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A Woman in Her 60s Was Scammed Out of 7 Million Yen in a Fake Police Scam; a Man Claiming to Be an Osaka Prefectural Police Officer and a Postal Worker Said, "In the Mail You sent..."
A woman in her 60s living in Oita City, Oita Prefecture, was defrauded of approximately 7 million yen in a fake police scam. According to the police, in early September, a man claiming to be an Osaka Post Office employee called the woman's landline and told her that a package she had sent to Shanghai contained her cash card and was being held up at customs. When the woman stated she had no recollection of sending such a package, the man transfer…
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A woman in her 60s living in Oita City, Oita Prefecture, was defrauded of approximately 7 million yen in a fake police scam. According to the police, in early September, a man claiming to be an Osaka Post Office employee called the woman's landline and told her that a package she had sent to Shanghai contained her cash card and was being held up at customs. When the woman stated she had no recollection of sending such a package, the man transfer…