Paris (AFP)
The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) warned Friday against websites offering to buy shares of the Française des Jeux (FdJ) without being authorized, and called investors to vigilance.
In a statement, the regulator says he has noted "the appearance of several fraudulent websites" since the announcement of the privatization of the FdJ and recalls that "the investment advice and the subscription of actions on behalf of customers are regulated activities ".
On one of these sites consulted by AFP and which takes the logo of clover of the FdJ but also those of major economic media, privatization appears as "a golden opportunity" or "the good deal of the year" ", and invite to leave his coordinates.
The AMF says it is regularly confronted with situations in which the amounts entrusted by private individuals to false intermediaries simply disappear.
The Regafi (Register of Financial Agents) or Orias (Single Register of Insurance, Banking and Finance intermediaries) allow via their respective websites to consult the list of authorized services.
On the other hand, the AMF, responsible in particular for investor information, updates on its website a blacklist of fraudulent sites.
Individuals have already asked for about 200 million euros of shares of the French Games, or "one third of the tranche" allocated to them, announced Friday the AFP State Agency of participations (EPA).
The subscription of the shares started on Thursday and must continue until the day before the IPO on 21 November of the FdJ via the sale by the State of 52% of the capital of the company.
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