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A 30-Year-Old Man Who Applied for a Job Paying 5,000 Yen per Hour Was Scammed After His Wife Pointed It Out [Kochi]

In September 2026, a man in his 30s living in Susaki City, Kochi Prefecture, found a job posting on social media advertising a staff position with an hourly wage of 5,000 yen. He sent a message, but the conversation moved to another social media app where he began communicating with a woman. The woman explained that he was working on order processing for a shop website, and he subsequently transferred 8.89 million yen under the guise of a contra…
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In September 2026, a man in his 30s living in Susaki City, Kochi Prefecture, found a job posting on social media advertising a staff position with an hourly wage of 5,000 yen. He sent a message, but the conversation moved to another social media app where he began communicating with a woman. The woman explained that he was working on order processing for a shop website, and he subsequently transferred 8.89 million yen under the guise of a contra…

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FNN.jpプライムオンライン broke the news on Thursday, October 1, 2026.
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