Watch out for another scam involving spam calls.
A scam to be aware of, particularly if you have French speaking kids!
Latest advice from our local gendarmeries on scams doing the rounds in the Pyrénées-Orientales.
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.
Scams. A general rule of thumb: if it looks too good to be true, it probably is!
Last year, numerous cases of individuals posing as calendar sellers to gain entry to homes were reported to the gendarmes.
Learn this useful vocab to tell the scammers to get lost – with varied degrees of politeness!
National police forces are alerting the public to the fact that emails carrying the logos of the gendarmerie, the ministère de l’Intérieur and the République française are requesting urgent replies with personal data
This time, hackers are posing as airports, publishing posts online, selling off lost and unclaimed luggage for tiny prices. In this day and age of heightened security, we’re sure none of our readers would ever fall for this, but just in case, here are the details.
The latest scam doing the rounds sees fraudsters pose as drivers in distress, asking for help after having broken down. In most cases, the scam is even further disguised by the con artist being accompanied by a woman and children, the perfect family!
