Japan's Search Lesson: Retired inspectors published a book exposing the new fraud methods of fraud syndicates posing as police officers

In recent years, Japanese society has suffered as much from financial fraud cases as Taiwan, and the monetary losses caused by the new type of special fraud cases have skyrocketed from 28.2 billion yen in 2021 to 45.26 billion yen in 2023.

Seizo Sasaki, a retired police detective from Japan's search class, recently published a book kicking out the new script of the fraud syndicate. Sasaki Nariyama is a retired police officer who specializes in analyzing and investigating communication data and fraud cases. He often shares his experience on TV programs and holds lectures to advocate how to prevent fraud. His new book 闇バイト強盗, Special Fraud, 盗難から身を守る いますぐ Prevention of Crimes exposes the three new forms of crime of criminal groups, including illegal work robbery, special fraud and transnational love pig killing plate.

Impersonating law enforcement activists and taking advantage of people's fears to deceive

The methods of fraud syndicates are changing with each passing day, and the opening remarks of fraud syndicates calling their elders have also changed their lines, and they don't say "Hey! It's me" or play a game of guessing who I am, but ask by name, are you so-and-so? I'm a police officer, and this special scam script dressed as a police officer is useful for socially reduced elders who are easily lured into being deceived by realistic words.

Fraudsters do not pretend to be acquaintances, but instead specialize in playing police or officials to deceive, because ordinary people rarely receive calls from the police, coupled with realistic words, elders only need to receive a few calls, they gradually fall into the trap of fraud.

The best trick of fake police is to create fear to make the victim afraid, they call themselves police or prosecutors, tell the victim that their bank account has been frozen by the bad guys, ask them to hand over the bank account number, ATM card and password, and the fraud syndicate posing as a police officer tells the victim to help recover the money. Other scripts impersonate prosecutors to inform victims that they are in trouble with the law and require them to pay bail, resulting in many people paying large sums of money.

The members of the fraud group are organized crimes, the members of the fraud group play different roles such as police, lawyers, prosecutors, etc., brainwashing and confusing victims, Taiwan's well-known artist Tan Aizhen was deceived by this method, and she also laughed at herself for a lifetime of drama is not as good as the fraud group.

An 18-year-old Taiwanese man impersonates police in Japan to defraud a 90-year-old woman

Recently, the Osaka police arrested a suspect who flew from Taiwan to Japan for fraud, the Taiwanese man is only 18 years old, he pretended to be a Japanese police officer and a 90-year-old woman asked for cash, the old woman was ready to go to the bank to withdraw when the Japanese police arrested the man on the spot, and there was a 60-year-old driver at the same scene to be deceived to be a driver, the case is bizarre and strange, this case is the first case in Osaka where a fraudster manipulated a third person as a driver, and the whole case is still under investigation.

How to prevent the identification of fakes?

When Sasaki Nariyama held crime prevention seminars in various places, he asked participants what to do when he received a call from the police. He believes that people rarely receive calls from the police, and when they receive a call, they will be surprised at first, and when they listen, they will be lured by the caller and let go of their guard. Sasaki reminded the public not to believe it because the other party claims to be a policeman, it is best to hang up first, check the caller number, do not call the contact number and extension number left by the other party, and use the public phone number of the police station to call the local police station to verify whether there is anyone else.

The author's friend shared a story of his father being defrauded, his father is a retired police officer, or accidentally deceived by a fake prosecutor, he said that the fake prosecutor came to the door with forged court documents, deceived his 70-year-old father, his father was a criminal policeman, and he would be defrauded of more than 10 million in pensions, which made his whole family shocked by the sophisticated fraud methods of Taiwanese fraud syndicates. Artist Tan Aizhen was also deceived by fake official documents and a group of actors with good acting skills, losing nearly one million yuan, fortunately, she found fraud when she sent money for the second time, and stood up with her daughter Ouyang Jing to enjoy the harmful experience. Fraud syndicates often seek out the elderly, and relatives pay more attention to the daily life of their elders, which can establish anti-fraud fences for them to protect the wealth and safety of the whole family.

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