The public prosecutor was seized but the Fraud Repression calls for the greatest vigilance. She recalls that their services never contact individuals on their own initiative.
The Directorate General for Competition, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Prevention (DGCCRF) is on alert. The AnswerConso number (0809540550)its consumer answering service, is targeted by fraudsters who make calls using their identity.
The scam consists of the scammer contacting people posing as an agent for the repression of fraud (DGCCRF) or the ResponseConso service. The call number that appears on the phone is indeed 0809540550. The pseudo DCCRF agent then informs the caller thata fraud is in progress on his bank account and proposes to block the operation prompting the call to consult his account. The financial scam takes place when the caller checks their bank account while online with the scammer. A sum is then debited by the crook, specifying the DGCCRF on its website hosted by the Minister of the Economy. A similar scam was identified in September 2021.
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The public prosecutor was seized but the DGCCRF calls for the greatest vigilance and reminds that their services never contact individuals on their own initiative. They ask even less to provide personal data or of connect a bank account. All these actions are intended to recover your personal data, including your bank details, in order to extort money from you, concludes the organization.
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