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A Person Who Met Someone on Social Media Was Pressured Into Investing, Losing over 200 Million Yen, and Became Suspicious when the Person Claimed They Needed the Money for Their Parent's Surgery.

On the 1st, the Miyazaki Prefectural Police announced that an 80-year-old man in the prefecture was defrauded of approximately 220 million yen after being solicited to invest through a social networking site (SNS). They are investigating the case as a special fraud incident.
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On the 1st, the Miyazaki Prefectural Police announced that an 80-year-old man in the prefecture was defrauded of approximately 220 million yen after being solicited to invest through a social networking site (SNS). They are investigating the case as a special fraud incident.

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産経ニュース broke the news in Japan on Wednesday, April 1, 2026.
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