“He was young, Muslim, I identified with him”: “Muslim fishing”, or when believers are targeted by scams

2023-11-11 13:35:40

Karim* believed it. In the summer of 2021, this young 18-year-old high school graduate had accumulated a few thousand euros in savings, thanks to odd jobs here and there. For years, like many young people his age, he had followed the influencer “Crazymcc”, whose real name is Ayoub, for his humorous videos. “I identified with him. He was like me, young, Muslim, not necessarily very rich, he spoke crudely, without two sides,” testifies the young man. So, when the influencer with 800,000 subscribers on TikTok started to propose a “plan” to make money online, Karim believed it. And lost in the change.