Lhe energy crisis that the French have been going through in recent months gives ideas to some crooks. As TF1 Info reports Thursday, September 22, sales of wood heating are exploding in France due in particular to soaring energy prices and at the same time see scams flourish on the Internet. False sellers offer unbeatable prices in the wood sector and many people see nothing but fire, without suspecting that they are being duped.
This is the case of an electrician from Ile-de-France, living in Bezons, who shares his dismay with our colleagues after having accepted an attractive offer, three times cheaper than the market, to anticipate the rise in wood prices. “It was a really reliable, professional site! he recalls. After paying the 113 euros for his order, despite his astonishment at having to pay by bank transfer and not by credit card, this individual will never receive his package.
“The crooks do not miss such a target! »
Bitter, he decides to turn to a consumer defense association to hope to be reimbursed. “We have an explosion in the price of energy and we are told that it will continue. We are trying to find solutions to cover our heating budget. But the crooks do not miss such a target, ”analyzes Guy Grandgirard, president of a consumer defense association, with TF1. Criminals do not hesitate to usurp the identity of other specialized companies to carry out their business. And, faced with the energy crisis, there is no doubt that these scams are not about to fade away.
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