony, according to which “cases in the lower three-digit range were registered this year in which perpetrators pretended to have an official function or other authorization to enter the apartment - for example as a tradesman the electricity, gas or waterworks - to get into the homes of their victims. In some cases, smoke detector tests were also carried out on behalf of the fire department.”
Conclusion
The text is a former chain letter that has been shared en masse since 2016 and was difficult to confirm or only applied selectively. It has now become a kind of symbolic text that stands for a real form of fraud.
If in doubt, you can also contact the local police - which is of course generally better than blindly trusting any report on the Internet. You should also not let unannounced inspectors of any kind into the house and inform the police about them!
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