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Yokkaichi Man in Mie Prefecture Falls Victim to 2.12 Million Yen Fraud After Phone Call From Man Claiming to Be a Detective

Summary by 伊勢新聞
[Yokkaichi] On the 29th, the Yokkaichi Kita Police Station of the Mie Prefectural Police announced that a male office worker in his 30s from Yokkaichi City was defrauded of 2.12 million yen in cash by a man posing as a police officer. The case is being investigated as a fraud. According to the police station, on the 28th, the man received a phone call from a man claiming to be a Metropolitan Police Department detective, who told him that his nam…
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[Yokkaichi] On the 29th, the Yokkaichi Kita Police Station of the Mie Prefectural Police announced that a male office worker in his 30s from Yokkaichi City was defrauded of 2.12 million yen in cash by a man posing as a police officer. The case is being investigated as a fraud. According to the police station, on the 28th, the man received a phone call from a man claiming to be a Metropolitan Police Department detective, who told him that his nam…

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伊勢新聞 broke the news in on Saturday, August 30, 2025.
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