Information security - Société Générale

Call for your vigilance

Date of detection	Name	Description
Q2 - 2025	GE SCF	Fraudulent use of the Societe Generale logo (red and black square) associated with an entity named GE SCF, which is not a subsidiary of the Societe Generale group. We urge heightened vigilance regarding risks of fraud and scams: any service or product offer, related to savings or financing, issued by an entity named GE SCF has absolutely no connection of any kind with the Societe Generale group.
Q3 - 2023	SGENERALBANQUE	Stealing the identity of our bank with the intention to cause damage. We call for vigilance.
Q2 - 2023	PAREL	PAREL SA’s identity was stolen. It is recalled that PAREL SA does not have any offer to individuals, nor any management mandate or any other form of investment.
Q1 - 2023	GENEBANQUE	Stealing the identity of our affiliate GENEBANQUE with the intention to cause damage. GENEBANQUE does not provide investment advice or market financial products.
Q1 - 2023	Axus Finance	Website having no connection with ALD’s Filiates Axus. We call for vigilance.
Q1 - 2022	Société banque Générale	Registration of a company having no connection with our Group. We call for vigilance.

Do you think you are the victim of a scam? Discover the main fraud risks.

Phishing is a very common Internet scam technique. It consists, most of the time, in sending a fraudulent email pretending to be a recognized organization (bank, taxes, telecom operators, streaming services, delivery services, etc.) in order to obtain confidential information. (most often bank details).

How to identify a phishing email?

Most of the time, “phishing” emails are sent in waves to a very large number of Internet users. The alarmist nature of the message encourages some people to connect to a fake website to provide information for example.

Pay attention to signs of inconsistency, spelling mistakes (although they are not systematic!) or syntax errors...

Carefully read the e-mail addresses (sender and those communicated in the body of the email) which are often close to a letter close to the real addresses of companies, authorities...

Pay attention to the presence of a link: systematically check the destination address of the links by hovering your mouse.

If in doubt, contact your usual contact at Societe Generale.

What to do in case of suspicious email?

Do not click on links.

Do not open attachments.

Do not answer.
Vishing, or phishing by telephone, is a telephone scam often using social engineering techniques (identity theft of recognized organizations such as tax authorities, telecom operators, etc.) which aims to make fraudulent operations or to extract sensitive information (bank identifiers, credit card code, personal information, etc.). The purpose is identical to the phishing technique, which consists of sending fraudulent emails.

What to do in the face of a “vishing” attempt?

If a message asks you to call such a number, do not dial it.

In addition, you should know that Societe Generale will never ask you by e-mail, fax or telephone for your bank details, codes or passwords.
Spoofing is the act of usurping the identity of a company, a brand or a trusted person in order to deceive the user in order to extract information from him. For example, fraudsters can display email addresses, phone numbers of the usurped company / brand / trusted person. Fraudsters can display a Societe Generale employee number to have you validate fraudulent transactions.

If in doubt, contact your usual contact at Societe Generale.