Scammers are using rising mortgage rates to trap people who run simulations online. The process is always the same: a fake bank advisor contacts future buyers using the data they themselves have entered on an online comparison site.
The Prudential Control and Resolution Authority (ACPR) recently added 346 new fraudulent sites to its blacklist, in addition to the 1,262 it already had in 2023. The total damage to the victims would amount to more than a billion euros, according to the president of Meilleurtaux.com.