People who sell goods on Leboncoin have no interest in doing without the service of Secure payment that this classified ads offers, as shown in the next affair. On March 21, 2021, Kevin Parent, a young website creator, puts his MacBook Pro computer on Leboncoin, at a price of 2,200 euros, in order to buy a more powerful device.
On Saturday April 3, 2021, he was contacted by Abdessamad X. He agreed to chat with him by SMS – and not on the secure messaging of the site. Mr. X asks him a few technical questions, then, saying in a hurry, claims an appointment for the next day, with a view to a handing over. Mr. Parent tells him that he wishes to be paid “in cash or by bank check”.
m. X objects to him that “on weekends is complicated to get a bank check or unlock so many species”. He offers to make him a transfer and, to reassure him, addresses him with a copy of his identity card. Mr. Parent accepts his proposal, instead of requiring secure payment on the site. 2>
costs paid by the buyer
When a transaction is done on Leboncoin, the buyer undertakes to pay the goods, plus 4 % of service costs (here 88 euros), more, possibly, delivery costs. But the site only unlocks the money after receipt of the goods and green light from the buyer. In this way, if the latter receives a package that does not contain what he expected, he is not likely to be crazy. As for the one who sells, he is sure to be paid.
Sunday April 4, 2021, this is not what is happening: Mr. X assures Mr. Parent that he made him a bank transfer of 2,200 euros. He transmits the screenshot of an SMS from his bank, LCL, which confirms the operation. Mr. Parent therefore agrees to give him his computer. But he will never receive the price: LCL, which he questions, replies not having Mr. X for Customer.
After an unsuccessful formal notice, Mr. Parent files a complaint against Mr. X at the police station in Valenciennes (North). He communicates a copy of his identity document. Although the person concerned is “unfavorably” known to the police (he has already been sentenced for similar facts), nothing happens.
“A year late …”
m. Parent then creates a website in the name of his buyer, which he discloses The nicknames. He invited other possible victims to file a complaint with the financial center of the Saint-Amand-les-Eaux (North) police station, supposed to centralize the case. He explains that “their regrouping will advance the survey”. Thirty people answer the call.
On October 7, 2021, M. X, defendant of “recurrence scam”, was arrested and placed under judicial supervision. During his trial, which is held window On April 14, 2022 , at the Valenciennes judicial court, he explains that all the money “left for sports betting”. The court declared him guilty of facts of “breach of recidivism”, and condemns him to a one -year imprisonment, accompanied by a two -year stay – during which he should not, in particular, participate in games silver. He condemns him to pay some 37,000 euros to the twenty sellers who, such as M. Parent, went for civil parties.
For his part, Kevin Parent is allocated the sum of 3,100 euros (2,200 euros in terms of material damage, plus 300 euros for moral damage, plus 600 euros in reimbursement of lawyers).
But he suspects that the judgment cannot be executed, since the condemned is insolvent. He therefore contacted the assistance service for the collection of victims of offenses (SARVI), likely to pay compensation of 3,000 euros maximum. The deadline to review the money is in principle two months. But the SARVI said to him to have “a year late in the processing of files” … At his next sale on Leboncoin, Mr. Parent will have an interest in using the secure payment system.