Tragic! Japanese woman in her 60s was defrauded of 93.9 million yen by a fake police officer, setting a record for the highest victim in Nagano Prefecture this year

A 60-year-old woman in Nagano Prefecture, Japan, was defrauded of 93.9 million yen by a fake police officer. (Bloomberg)

All the money is gone! A 60-year-old woman in Nagano Prefecture, Japan, was contacted by a police officer pretending to be a fraudster in late October. Without suspecting his presence, she successively handed over 93.9 million yen (approximately NT$19.5 million), setting a record for the highest amount of money defrauded in the prefecture this year.

According to comprehensive Japanese media reports, the Nagano Central Police Station said that the victim first received a call at home from someone claiming to be a financial institution employee, pointing out that someone had applied for 10 credit cards in her name, which may have been involved in a crime. Then the "police" contacted her through a social platform, emphasizing that the deposit must be given to the government for safekeeping to prove her innocence.

The police revealed that as of the beginning of this month, the victim went to a park near his residence seven times to drop off cash, which was taken away by the fraud group riders, totaling 91.9 million yen (approximately NT$19.08 million), and a total of 2 million yen (approximately NT$415,000) was transferred to the account designated by the other party three times.

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