Energy scams: the new El Dorado for cybercriminals

Electricity prices frozen for three years?

Didier, 45, jumped at the chance when he saw this advertisement for the energy supplier Engie appear on Facebook.

Anxious to save a few euros, the computer specialist clicked on said commercial ad, entered his bank details... and then nothing.

“It was a bogus offer.

I was debited 786 euros,” he recalls, uncomfortably.

Behind this advertisement was a cybercriminal usurping the identity of the French industrial group.

Didier's story is not a special case.

Hundreds of them have been taken in by this type of fraudulent energy-related site: gas or electricity contracts, purchase of pellets or wood stoves, etc.

This article is for subscribers only.

You have 86% left to discover.

Cultivating your freedom is cultivating your curiosity.

Keep reading your article for €0.99 for the first month

I ENJOY IT

Already subscribed?

Login