Son or daughter at uni or working in another region or country? Worry about them losing their phone or getting into financial trouble?
If you advertise your property to rent on the internet, always keep an eye out for scams from potential ‘rentees’ A typical one is as follows.
A reader has contacted us to warn us of a text message scam which she fell foul of last week. If you receive a text asking you to pay extra postage on a parcel awaiting delivery, it may well be a hoax.
Your carte vitale does not have an expiry date.
For some time now, SMS scams have been on the increase….
Watch out for another scam involving spam calls.
A scam to be aware of, particularly if you have French speaking kids!
‘Wangiri’ is a Japanese word meaning ‘one (ring) and cut’.
His hidden accomplice managed to get our two rucksack/handbags whilst he bamboozled us with horrific tales of the sparks flying from our rear end in loud Spanish and we thanked him prolifically for his time! What a mess.
A reminder from our local gendarmeries on just some of the scams doing the rounds in the Pyrénées-Orientales.