Down the masks … For several days, very malicious people have been masquerading as town hall agents in order to sell protective masks against Covid-19 to residents of various municipalities of the Montluçonnais basin. They therefore forwarded the information and published warnings: “These are scams!” “
In Montluçon
This is particularly the case in Montluçon, where the mayor contacted us this Saturday, May 2. “Montluçonnais informed us that they receive door-to-door calls and visits to fraudulent direct sellers “, Warns Frédéric Laporte. “They pretend to be representatives of the municipality.” However:
“These people are not authorized by the city to sell masks. We do not do this without prior information to the population. ”
Frédéric Laporte (mayor of Montluçon)
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The city councilor specifies moreover that “we do not have the right, we are not a commercial enterprise”. As for this protective equipment, ” a mask distribution organized by the city is planned in the days to come, first to schools ”. But he does add that these “will free “And that” the dates and conditions will be communicated very soon. “
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At Domérat
Same scam in Domérat, where the municipality alerted its residents on April 29 via its Facebook page: “ A company calls Domératois to provide them with masks, saying that she works with the town hall. This is not true, ”he explains.
And to continue: “The person on the phone then indicates another number to call back, thenuse a code to get these famous masks. This is a fraudulent call, be careful ” There too, the city of Domérat promises that it “will distribute masks which are currently still pending”.
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