Fraudulent middle school students have been reported in several regions of France, according to recent local news reports. These individuals are targeting residents, often shortly after the start of the school year, by going door-to-door and posing as students from a school they are not actually enrolled in. They sell items or cards, claiming the money will support a school project, such as a trip. However, these claims are false, and the students are simply trying to steal money from unsuspecting residents. In Chateaubriant, located in the Loire-Atlantique department, the local newspaper L'Eclaireur reported that a local high school, the Institution Saint-Joseph, raised the alarm on Facebook. The school said that children were going door-to-door in the city, claiming to be students of their school and selling calendars to fund a trip to Barcelona. However, the school confirmed that no such trip is planned, and the students are not enrolled there. In the comments section of the Facebook post, several residents shared that they had been approached by these individuals, with one person even saying they were visited in July, suggesting the scam has been ongoing for some time. Similar scams have also been reported in other regions, including Brittany and Normandy. In the Morbihan department, more than 100 kilometers away from Chateaubriant, the Ouest-France newspaper reported that several communes in the Pays de Pontivy area have issued warnings. In each case, individuals—both boys and girls—presented themselves as students of the Romain Rolland middle school. While the items sold and the destinations of the fake trips varied, the method remained the same. The town hall of Neulliac, for example, said it was alerted to a third-year student who claimed to be selling cards to fund a trip to Italy. However, after verifying with the school principal, they confirmed the story was completely false. Authorities in Cleguérec, another commune where the scam was detected, urged residents to remain vigilant and not to buy any items offered by these individuals. The scam appears to be resurfacing in western French communes at the start of the school year, but it was also reported in other parts of the country, such as Saintes in Charente-Maritime and Saint-Lô in the Manche, a few months ago. Residents are advised to verify the authenticity of any such claims by contacting the school directly if they encounter these fake students.