Fraud using Caisse des Dépôts name: fake advisers extorting fees from individuals
Scammers are posing as advisers from the Caisse des Dépôts to extract file fees from members of the public. The THESEE platform allows these scams to be reported online.
Identity fraud: Caisse des Dépôts targeted by fraud campaign
According to Google News FR — Crime (fr), individuals posing as advisers from the Caisse des Dépôts are contacting members of the public who are not clients by telephone and email. These fake advisers cite the existence of funds awaiting release, supposedly originating from past investments, and ask victims to pay file fees in order to obtain payment.
The alert, published on 31 August 2026 by the institution itself, is unequivocal: the Caisse des Dépôts never contacts its clients in this manner. Any call or email of this kind should be ignored and no action should be taken on it.
Victims or witnesses of such scams can report the facts or file a complaint online via the THESEE platform — the national system for harmonised processing of investigations and reports for e-fraud.
Source: Google News FR — Crime (fr)