YCCMB Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 So, being resident outre-manche and having about as much use for CAF as of a handbrake for my canoe, when this little gem landed in my inbox this evening, having sidestepped my spam filter altogether, I smelled a rat. I just felt a teeny bit of concern for my fellow people-who-have-a-connection-with-France-but-don't-actually-live-there. There are enough mistakes and clumsiness of usage in the French to dispel any lingering doubts that it's spam, too, if you can spot them.It's the usual "send us your credit card details and we'll rob you blind" scam, but for those of a nervous disposition or who don't read French too well, I thought I'd flag it up. I've changed the link to prevent it being live, but one giveaway was that it began with "wwwd." instead of the normal "www", which is easily overlooked. As could the the lowercase "caf", although perhaps they're just trying not to shout....[;-)]Anyway, just FYI (or should I say fyi?) "Cher Client. Il est maintenant nécessaire pour tous les utilisateurs pour activer le mode sécurisé pour s'assurer que le compte est maintenu.Cela peut être fait seulment en ligne , Il est facile et il ne prend que quelques instants Vous pouvez l'activer Ici : wwwd.caf.frsur le site de toutes les informations sensibles sont protégées par la technologie SSL.S'il vous plaît vous devriez mettre à jour vos dossiers dès que ça sera possible.Vous pouvez l' activer maintenant en entrant vos informations associées a votre compte de caf sur notre serveur sécurisé.Notre service participe au programme Vérifié par Visa il est donc nécessaire de compléter un processus d'activation brève. Votre identité sera vérifiée et un mot de passe personnel sera créé Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frecossais Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 Thanks for posting this, Betty. I'll keep 'em peeled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suein56 Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 My friend received this equally spurrious attempt at phishing :From: Impôts <[email protected]>Date: 8 February 2014 03:55:16 CETTo: ******@gmail.comSubject: Avis de Remboursement Bonjour , Après les derniers calculs pour votre espace Impôts.gouv, nous avons déterminé que vous êtes admissible à recevoir un remboursement de notre part d’un montant de 124,00€. Prière de soumettre votre demande de remboursement et nous permettre de 2 jours ouvrables pour le traitement de votre situation. Quelles sont les étapes a suivre pour effectuer ce remboursement ? cliquez ici Cordialement . Infos légales | © direction générale des Finances publiques 2014. .No impôts person's name, no name of client just an email address - gmail worryingly.Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YCCMB Posted March 1, 2014 Author Share Posted March 1, 2014 I found something similar in my spam, purporting to be from HMRC, telling me I was owed a reimbursement. Unfortunately, they addressed it to me at an e-mail address which isn't even mine, but appears to be one which was cloned from my actual e-mail address many moons ago when my e-mail was hacked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suein56 Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 [quote user="You can call me Betty"]Unfortunately, they addressed it to me at an e-mail address which isn't even mine ... [/quote]In this case the email address was bang on, and my friends name is not exactly run-of-the-mill so she was almost taken in but, fortunately, she hesitated and sent it on to me instead of clicking on the live link. Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val_2 Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 To access your CAF site for declarations and info etc, they send you by post your actual personal code and there are many warnings on their site as to fraudulent emails regarding CAF allocataires. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwmcn Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Betty,Out of interest, and my French is minimal, but as I thought you were living in the flooded Thames area, why are you receiving French e-mails?David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YCCMB Posted March 4, 2014 Author Share Posted March 4, 2014 David. I had no idea it was prohibited.[:D]. However, to answer your question more seriously, I receive many e-mails in French. It's (part of) my job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwmcn Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Betty,Good reason. We get spam email from people using the names of friends from facebook.David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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