Moroccan authorities arrested six people in Oujda for their involvement in Schengen Visas forging, reported Schengen Visa News.
The General Directorate of Territorial Service reported that two of the six individuals are women, revealing that they had links to a network involved in the falsification of Schengen visas that facilitated irregular migration.
Local media revealed that the authorities seized fake stamps from public administrations, banks, and private companies. In addition, the police seized a computer, photos, and copies of passports and identification documents.
Schengen Visa News noted that the Schengen visa scam cases have increased in Morocco this year, mostly due to increased restrictions on the visas granted to Moroccans.
Last month, the Director General of the Inter-banking Monetary Center (CMI), Ismail Bellali alerted against online scams promising appointments for French Visas amid a general cut back on visas granted to Moroccans by the French Embassy.
The CMI director said that “online mercenaries” take advantage of the citizens’ desperation, as many of them require visas for important appointments and events.
The mercenaries have set up online shops and pretend to sell close visa appointments.
They offer their services on social networks, using “well-honed” and sophisticated techniques to gain the trust of “potential customers” who would contact them to proceed to payment directly.
This is also what Schengen Visa News explained saying that scammers ask those wishing to apply for a Schengen visa, to complete their payments for these services by using a credit card. After the Schengen visa applicants get convinced to do so, they receive an SMS code validating their payment and then disclose it to the scammer.
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