The Kanagawa Prefectural Police Headquarters arrested six Chinese people for fraudulently using another person's account to buy and deceive cigarettes on the smartphone payment service "Merpay" operated by the flea market app giant "Mercari". I found out by interviewing the investigators.
The police are trying to clarify the actual situation of the damage caused by illegal purchase of products over Melpay.
According to investigators, a total of six Chinese in their twenties and thirties were arrested, each of whom fraudulently used another person's "Merpay" account at convenience stores in Tokyo and Saitama from last year to this year. There are suspicions of fraud, etc., for purchasing heated cigarettes.
One of the six was an instructor who sent information and gave instructions, and the remaining five were "buyers" and drivers who bought products, and all the purchased heated cigarettes were sent to the same place. about it.
The ID and password of the fraudulently used account are believed to have been stolen by a "phishing scam" that leads to a fake website to enter information, and police are proceeding with the elucidation of the actual situation.
With regard to "Merpay", the damage caused by the purchase of products with fraudulently used accounts has been occurring one after another, and in April, Mercari, which operates it, compensated the victims who were fraudulently used for about 600 million yen (hoten). ) Has been announced.