What to do if you forgot your keys inside and avoid being scammed by a locksmith? 7 Simple Rules

What does the law say?
Article L. 121-1 of the Consumer Code
A commercial practice is misleading when it is based on false or misleading indications or presentations… This provision applies in particular to the “price or method of determining the price”, as well as to the “qualities, skills and rights of the professional.

Article 433-17 of the Criminal Code
The misuse of a degree attached to a profession regulated by the public authority is punishable by one year in prison and a fine of 1,500 euros.

Article L 122-8 of the Consumer Code
Anyone who takes advantage of a person’s weakness or ignorance to sign it, through home visits, commitments in money or credit or in any form, will be punished with a prison sentence of 5 years and a fine of 9,000 euros, or only one of these two penalties. .