The Prudential Control and Resolution Authority (ACPR) – the French financial services watchdog – announced on Thursday 18 January that it had listed on it last year. “The Blacklist” 1,262 sites or organizations offer financial products without being authorized to do so. For victims, damages can reach tens or even thousands of euros. they “All belong to the socio-professional category”.
there “almost all” Fraudulent offers “concerns false loans or savings accounts and, for more than 53% of them, impersonates institutions or financial intermediaries duly authorized to market such products”
ACPR explains in a press release.In the files received by the ACPR in 2023, the average loss observed regarding false brochures amounted to 93,000 euros, “Even with a file of 1 million euros”, a spokesman for Agence France-Presse clarified. Regarding bad credit, the average loss is 13,000 euros, but in some cases it can be higher, up to 60,000 euros last year.
These amounts have been increasing in recent years, as have the number of sites or entities included in the ACPR blacklist and the extent of expropriation of authorized professionals. Scammers have a very large potential target of victims, as savings accounts and loans are everyday financial products, condemns the ACPR. In search of distressed, safe and profitable investments, confidence is given by their main characteristics: absence of risk of capital loss and availability of funds.
ACPR is also warning savers this year “Proliferation of false crowdfunding contracts offering to invest in renewable energy, nursing homes, student accommodation rooms or even car parks equipped with electric charging stations”..
In 2023, forty-six fraudulent websites or emails will be reported in this category, compared to twenty in 2022. The ACPR, sometimes supported by the Financial Markets Authority, regularly warns the general public against an increase in scams around financial products.
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