While the health pass is mandatory to access bars, restaurants or cultural places, scams around this precious document are multiplying on social networks. In recent days, fraudsters pretending to be the national police have asked to send, by email, a copy of their health pass as well as an identity document.
Internet users have reported having received an email similar to an official letter from the national police, logo in support, indicating to them “that an investigation of suspicion of fraud in the health pass and use of health pass without owning it” , was going to be brought against them.
Mdr it starts. It adapts quickly say so. And it takes people really for idiots that smokes me. pic.twitter.com/uFH2qIW4vq
– Max. (@MaximeHaes) September 10, 2021
In this email, the fake police officers inform the Internet user that his health pass could have been used fraudulently. They then demand that they be transferred “several copies of the valid health pass, the photo of the front and back of the identity card” of the holder of the health pass, as well as a selfie on which he must brandish his identity card … The email also recalls the penalty incurred “for forgery or use of forgery”, which can go up to three years in prison and a fine of 45,000 euros, according to article 441-1 of the Penal Code.
A scam aimed at recovering and reselling as many health passes as possible
This is of course a scam aimed at recovering and reselling as many health passes as possible. The national police launched, this Friday, an alert on social networks against this phishing attempt, intended to illegally recover the data of Internet users. “False emails spoofing@National Police have been brought to our attention of a false health pass fraud. These fake emails aim to steal your personal data and carry out extortion. Do not respond and report on https://signal-spam.fr The national police account tweeted.
[#ContreLesArnaques] ⚠️ Fraudulent emails in the name of the #National Police concerning an investigation of suspected fraud in #Health Pass circulate.
❌ Do not reply to these fake emails
✅ Report #Pharos on https://t.co/cC9MlFxtoq pic.twitter.com/mvQaEYc5RS– National Police (@PoliceNationale) September 10, 2021
The National Commission for Informatics and Freedoms (Cnil) also alerted to this scam, offering Internet users to report if they received the fraudulent email, and especially not to respond to this type of email, and never to pass on their health pass.