The scam is not new, it comes back in successive waves and under different identities: Yvette Bertrand, Catherine Rousseau, Catherine De Bolle, Isabelle Boussard, Christian Rodriguez … Each time, the author of the email presents himself as part of Europol (the European agency specializing in the suppression of crime), of the general management of the police, the brigade for the protection of minors, or the three …
He claims that you have been reported in connection with one or more cases of pedophilia, cyber-pedophilia or pornography and urges you to defend yourself by email within 24 hours. Otherwise, your file will be sent to the deputy prosecutor at the Créteil or Versailles tribunal de grande instance, you will be arrested and your file will be sent – just that – “to several national news channels for broadcast or your family , your relatives and all of France will see what you do in front of your computer “…
And the email ends, sententiously, with “Now you have been warned”.
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Obviously, those who, impressed by these threats, would be tempted to respond, will quickly be asked for money to stop these lawsuits. From 750 to 18,000 euros, according to France Inter, which specified in February that more than a thousand Internet users had already reported this scam in France. For how many victims who actually paid?
Six months later, the scam continues to spread, both in France and in Belgium as evidenced by the French or Belgian addresses left in the emails to make them more credible. On both sides of the border, the authorities have also called for vigilance, by the police in Belgium and through the platform Cybermalveillance in France.
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