diff --git a/backend/src/mailer/sendTransactionReceivedEmail.test.ts b/backend/src/mailer/sendTransactionReceivedEmail.test.ts
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index ca813c033..000000000
--- a/backend/src/mailer/sendTransactionReceivedEmail.test.ts
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@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-import { sendTransactionReceivedEmail } from './sendTransactionReceivedEmail'
-import { sendEMail } from './sendEMail'
-import Decimal from 'decimal.js-light'
-
-jest.mock('./sendEMail', () => {
-  return {
-    __esModule: true,
-    sendEMail: jest.fn(),
-  }
-})
-
-describe('sendTransactionReceivedEmail', () => {
-  beforeEach(async () => {
-    await sendTransactionReceivedEmail({
-      senderFirstName: 'Bibi',
-      senderLastName: 'Bloxberg',
-      recipientFirstName: 'Peter',
-      recipientLastName: 'Lustig',
-      email: 'peter@lustig.de',
-      senderEmail: 'bibi@bloxberg.de',
-      amount: new Decimal(42.0),
-      overviewURL: 'http://localhost/overview',
-    })
-  })
-
-  it('calls sendEMail', () => {
-    expect(sendEMail).toBeCalledWith({
-      to: `Peter Lustig <peter@lustig.de>`,
-      subject: 'Du hast Gradidos erhalten',
-      text:
-        expect.stringContaining('Hallo Peter Lustig') &&
-        expect.stringContaining('42,00 GDD') &&
-        expect.stringContaining('Bibi Bloxberg') &&
-        expect.stringContaining('(bibi@bloxberg.de)') &&
-        expect.stringContaining('http://localhost/overview'),
-    })
-  })
-})
diff --git a/backend/src/mailer/sendTransactionReceivedEmail.ts b/backend/src/mailer/sendTransactionReceivedEmail.ts
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index 5e981659c..000000000
--- a/backend/src/mailer/sendTransactionReceivedEmail.ts
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-import { backendLogger as logger } from '@/server/logger'
-import Decimal from 'decimal.js-light'
-import { sendEMail } from './sendEMail'
-import { transactionReceived } from './text/transactionReceived'
-
-export const sendTransactionReceivedEmail = (data: {
-  senderFirstName: string
-  senderLastName: string
-  recipientFirstName: string
-  recipientLastName: string
-  email: string
-  senderEmail: string
-  amount: Decimal
-  overviewURL: string
-}): Promise<boolean> => {
-  logger.info(
-    `sendEmail(): to=${data.recipientFirstName} ${data.recipientLastName}, 
-      <${data.email}>, 
-      subject=${transactionReceived.de.subject}, 
-      text=${transactionReceived.de.text(data)}`,
-  )
-  return sendEMail({
-    to: `${data.recipientFirstName} ${data.recipientLastName} <${data.email}>`,
-    subject: transactionReceived.de.subject,
-    text: transactionReceived.de.text(data),
-  })
-}
diff --git a/backend/src/mailer/text/transactionReceived.ts b/backend/src/mailer/text/transactionReceived.ts
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index 67758c0e1..000000000
--- a/backend/src/mailer/text/transactionReceived.ts
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@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-import Decimal from 'decimal.js-light'
-
-export const transactionReceived = {
-  de: {
-    subject: 'Du hast Gradidos erhalten',
-    text: (data: {
-      senderFirstName: string
-      senderLastName: string
-      recipientFirstName: string
-      recipientLastName: string
-      email: string
-      senderEmail: string
-      amount: Decimal
-      overviewURL: string
-    }): string =>
-      `Hallo ${data.recipientFirstName} ${data.recipientLastName},
-
-du hast soeben ${data.amount.toFixed(2).replace('.', ',')} GDD von ${data.senderFirstName} ${
-        data.senderLastName
-      } (${data.senderEmail}) erhalten.
-
-Details zur Transaktion findest du in deinem Gradido-Konto: ${data.overviewURL}
-
-Bitte antworte nicht auf diese E-Mail!
-
-Liebe Grüße
-dein Gradido-Team`,
-  },
-}