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"I lost 50,000 euros in a single transfer": these French people scammed by false investments in nursing homes

2022-01-21T16:20:02.981Z


TESTIMONIALS - With declared average losses of 60,000 euros, these false investments ruin thousands of savers each year.


I was taken in like a bruise, I'm surprised at myself

,” breathes Pierre*. This 52-year-old industrial executive, who defines himself as “

suspicious

”, still does not understand how he could have lost 50,000 euros 6 months ago, by wanting to invest his savings in nursing home rooms in Spain. A case far from isolated. Although the phenomenon is difficult to quantify, because not all the victims dare to talk about it, aid associations estimate that each year thousands of French people lose large sums of money believing they are becoming owners of rooms in establishments for the elderly.

Each time the process is the same: "

I spotted an advertisement on Facebook which offered 8.6% yield, an interesting figure but which did not seem completely crazy to me

", explains Pierre*.

Curious, he decides to leave his contact details (surname, first name, email address and minimum telephone number), in order to be contacted.

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Source: lefigaro

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