Telemarketers impersonate the Financial Markets Authority (AMF) to try to defraud their interlocutors, promising them refunds of their financial investments, the institution warns on its social networks.
“Did you receive a call from a person who claims to work at the AMF and promises to help you recover money lost in a financial investment? Hang up immediately! “You are a victim of identity theft, phone theft,” warns the AMF on its social networks! networks.
Spoofing attacks allow an interlocutor to fraudulently use an existing telephone number to impersonate a banking advisor and extort money, for example.
“Regulatory authorities never contact people directly, neither to ask for personal information, nor to help them recover money after a scam, nor to demand payment of the so-called financial transaction tax,” the financial watchdog continues. .
In 2023, damage caused by fraud in all payment methods represented almost 1.2 billion euros, of which 379 million were related to user manipulation, such as fraud by false bank advisors, according to the latest data of the Observatory for the Security of Payment Methods. Payment (OSMP).
Source: BFM TV
