`` Visiting theft '' aimed at elderly people at home due to self-restraint increases Call for attention March 28 5:46
Watch out for those coming out this weekend. Around 70 cases of `` visit theft '' occurred, where multiple men visited the house pretending to be elderly people at home and pretending to be inhabitants to inspect the house and steal the whole house. And the Metropolitan Police Department is calling attention.
I think many people are coming home this weekend after Tokyo called on them to refrain from going out of their way. There are many crimes targeting the elderly at home.
Several men visited the house in the guise of an electrician, and while the residents were present for inspection, the other man was searching for and stealing the entire house.
From January to 27th of this month, about 70 cases occurred in Tokyo.
The damage from January to March of last year was 55, and the number of people who refrain from going out due to the spread of the new coronavirus has increased 1.3 times.
One of the victims, a woman in her 80s in Machida City, was at home because she was afraid of infection, and a pair of people named an electric contractor visited and said, "I want you to show a breaker because of a short circuit." While I was there, I got 150,000 yen in cash from my wallet.
The Metropolitan Police have called for attention to home-based crimes, such as these "visit theft," as more people are likely to refrain from going out this weekend.