Gwladys Laffitte
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07:23, August 01, 2022
Even if it is less and less used, the check remains the main source of payment scams. In recent months, thousands of people have received emails accusing them of possessing child pornography images. This scam is called phishing and many have taken the bait…
At the end of the line, there is obviously a ransom demand for payment of a sum to prevent the “policeman” from pursuing you because of the so-called photos of you naked, which you send to minors. Except that some pay out of fear and sometimes directly to the director general of the gendarmerie.
“People are ready to pay up to 10,000 euros”
“I receive checks every week. The good news is that I don’t cash checks,” said General Christian Dominguez at the microphone of Europe 1. “The bad news is that some people are ready to pay 5,000 to 10,000 euros so that there are no more legal proceedings. The hard drive will be interesting. So, I write an article 40 and we start an investigation.
Article 40 of the penal code allows any authority to denounce potentially reprehensible facts to the public prosecutor. And on the side of the crooks, the investigation is also progressing, explains Christian Rodriguez.
Thousands of victims
“It comes from Africa. We have already arrested a dozen people. There are people we will be arresting in Africa, but it’s a little more complicated. But I had my counterpart from the country in question and I hope that we will be arrested soon enough. However, it will continue, it’s so easy, “he laments.
Indeed, this scam is not new. She developed a lot in the summer of 2020 and she is improving. Impossible to say how many victims fell into the trap, but they are counted in thousands of people.