Typically, somebody with very good English comes up to you at an aire (service station) to tell you that they have been robbed.
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.
‘Wangiri’ is a Japanese word meaning ‘one (ring) and cut’.
Recent attempted thefts/thefts at Carcassonne train station.
As we locked the car, a couple pushed past us.
Gangs of thieves are constantly developing new schemes to rob and mug.