Beware: This Rising Double Call Scam Can Lead to Fraudulent Subscriptions!

Fraud has become increasingly recurrent, the scammers keep showing imagination. The proof, a new scam called for “double call”. As with most telephone frauds, scammers pretend to be an advisor.

At first, an interlocutor will contact you to inform you that your telephone subscription will undergo an imminent increase, of the order of € 10 in general. Then within minutes, a second advisor will offer you a cheaper subscription of a competitor operator. They also use the argument of the OCU, organization of consumers and users, which is known in terms of consumer protection, according to the site Presscitron.

A scam that plays on emotions

The scammers, by playing on your emotions as concern in the face of the future increase in your telephone package, will succeed in making you sign a new contract, which is actually a scam that must be avoided at all costs, as reported Capital.

According to a report by the Banque de France, millions of fraudulent transactions are identified in France each year. In 2024, around 450,000 people were victims of a telephone scam.

The police warn against this new scam

Faced with this new threat, the OCU and the police are increasing the warnings to alert potential future victims, in particular by recalling that to subscribe a subscription, the prices must be transmitted in writing or that organizations must send 30 -day notice, before modifying prices.

In order not to fall into the trap of this scam or in any telephone scam, it is initially essential to never disclose personal data, such as banking information for example. Checking the authenticity of the information transmitted by the person calling you, is one of the keys so as not to be ripped off. If a doubt is felt, it is better to call his advisor directly.

Source: Capital