A woman in her 80s in Kasukabe City, Saitama Prefecture, believed a man on the phone and was defrauded of approximately 40 million yen in cash. I'm here.
According to the police, in August of last year, an 82-year-old woman living in Kasukabe received a phone call from a man claiming to be an employee of an organization, saying, "I'm sending supplies all over the country, and I'd like you to lend me your name." was broken.
When the woman responded, another man later called and demanded, "Since the employee you lent your name to has been detained, you may also be an accomplice. Please pay the court costs." I was.
The woman, who believed her story, said that she handed about 40 million yen in cash to a man pretending to be an organization staff three times until November last year, and was deceived.
After that, I couldn't get in touch with her partner, so I consulted the police last month and the damage was revealed.
The police are investigating this as a special fraud case, and are calling for suspecting fraud and not responding to requests for money over the phone.