OSAKA (TR) – Osaka Prefectural Police this week introduced that two ladies dwelling within the prefecture have fallen sufferer to so-called “romance scam” frauds through social networking websites.
Both ladies misplaced a complete of roughly 280 million yen, studies the Sankei Shimbun (Dec. 25).
According to the police, in September final yr, a lady in her 70s posted a gardening picture on a social networking in September of final yr.
She then obtained a message from a person claiming to be a 56-year-old physician for a ship linked to the World Health Organization. “Your flowers are lovely,” the individual wrote.
The man, who lives in Michigan, USA, stated he was crusing within the North Sea and requested the girl to gather his retirement advantages and ship them to his daughter. “I can’t receive my retirement benefits from my company on board the ship,” the individual claimed. “I was attacked by pirates while sailing.”
The girl transferred a complete of 109.8 million yen to a specified account in 103 transfers via November this yr.
In the second case, one other girl, a physician in her 60s, met a person claiming to be Spanish and dwelling in Tokyo via a language alternate app in May this yr.
In exchanges, the individual referred to as the girl his “wife” and inspired her to commerce crypto belongings. The girl subsequently transferred a complete of roughly 170 million yen.
Police additionally introduced that two males of their 60s from the prefecture had been additionally defrauded of a complete of roughly 68 million yen in tokushu sagi (or specialised fraud) schemes during which perpetrators posed as cops or different individuals in finishing up the cons.