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A Woman in Her 60s Who “Needs to Look up Your Money” From a Man Claiming to Be a Police Officer Was a Fraud Victim of Approximately 92 Million Yen Shiga Prefectural Police
A woman who was asked to tell a false story by a man claiming to be a police officer, saying “I am a suspect in a drug case, and it is necessary to investigate your money,” defrauded about 92 million yen in cash. According to the police, in April, a man claiming to be a post office employee contacted the landline phone at the home of a 67-year-old woman living in Otsu, Shiga prefecture, and false stories such as “there is cash in the package sen…
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A woman who was asked to tell a false story by a man claiming to be a police officer, saying “I am a suspect in a drug case, and it is necessary to investigate your money,” defrauded about 92 million yen in cash. According to the police, in April, a man claiming to be a post office employee contacted the landline phone at the home of a 67-year-old woman living in Otsu, Shiga prefecture, and false stories such as “there is cash in the package sen…