The crackdown on fraud Wednesday said it opened an investigation for "abusive canvassing", after people residing near the Lubrizol plant in Rouen reported to have been victims of a scam related to sampling.
Direct sellers, who said they were mandated by the prefecture of Seine-Maritime to take samples and assess the pollution after the fire of the plant, billed this benefit to the inhabitants, detailed with AFP the General Directorate of competition, consumption and the repression of fraud (DGCCRF), confirming information from franceinfo.
The prefecture of Seine-Maritime warned on Twitter
Friday, the prefecture of Seine-Maritime had already warned on his Twitter account that companies were conducting canvassing. "Do not respond above all to their solicitations: only one company is mandated, contact 0.800.009.785 for contact details," she recommended.
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On September 26, a huge fire destroyed at Lubrizol, a chemical company classified Seveso high threshold, 5,253 tons of chemicals. The fire also affected three warehouses of its neighbor Normandie Logistique which stored more than 9,000 tons of products on its site. Following the fire, which cleared a large black cloud spreading soot on its way, about 130 complaints were filed by residents, businesses or municipalities affected by the consequences of this disaster.