A Liberté TGV inOui card, which allows you to travel for a year at fixed prices even at the last minute, at 1 euro instead of 349 euros: the offer, received in certain mailboxes at the end of March, is attractive, but it is in made of a scam.
“We are delighted to celebrate OUIGO's Birthday with you with an exceptional Promo”
, we can read in particular in this email which uses the header of SNCF Connect, the site for selling tickets and reduction cards for the company, with a clickable button inviting you to
“take advantage of the offer now”
. Another version of this email also mentions
“an exceptional offer”
linked to the Olympic Games.
An offer which in fact hides a phishing campaign: clicking on the link takes you to a site mimicking that of the SNCF and retrieves the personal information entered by the victim in the form.
“Unfortunately, it is indeed a fraud,”
confirms the railway company to Le
Figaro. SNCF Voyageurs has never launched such a promotion.”
The SNCF does not specify whether the scam concerns many of its customers, but assures that
“a file is in progress to file a complaint”
.
An example of a fraudulent email pretending to be SNCF. Facebook screenshot
The company says it is the victim of this type of scam
“like many companies in recent months”
. As is often the case with phishing emails, however, there are a few clues that can put you on the trail of a scam, starting with the mention of Ouigo, the low-cost TGV, in this offer which concerns a card that can only be used on board TGVs. inYes. Or a simple visit to the SNCF Connect site which shows that if the card is indeed 349 euros, it is already a promotion compared to its usual price of 399 euros. Finally, the sender of the email is often also an indicator of potential fraud.