A company employee in his 50s in Yokohama was scammed out of approximately 137 million yen by men claiming to be police officers who told him lies such as ``If you don't pay bail, you'll go to jail.'' The police are investigating this as a special case of fraud, and are urging people to be wary of calls demanding cash.
According to the police, in October last year, a man claiming to be an embassy employee called the home of a foreign male office worker in his 50s living in Yokohama, saying, ``The personal information on the package you sent overseas has been leaked.'' I was told, ``You should consult the Japanese police.''
The man was actually sending a package to his home country, and a man who answered the phone on his behalf, claiming to be a Japanese police officer, told him that he should also consult with the overseas police to whom the package was being sent. is.
This time, a man who claimed to be a foreign police officer answered the phone and said, ``If I check, you're a suspect in the case. If you don't pay bail, you'll go to jail.'' Ta.
The man who believed the story was defrauded by transferring approximately 137 million yen to the specified account 24 times until February this year.
After that, they were unable to contact the men and contacted the police, and the damage was discovered.
The police are investigating this as a special case of fraud, and are warning anyone who receives a call from someone claiming to be a police officer or other person demanding cash to hang up immediately and seek help.