French consumers warned about beauty sample scam

Published: 21-Aug-2015
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French Government issues warning

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The French Government’s fraud prevention agency, the Direction Générale de la Concurrence, de la Consommation et de la Répression des Fraudes has issued an alert from the Centre Européen des Consommateurs France (CECF) about ’sample’ websites that then sign their consumers up for an expensive subscription.

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