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Phone scams, gardening, insurance claims: 5 French practical updates
Our roundup of recent practical articles you may have missed
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Scams in France: watch out for these telephone prefixes
Stay alert to these numbers as they are often used by fraudsters
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‘Smishing’: Warning over this common scamming trick in France
It comes as 15-year-old is arrested near Bordeaux on suspicion of using this way of scamming to spend €12,000 of victims’ money on online shopping goods
Investors beware solar power scams
Warning to investors that claims are full of hot air
Investors have been warned to beware offers which suggest high returns, especially of more than 5% or 6%, with the Autorité des Marchés Financiers saying higher returns mean higher risks.
The warning came after investors in wind and solar-power developments lost millions. The AMF has a helpline where people can get information from Epargne Info Service, 01 53 45 62 00
