Many are afraid of not being able to leave. And for good reason ! As Planet has already been able to explain, French women and men are struggling to renew their passports. For some of them, continues TF1 on its site, it is sometimes necessary to wait between two and seven months… Enough to weigh a sword of Damocles above any trip, or almost. These delays, it should be remembered, are not normal: they are due to the Covid-19 coronavirus epidemic, said the National Agency for Secure Documents (ANTS, the body in charge of issuing passports) . The demands, at the end of the health crisis, increased and the services were overloaded. What some scammers have not failed to notice…

Many thugs pass themselves off as fake ANTS agents, explains TF1. They often stalk their victims on social media where they promise to speed up the passport renewal process. Some even just post ads and wait for the customer to come to them. Which obviously works well. Often, they then explain that they charge such an operation around 200 euros.

Be careful, they are scammers: they won’t do anything for you. “ANTS members do not work on social networks. Those who offer to speed up (your file) for a fee are necessarily scammers. Firstly, the services are free and secondly, there is no service acceleration of requests for titles”, moreover specifies Pascale Sauvage, director general of the organization.