Victims of influencers file complaints for ‘organized gang scam’

In early August 2022, our colleagues Release He posted an interview with rapper Booba about his actions to denounce influencers. “I condemn the scammers, they are closing my account instead of preventing them from stealing. When I went to war and exposed their system, they started reporting my accounts everywhere. I targeted them, it’s true, but the scam is obvious. practice.”, explained before. And to add: “Honestly, their utterly fake world must be destroyed. That’s all. Their delusions there, the dropshipping [système de vente qui permet à des e-commerçants de vendre des produits sans avoir à les acheter, ndlr], disgusting. And me, because I have an influence and I’m being followed on the networks, it’s my duty to denounce it. It’s not a model for young people to be this stupid, head-to-toe and ugly.”.

“This product was convincing and reassuring”

A lot has happened since then, and our colleagues at franceinfo have revealed that the people Booba described were victims.“influencers” They decided to unite in a collective to file charges of fraud and breach of trust in an organized gang against French influencers. They accuse these personalities of using their bad reputation on social networks, especially Instagram, to encourage them to bet on risky markets and make substantial profits from them… One of the two complaints is targeting the couple who are influenced by reality TV. Based in Marc and Nadé Blata and Dubai. Already controversial with their product placements, the couple is also provoking their subscribers “betting on the very risky course of currencies and Forex derivatives through an affiliate app with the promise of substantial returns”.

A victim who lost just over €1,000 last year testified to FranceInformation about the system “good run” Blata couple. “Marc Blata is certified on Instagram. He has a lot of followers. I saw him on Cyril Hanouna’s show. That gives some credibility. He was persuasive and reassuring about this product. He said he was investing like us. I didn’t do it right away.” keep the promise of ‘copy-paste-cash’ (copy-trade in jargon), but after a while the framework and the way it works gives me confidence”announced the young victim. The Victims of Influencers (AVI) community wrote about the two complaints: “By initiating these calls, we want to warn young and old of the dangers of promoting some unscrupulous ‘stars’, draw attention to the passivity of platforms, highlight the impotence of institutions, and encourage other similar procedures.”.

Kahina Boudjdjdj