Health insurance fraud: beware of this very worrying message

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Recently, a familiar scam has resurfaced: the Health Insurance Scam. Scammers send you an email or SMS informing you of an alarming situation, but are actually trying to collect your personal data and bank details.

The least we can say is that in recent times, fraud multiply. Phone scams, lawnmower scams, package scams, fake plumbers, fake police officers, fake delivery people… In short, scammers are everywhere and play in all terrains. Recently, the Vitale card scam is making a comeback. Maybe you’re worried about a mysterious email or text message asking you to renew your green card soon. Distrustthis is a scam.

As reported by our colleagues at Biba Magazine, scammers may try to deduct money from you various ways: a supposed imperative update of your vital card, a sudden refund, any problem that needs to be solved immediately. All the while, whatever happens, pretends to be CPAM with a mysterious link at the end of the message or email.

Only 3646 allows you to contact CPAM

Like all scams, the primary goal of your interlocutor is to get you to click on the fraudulent link. Be careful, the URL will collect your personal data and above all banking business. Remember one thing: the health insurance will never contact you to get your personal data, in any way. With knowledge of the scam that is circulating, the health insurance fund reminds on its Ameli website, “that only 3646 (free service + call costs) allows you to contact your CPAM».

As a reminder, if you want to report a phishing attempt and prevent other less savvy people from being scammed, simply connect to a public reporting platform such as PHAROS or forward the SMS (without opening it) to the number 33700 or on the page 33700.fr.