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"They stole a lifetime's savings": the bane of fake investment scams

2021-11-09T11:43:42.887Z


INVESTIGATION - These scams can last up to several months and extend to those around the victim. Who are behind these bogus investment sites and how does the judicial police fight against this phenomenon?


In January, as France vacillated between confinements and curfews, Marie *, in her fifties, decided that the time had come to invest her savings. His daughters are gone, his plans have come to fruition ... The timing seems ideal. At the bend of a website, she comes across a consulting firm offering shares of the Française des Jeux at 36 euros instead of 38. A godsend, she said to herself. The mother then leaves her contact details and is called back by an operator, who puts her in touch with two advisers. Then began the rhetoric on the dangerousness of the French banking system and the financial analysis of its accounts ... The financial jargon of these experts quickly puts her at ease. She decides to invest 3000 euros. After a first return on investment, he is offeredother actions. In the end, she loses more than 70,000 euros. "

The savings of a lifetime,

”she breathes.

Read also Stolen or falsified check fraud, a Kafkaesque gear for victims

Marie is not the only one who has been ripped off in this way.

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Source: lefigaro

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