PARIS (AFP) - Need an excuse "to get rid of certain obligations, justify an appointment or sit on an adventure without jeopardizing your marriage?: Search for it on several websites, which is the coin carefully drawn the corresponding fees.
already present in the U.S. market (Alibi network), British and Belgian years, the business now stands out in Europe, especially in Switzerland and France. Thus, the alibi-beton.com Swiss site, launched in May and has already had a hundred customers, available in three languages, English, French and German, "a solid alibi as concrete (beton, in French) personal and believable. "Alibi-beton
gives its users' evidence and accounts of restaurants, invitations, hotel bills, invitations for the conference, proof of attendance at conferences, train or plane reservations and phone calls with male or female voice ".
" I'm pretty imaginative, "he told AFP its founder, Christine Barnicol. That creativity comes his own company, as a force to serve as an alibi for a friend who used to cover her affairs, the nursing assistant quit his job and launched as a business of lies. "But I do not accept any assignment. A young man asked me for an alibi for failing to appear for their exams and I refused, " Barnicol adds, working from the Swiss city of Basel.
recently launched in France by a former detective, Régine Mourizard, Ibil agency works with the same concepts. His site, alibila.com, received by mail or telephone requests from its customers. In the company's answering machine, a pleasant voice full of understanding, encouraging the consumer to make their request, offering a promise of proposed alibi and budget. Ibil
rates vary from 19 euros for a phone call and 50 euro for a simple document. The account goes up in case things are more complicated or elaborate alibi. Also, if the latter does not work Ibil states that the customer is not entitled to any refund.
On its website, Ibil also recalls the French law on counterfeiting and use of counterfeit material, while cautioning customers that have provided alibis use only. The company also "disclaims any liability for fraudulent use by the client of the documents supplied."
also created a few months ago, the French site prestige.alibi.com claimed "300 requests since March." Its founder has put on sale in early September in the online auction site e-bay at a base price of 500 euros and as "an alibi website for wholesale infidelities." "It's a profitable business," says the vendor to explain, protected by a pseudonym, "not only confined to the French market but also attack the French market in general, ie, Switzerland, Belgium, Canada and other countries." Claudine
biland social psychologist looks at the development pages alibis "sign that has been Americanized." "The weight of guilt in relation to lies is very strong in the U.S., far more than in Latin countries," says the researcher, also author of a book entitled 'Psychology of the liar. " "Using an alibi agency, one's own culpability download a third party" adds. "This is a bit perverse," notes psychologist stating that in his opinion, this type of service "have a rather limited scope in France.
gives its users' evidence and accounts of restaurants, invitations, hotel bills, invitations for the conference, proof of attendance at conferences, train or plane reservations and phone calls with male or female voice ".
" I'm pretty imaginative, "he told AFP its founder, Christine Barnicol. That creativity comes his own company, as a force to serve as an alibi for a friend who used to cover her affairs, the nursing assistant quit his job and launched as a business of lies. "But I do not accept any assignment. A young man asked me for an alibi for failing to appear for their exams and I refused, " Barnicol adds, working from the Swiss city of Basel.
recently launched in France by a former detective, Régine Mourizard, Ibil agency works with the same concepts. His site, alibila.com, received by mail or telephone requests from its customers. In the company's answering machine, a pleasant voice full of understanding, encouraging the consumer to make their request, offering a promise of proposed alibi and budget. Ibil
rates vary from 19 euros for a phone call and 50 euro for a simple document. The account goes up in case things are more complicated or elaborate alibi. Also, if the latter does not work Ibil states that the customer is not entitled to any refund.
On its website, Ibil also recalls the French law on counterfeiting and use of counterfeit material, while cautioning customers that have provided alibis use only. The company also "disclaims any liability for fraudulent use by the client of the documents supplied."
also created a few months ago, the French site prestige.alibi.com claimed "300 requests since March." Its founder has put on sale in early September in the online auction site e-bay at a base price of 500 euros and as "an alibi website for wholesale infidelities." "It's a profitable business," says the vendor to explain, protected by a pseudonym, "not only confined to the French market but also attack the French market in general, ie, Switzerland, Belgium, Canada and other countries." Claudine
biland social psychologist looks at the development pages alibis "sign that has been Americanized." "The weight of guilt in relation to lies is very strong in the U.S., far more than in Latin countries," says the researcher, also author of a book entitled 'Psychology of the liar. " "Using an alibi agency, one's own culpability download a third party" adds. "This is a bit perverse," notes psychologist stating that in his opinion, this type of service "have a rather limited scope in France.
