Woman in Her 70s in Eastern Shimane Prefecture Defrauded of Approximately 80 Million Yen by a Man Claiming to Be a Hokkaido Prefectural Police Officer
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A woman in her 70s living in eastern Shimane Prefecture has been defrauded of approximately 80 million yen in a fake police officer scam. According to the police, in July 2026, the woman received a phone call from a man claiming to be a police officer from Hokkaido Prefecture. He told her she was suspected of being involved in a case that resulted in 500 million yen in losses and asked her to transfer money to prove her innocence. Over the next …
[Yokkaichi] The Yokkaichi South Police Station in Mie Prefecture announced on the 29th that a woman in her 50s from Yokkaichi City was defrauded of 10.4 million yen worth of cryptocurrency under the guise of an investment. The police are investigating the case as a fraud. According to the police station, in April, the woman registered on a cryptocurrency website at the recommendation of someone she met through social networking services (SNS). S…
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