Disaster Prevention Net An-an｜Occurrence of fake phone fraud cases

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This is a notice from the Karatsu Police Station.
1 1st Victim
　Around the beginning of July 7th year of Reiwa, the victim (a man in his 50s living in Karatsu City) was approached by a person he met through SNS about "a side job story that you can easily earn money just by watching videos", and while interacting with a person who claimed to be a woman on another SNS, he was introduced to a Japan woman as a teacher who teaches information on higher unit prices, and was doing the work he was instructed to do. In the name of fines and withdrawal procedure costs for not following instructions, he was defrauded by transferring a total of 1.6 million yen in cash to designated accounts and other accounts eight times between July 26 and November 21.
2 Second Victim
　Around mid-July of Reiwa 7, the above victim was approached by a person he met through SNS about "a side job that can easily earn money just by listening to music", and was guided to another SNS to interact with a person claiming to be a Japan woman
　　　You need to complete 5 tasks related to the information of the music that is distributed for a fee.
Furthermore, he was introduced to a person who claimed to be a Japan woman as an information teacher, and the victim made a work mistake.
　　　1 million yen is required as a compensation to be refunded later for recovery
From November 3 to the 13th of the same month, he was deceived by transferring a total of 1.09 million yen in cash to a designated account six times.

[Request from the police]
　Please think that side job placement using SNS is likely to be a scam.
　If you hear about money in an email or social media, suspect fraud and consult your family or the police immediately.

- Karatsu Police Station -
0955-72-2101

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