DECRYPTION – Since the pandemic, dematerialized exchanges have opened up breaches to hackers. Fake RIB scams have been multiplying for several months.
“There is a problem with your bank details.” When Caroline received this email from her notary, she was not immediately suspicious. It had been months that she exchanged regularly by e-mail for the purchase of a two-piece. The signing had just taken place. Only notary fees (7% to 8% of the purchase price, consisting mostly of taxes) remained to be paid. It took little for this Parisian to transfer the money to the account that was then offered to her in the RIB. Which was none other than that of the crook. Only the approximate wording of the email put him on the alert. “My notary has impeccable French, remembers Caroline. I ended up telling myself that it couldn’t be her. I called my banker. She confirmed to me that it was an attempted scam.
This case is not isolated. Notarial offices have been victims of cyberattacks for months. “These scam attempts have been increasing in frequency over the past year or…
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