Title : The Chameleons - Thibaut Martinez-Delcayrou - book

Summary :

How do the scammers operate? Who protects them? Have they infiltrated the banks? Should we become paranoid? More than a million French victims, more than a billion euros stolen from individuals: the fake bank advisor scam has become the largest fraud ever perpetrated against individuals. It all began in 2020, in a Parisian apartment. Eight childhood friends obtained thousands of banking records and emptied their victims' accounts with a single phone call. A year later, each was receiving 200,000 euros per week. And that's just the beginning: thanks to AI, techniques once reserved for organized crime are now within everyone's reach. Between December 2023 and March 2025, at the height of the scam, Thibaut Martinez-Delcayrou spent more than a year investigating the criminal investigation department, judges, lawyers, scammers, victims, politicians, banks, and operators. Based on 2,500 confidential documents and 150 testimonies, this cautionary tale reveals the flaws in a system that no longer knows how to protect citizens.

• EAN : 9782080469519
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