OUR ADVICES – The imagination of crooks has no limits. One out of two French people has already been confronted with a scam attempt.
The numbers are worrying. One out of two French people (51%) admits having already been confronted with an attempted bank data scam, notes a study carried out by the French Banking Federation (FBF) with Harris Interactive (1). And 7% of them have even been scammed. “We see that the youngest are the most vulnerable. Three out of four open the fraudulent messages. On the other hand, experience induces alertness and only one in four people over 65 make this mistake. notes Maya Atig, Managing Director of the French Banking Federation (FBF). To strengthen the
vigilance of the French in the face of these risks, the professional federation launched a campaign in October
sensitization.
Because the frauds are more and more sophisticated. “Mails that make sense to come from banks, for example, seem more and more credible. They no longer contain spelling errors, the issuer’s address may resemble that of the bank. What is misleading
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