Are you harassed by calls concerning the personal training account?

You are far from alone if that can reassure you.

CPF scams have become a real scourge from which it is almost impossible to escape.

In this context, the Caisse des dépôts, the financial institution managing the system, is carrying out an awareness and advice campaign, reports UFC-Que Choisir.

The organization uses its website, social networks and the media, denouncing aggressive or abusive canvassing.

Reports down

Even if the scams remain, the Caisse des dépôts notes a drop in reports.

While there were 1,892 reports in January 2021, they fell to 251 in May 2022. For its part, the organization has filed a complaint against around thirty organizations and 200 structures have been dereferenced since 2019, the year in which the CPF was created.

Concretely, once the canvassers have obtained an agreement from their target, they siphon off their CPF account.

If the victim does not lose money, he still loses the possibility of financing real training thanks to this device.

Because in many cases, there is no service rendered in exchange, or the training has nothing to do with what was advertised.

Request “a quote from several organizations”

Thus, to thwart traps and abuses, it is important to take “the time to think, and to choose”, advises the Caisse des dépôts.

If you are pressed to choose by indicating an imminent loss of your rights: flee.

Before choosing a training course, it is also important to ask for “a quote from several organizations” to spot a possible scam.

Another recommendation: never communicate your personal information (IDs, bank details, etc.) to the interlocutor.

“If you have been tricked, report the scam on the Caisse des dépôts website.

File a complaint and oppose your credit card in the event of theft of payment data, ”says the organization.

In case of proven fraud, your account will be credited.

It is still necessary to have refused the iPad type gifts offered at the end of a program, tip Que Choisir.

In this case, the Caisse des dépôts will not reimburse anything.

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