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Since 2021, scammers have been multiplying scams with false court summonses. In one of these cases, 19 people were arrested the week of June 19.
The document is larger than life. A summons from the national gendarmerie summons you for child pornography or sex trafficking and threatens to file you as a sex offender. Despite the articles of law and the official logos, this email is a scam. In France, hundreds of thousands of people received it. After a year of investigation, a major crackdown took place the week of June 19. 18 people were arrested in France and another in Belgium.
Serious psychological consequences
Investigators traced the defrauded bank accounts through financial flows. Colonel Thomas Andreu, commander of the research section of the gendarmerie of Versailles (Yvelines), explains: “When you are victims, you give your IBAN. We identify the IBAN, we see who is behind it and we go up like that.” Since 2021, this mode of scam is widespread. For this case, the damage is estimated at 3.5 million euros. A total of 400 complaints were filed. In addition, the psychological consequences can be very serious.