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Beware of Fraud Victims of the Elderly Using Internet Banking ！.

We have received information from the Chiba Prefectural Police Headquarters.

There has been an outbreak of a scam in which a person calls claiming to be a telecommunications carrier or the police, and asks the victim to open an Internet banking account and deposit cash from the existing account to defraud the victim out of a large sum of money.
The scammer claims to be a telecommunications company, etc. The caller says, "Your cell phone is being used illegally, and if you don't report the damage within 2 hours, your phone will stop working. If you do not report the damage within two hours, your phone will be disabled.
\2) A criminal claiming to be a police officer says, "We need to check your account too. etc.
(3) You are instructed to open an internet banking account using LINE video call.
(4) You are instructed to transfer money from your existing account to the account you have opened.

and a large amount of cash is swindled.

If you receive such a call, hang up the phone immediately and contact the nearest police station or police box.
For your home phone,
●Check the number on the number ・ display,
●Warning ・ Use the call recording function,
●Set an answering machine, and take other measures to avoid talking to the offender.

[Sent from]
Chiba Prefectural Police Headquarters
1-9-1 Nagasu, Chuo-ku, Chiba-shi, Chiba 260-8668, Japan
TEL:043-201-0110

Matsudo City Citizen Safety Section
TEL:047-366
  • Posted : 2024/03/19
  • Published : 2024/03/19
  • Changed : 2024/03/19
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