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Published on Oct 29, 2024 at 11:57 a.m.
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The public transport network The MET’ warns: fake Facebook account tent to scam users by offering them a SimpliCités card at advantageous prices.
Fake Facebook account offers cards ‘at an incredible price’
This fake Facebook account was created on Friday October 25.
Titled “Public transport in Metz”he assures, in a publication dated Saturday October 26, that “due to the increase in taxes and the cost of living”, SimpliCities cards are offered to residents “at an incredibly low price” to use “all public transport for 6 months”.
On Facebook, a fake account offers SimpliCités cards for traveling on buses and Mettis in Metz (Moselle). (©Facebook screenshot)
The same day, the account did it again. This time, he ensures that “semi-annual SimpliCités cards” are issued to allow you “to use public transport for an entire year at an incredible price”.
In both cases, the fake account invites the Internet user to click on a link.
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The MET’ network alerts users
For its part, the Le MET’ network spoke out on social networks on Monday October 28. “False accounts are circulating,” he warns.
“If you are contacted by one of these accounts, we strongly recommend that you do not do not click on the links shared and signals immediately these false profiles,” continues the Le MET’ network.
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A scam that is not new
These scam attempts are not new. Last summer, the Le MET’ network had already alerted its users against a similar scam circulating on Facebook.
In mid-October, an identical process was reported in Occitanie where a Facebook page offers reduced prices for taking a bus… which will become free.
At the end of September, the Cap Cotentin transport network also warned its users against an online scam.
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