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Predictive Phone Calls of Phone Deception Attempting to Impersonate City Officials

We are providing this information because the Matsudo Higashi Police Station has distributed an e-mail concerning a telephone deception scam.

Today, in Matsudo city, we have received suspicious phone calls from a person pretending to be a city hall employee saying
"We have a refund for your medical expenses"
"We sent you the necessary documents for the procedure, but you did not reply, so we called you"
etc.

Also, recently
・ I lost an important company document and need a lot of money to make up for it
・ There is money in your family account that is not moving, and if you do not follow the procedure, the money will go to the treasury ？ ・ I got a lot of peaches, I'm going to deliver them to you now
・ Don't you remember me, I used to be a good friend of yours
The scam precursor call is going around.

If you receive such a suspicious call, please first calm down
[Do not tell the caller anything]
[Ignore the caller and hang up immediately]
[Call the police immediately]
.

Perpetrators are targeting your valuable assets ！ ！ ！ ！ ！ ！ ！

☆ ☆ ☆ To prevent fraud victims ☆ ☆
Victims who are victims of telephone deception believe that the person who made the "appointment call" is a relative or related to them, and hand over cash cards, cash, or operate ATMs. If you are in a household with only elderly people around you, or if you see an elderly person operating an ATM while talking on the phone when using an ATM, please call out to the elderly person to warn him or her.
In addition, please contact us for information on countermeasure devices in Matsudo City.

~Inquiries ： Nekosuppo 0120-5454-25~

In addition, the Chiba Prefectural Police has published the voice of an actual "phone de fraud" call on their website. Please be aware of the methods used by the criminals and take measures to avoid becoming a victim.
https://www.police.pref.chiba.jp/seisoka/safe-life_fraud-audio.html

Matsudo City Citizen Safety Section 047-366-7285
Matsudo Higashi Police Station 047-349- 0110

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