Since May this year, 23 French departments (You will find the list here) can access Dematerialized Vitaleka.
What is it about? Residents of departments where the system is deployed (it will be gradually deployed throughout France by 2025) can now download The “Carte Vitale” app on their phones.
Through this app, they can pilot All services provided on their card and presented to healthcare professionals just like a traditional Vitale card.
this benefit Numerous: No more risk of forgetting cards, instant monitoring of reimbursements, no updates needed….
Dematerialized Carte Vitale: foolproof security?
How many systems are there? Security level (e.g. two-factor authentication), make sure Data protection. That doesn’t stop hackers from using this new device to trick you.
L’health insurance This summer also warns of a rise in attempted scams (we told you so) here)against insured recent months. Hackers are once again trying to trick you by sending you an email asking you to update your Vitale card.
Scam emails are rampant: stay alert!
This is the website Android system The first to discover the scam were the editorial team themselves, who themselves had received a fraudulent email, although this “campaign” had apparently been going on for several years. Fraudulent emails received use dematerialization as an excuse and ask “Update your important cards to ensure uninterrupted access to our services” and Redirects to a website that looks exactly like AMELI (it may steal your data).
If you checkSender’s addressHowever, you’ll notice that this is not health insurance.
Just a reminder, All messages received An email sent from your main health insurance fund showing one of the following senders (this is the second part of the address, after the at symbol):
- @app.assurance-médie.fr
- @assurance-médie.fr
- @info.ameli.fr
- @ameli.fr
Furthermore, there is no need Update your Vitale cardwhether dematerialized or not.
