“They ask for up to 3000 euros”

Published on Thursday, August 4, 2022 at 06:37

Par Elisa Megna

Take care if, by misfortune, you lose an object at Charleroi airport (BSCA). A site offers you to find it in exchange for an amount of up to €3,000. It’s obviously a scam!

On July 18, Joëlle Dasseleer, her husband Jean-Claude and their grandson were to take the plane to go to Béziers. After going through security checks at Charleroi airport, Joëlle realizes that she has lost her ID card. Very quickly, she retraced her steps and alerted security. Unfortunately, the search leads nowhere and Joëlle cannot take her flight…

Back home, the Rhodians decide to launch a search procedure on what they think is the website of the lost and found service at Charleroi airport. It was actually a fraudulent site.

► “They ask up to 3000 euros”: Joëlle warns here about the existence of this site

► Philippe Verdonck, CEO of Brussels-South Charleroi, is aware of this problem but he can’t do anything: here’s why

► Olivier Bogaert, cybercrime expert, gives advice on how not to be fooled