According to our colleagues from Le Parisien, Michel Drucker was victim of telephone fraud which cost him 10,000 euros. This Friday, June 24, a complaint was filed and a fraud investigation was opened. The host received a call from someone posing as an agent of his bank. He made her believe in a fraudulent transaction ” during which ” €10,000 » would have been transmitted from an account of Michel Drucker « To Ivory Coast“.

During the telephone exchange, Michel Drucker did not become aware of the scam in progress. The scammer encouraged the host to make two transfers. The facilitator complied and proceeded with the transfers of 7,500 euros and of 2,500 euros, in order to counter this operation. The septuagenarian did not suspect the scam during the telephone exchange.

Michel Drucker was the victim of a spoofing scam

The scam which Michel Drucker paid the price for is currently fashionable and can be tragic for the victims. This is the scam identity theft“. A retiree from Toulon unfortunately paid the price in the fall of 2021. In his telephone directory, the sixty-year-old had recorded the number to oppose his bank card under “ La Poste vol.“. But it was directly this same number that contacted him first.

During the call, the supposed incident service of the bank informs the Toulonnais that incidents are in progress on his account. The man then carried out the instructions given to him by the scammer on the phone. Several pieces of information are requested, such as a verification code received by SMS and the password à la carte. ” He told me that someone was going to send me and he gave me a file number“, says the retiree. A scam that cost him €5,700.

The usurper of Michel Drucker would have presented himself as a ” bank fraud officer » BNP Paribas, the 79-year-old host’s bank. After becoming aware of the scam, Michel Drucker asked his butler to go to the police station. The latter went to the police station of the seventh arrondissement of the capital. Fabert Street investigators have been tasked with shedding light on this scam. VIP” like the Le Parisien report.

A scam on the rise

consumer association UFC-What to choose one already alerted to this type of scam that is rampant more and more. She explains that these scams are “ in full resurgence“. A person pretending to be a bank agent calls you to warn you of a false fraudulent transaction and takes money from you. BFMTV recently criticized the testimony of a couple septuagenarians from the Southern Alps victims of a similar scam.

At over 70, Nicole Lagoutte and her husband were forced to return to work to compensate for losses due to a scam. These two retirees, living in the town of Colmars-les-Alpes, were victims of a scammer who stole theirfull money from their bank account. The retired couple received a call from a man posing as an anti-fraud inspector. The scammer explained that, to avoid a hack, it was necessary to transfer the entire funds of a little more than 1,700 euros. A scam similar to that suffered by Michel Drucker a few days earlier.

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