In response to a succession of young people applying for so-called "black jobs" on social media and participating in special fraud and robbery, the Metropolitan Police Department held a crime prevention course at a university in Tokyo to warn new students.
Regarding so-called "black bites," there have been a number of cases in which the younger generation has become complicit in crimes as perpetrators of special fraud and robbery, and countermeasures have become an urgent issue.
On the 7th, a police officer from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department visited Teikyo University of Science in Adachi Ward and handed out leaflets to students, telling them that "recipients" and "outsourcers" of special scams are often accused of fraud, and that black part-time workers are often lured with sweet words such as "high-paying part-time jobs" and "no risk."
After this, a lecture was held for new students, and it was reported that the damage from special fraud nationwide in one year last year amounted to more than 1.361 billion yen, and the perpetrators were arrested one after another, and called for caution.
According to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, of the 1 people arrested for involvement in special fraud last year, more than 793% were in their teens and twenties, and in some cases, university and high school students were complicit in crimes because they were struggling to pay for their living expenses.
Toshihiro Onishi, chief of the Life Safety Division of the Senju Police Station of the Metropolitan Police Department, said, "There is definitely no part-time job where you can earn money easily, so if you feel even a little uncertain, please consult the police."