Kendji Girac injured by gunshot: how scammers pretend to be the singer and try to extort money from fans ?

Since the start of the case of Kendji Girac, who was shot on Monday, scammers have been pretending to be the singer in order to collect donations.

Scammers do not lack imagination or an opportunity to operate. Last Monday, Kendji Girac was hospitalized in Bordeaux after a gunshot wound to the chest. Since then, numerous scams have flourished on social networks with people posing as the singer, who can demand money, indicates BFMTV.< /p>

"Personal reasons"

Just type the name of the artist or that of his mother on certain networks like Facebook, and you will quickly come across publications accompanied by messages (with lots of mistakes), inviting you sometimes to communicate by private message on Messenger, claiming "personal reasons".

A scam visible on a Facebook group. Facebook screenshot

"We have just heard some good news because it comes from this awakening but I am so exhausted. We need some help ;rsquo;support coming from C’s fans. leave me an invitation", can we read on one of them.

Even the photos are montages, often poorly produced, trying to deceive Internet users. These examples include, for example, that of former Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas in a hospital bed, who had suffered a heart attack, as visible above.

This is an identity theft and a sentimental scam, which may result in a demand for money from fans who are deceived, details the information chain.

The facts

Two days later "the’domestic accident" in which the singer Kendji Girac was injured by a bullet in the chest, we know a little more about the circumstances of the facts.

According to information from our colleagues from Parisien, the bullet which injured the singer seems to have been fired from the&rsquo inside his caravan in Biscarrosse, in the Landes, as he told investigators this Monday, April 22. This is what was demonstrated the first conclusions of the investigation opened for intentional homicide the day before by the public prosecutor of Mont-de-Marsan.

His days are no longer in danger, and if his state of health allows it, Kendji Girac should be heard by investigators this Wednesday, April 24, while expert opinions and technical analyzes are still in progress. course.