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In the footsteps of "grazers", these West African cybercriminals who scam the French

2021-09-10T16:19:15.755Z


INVESTIGATION - These crooks manipulate the most vulnerable French people to extract them up to tens of thousands of euros.


Julien is a handsome man. In his twenties, with a dark complexion and clear eyes, he is pursuing a master's degree in luxury marketing at the University of Troyes - a passion he inherited while walking the shopping malls of his birthplace, Bologna, Italy. “

He was perfect! When he spoke to me on Messenger and made advances to me, I would fail,

”tells

Figaro

Christine *, a 55-year-old divorced mother. A beautiful long-distance love story begins in 2020. Julien promises her, in full confinement, to find her as soon as possible, and floods her with photos of him. “

'I love you my baby, I will give you everything,' he said to me. But he only got a scholarship. To meet her needs, I frequently had to send her a hundred euros through

PCS coupons

to buy from tobacconist.

"

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Result of the races a year later: 2000 euros sent, no meeting and the pot aux roses discovered a few weeks ago.

"

I realized that his photos were related to many other

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Source: lefigaro

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