Victim of an online scam? FindMyScammer helps you!

The company FindMyScammer was created to help scam victims find scammers and bounce back, we explain.

And YouTuber Sandoz has given itself the mission of flushing out the “ grazers“, or these scammers who are rampant on the web, a young company has made it its daily life.

For our part, we discovered this little Startup in a video from Legend Media on the case of Anne, scammed by a scammer who pretended to be Brad Pitt (we'll put the video below).

Anne lost hundreds of thousands of euros in this affair and it is FindMyScammer who helped him find the crook, who should soon be arrested.

What does the company offer? You help if you have been scammed. This is a great first on the market and it is also more relevant than ever while the online scams multiply.

Online scams are on the rise

According to the Ministry of the Interior, in France, “scams are increasing rapidly in France, going from 250,900 victims in 2016 to 411,700 victims in 2023an average increase of +7.3% per year.”

Many of us receive daily mails, des SMS or fraudulent calls. If the youngest are a little less fooled because they are more educated about the trend, it is a little less the case of our elders who experienced these types of scams less when they were younger.

Raising awareness about the dangers is a first step, adopting the right actions is a second and helping others who are victims is the job of FindMyScammer.

The Find My Scammer website explains that 92% of French people have already been victims of attempted scams in 2023 and that 79 % were committed on the internet. This is why this Startup focuses on the web and on victims of online scams.

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The right actions to adopt to avoid a scam

There are simple gestures to avoid scams, but they are not always obvious and easy to set up. Everything can happen very quickly. Here are some notable simple actions:

• Never open a link by email or SMS, go directly to the official website to check if the information in the email or SMS was true.
• Generally, if you have not participated in any game or lottery, you are not a winner, it is a scam.
• The authorities do not send fines, fine payment reminders or even official letters such as indictments, by SMS or email. We will always send you a letter to your postal address.
• Do not send photos of yourself naked, if possible.
• Use services to limit access to your data on the web: use a VPN, use an anti-virus like Bitdefender, use a personal information deletion service like Incogni…
• Try to limit visibility on your social networks: private profile, list of friends with limited visibility, do not share photos with your location, etc.

Some services to know in case of scam

In case of a scam, you can also:

What does FindMyScammer offer?

And if, despite these actions, you have been the victim of a scam, you can call on this young companywhich we really wanted to highlight because it is very promising (and useful at the moment).

Find My Scammer is a service that offers “access to a team of experts in computer science, ethical hackers and osint specialists, who have the experience and skills necessary to follow the trail of your scammer, allowing you toget justice and a refund »according to its official website.

“Our mission is to provide professional, fast and effective help to victims of online scams. We have extensive experience in monitoring and tracking down scammers using advanced techniques, specialized tools and IT security expertise,” can also be read on their site.

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A paid service, but very useful in the event of a scam

The company therefore promises to help you throughout the process, but above all to investigate to flush out scammers. Before doing so, however, a feasibility study is carried out, because each file is different.

Note that this service is not free. All work deserves wages. Even though victims are often in financial distress, the service generally helps them win their cases. It is therefore an investment for justice, but also to find the money lost thanks to to justice.

But, you have to understand that everything is done legally, so after investigationeverything will be in the hands of the authorities, who may allow you to find what you lost.

“Our fees can be covered by the various Fund the guarantee made available to you as part of compensation for victims of crime »however specifies the site.

If you have been scammedso do not hesitate to contact them to ask them their prices. This can always help, especially in more serious cases of scam.