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An 80-Year-Old Woman in Awara City Was Scammed in a Fake Police Scam After an Envelope Containing 2.5 Million Yen Was Left in Front of Her House and Stolen

An 80-year-old woman in Awara City was defrauded of 2.5 million yen in a special type of scam in which perpetrators impersonated police officers and prosecutors. According to the police, on May 8th of this year, the woman, a resident of Awara City, received phone calls from men posing as police officers and prosecutors. They told her, "We may be holding 40 million yen that was withdrawn from Mitsubishi UFJ Bank. This has been reported to organiz…
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An 80-year-old woman in Awara City was defrauded of 2.5 million yen in a special type of scam in which perpetrators impersonated police officers and prosecutors. According to the police, on May 8th of this year, the woman, a resident of Awara City, received phone calls from men posing as police officers and prosecutors. They told her, "We may be holding 40 million yen that was withdrawn from Mitsubishi UFJ Bank. This has been reported to organiz…

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FNN.jpプライムオンライン broke the news on Friday, September 11, 2026.
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