SharkInvest HYIP

The French Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) has issued a warning that SharkInvest HYIP (www.sharkinvest.com), an off-shore company posing as a "francophone investors club", is offering investment services and financial products called High Yield Investment Program (HYIP) without the required authorization. (In Consob Informa n. 11/2004 - 15 March 2004)