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Social networks: a fake job offer to become a keeper of the Mare lighthouse posted on TikTok
On TikTok, a video offers to become the keeper of the Jument lighthouse, off the coast of Ouessant, in Finistère. As it is a difficult job, the remuneration would amount to 50,000 euros per month. But in reality, this offer is false, the lighthouse has been automated since 1991.
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On TikTok, a video offers to become the keeper of the Jument lighthouse, off the coast of Ouessant, in Finistère. As it is a difficult job, the remuneration would amount to 50,000 euros per month. But in reality, this offer is false, the lighthouse has been automated since 1991.
What looks like an offer for an unusual job has been posted on TikTok. The video suggests becoming a keeper of the Jument lighthouse, off the coast of Ouessant (Finistère). For this job, presented as “the most dangerous job in the world”, remuneration of 50,000 euros per month is promised. The video has 178,000 views in four weeks, and very interested comments.
A photo from 1989 used
In reality, this job offer is false. According to state services, there has been no keeper at La Jument for more than 30 years, the lighthouse having been automated since 1991. In the TikTok video, we can clearly see a lighthouse keeper in the middle of the storm. But this iconic photo actually dates from December 1989. In addition, when they were active, the civil servants responsible for the lighting guiding the ships received around 2,000 euros net per month. But now, all French lighthouses are automated.
