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A Woman in Her 70s From Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, Was Scammed Into Paying 2.1 Million Yen in Fraudulent Claims that She Had Won Points.

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[Yokkaichi] On the 1st, the Yokkaichi Minami Police Station of the Mie Prefectural Police announced that an unemployed woman in her 70s from Yokkaichi City was defrauded of approximately 2.1 million yen in electronic money after receiving an email purporting to be about winning points. The case is being investigated as a fraud. According to the police station, the woman received an email on the 9th of last month stating that she would be given 6…
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[Yokkaichi] On the 1st, the Yokkaichi Minami Police Station of the Mie Prefectural Police announced that an unemployed woman in her 70s from Yokkaichi City was defrauded of approximately 2.1 million yen in electronic money after receiving an email purporting to be about winning points. The case is being investigated as a fraud. According to the police station, the woman received an email on the 9th of last month stating that she would be given 6…

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伊勢新聞 broke the news in on Tuesday, September 2, 2025.
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