• Community Safety Dept. Community Safety Planning Div.
  • 2020.01.29
  • Content number663

Oreole fraud frequently occurs

In the prefecture, victims of so-called "oleores fraud" are continually taking place, calling themselves "grandchildren" or "police officers", etc. Calls attention. When a young man calls into the elderly's home and says, "Grandmother, me." Impersonating his grandson, "I have a traffic accident. I need to pay the settlement money right away, so I want you to send the money as soon as possible." I want you to send me secretly without telling anyone. ", And transfer money to the designated bank account to deceive you. Some said, "I am a police officer, but my son had a traffic accident. Please transfer the settlement money as soon as possible." There are also various tricks and tricks, such as masquerading as a granddaughter and crying, "The abortion cost is not enough."

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Techniques of scams ( list here )

  • Things to note
    • If you receive a sudden cash transfer request from your relative, be sure to contact the relative concerned before remittance to confirm the facts, and if suspicious, immediately report to the nearest police station without remittance Please
    • It is impossible for police to tell you the amount of money or direct payment in connection with a traffic accident. In the event of a traffic accident, the non-life insurance company is most often involved in the settlement, so the parties rarely request cash on the spot.
    • Some of the people who have been hit by oleoresie fraud have known that oleoresie fraud has occurred and thought, "I'm OK" Some people have suffered damage. You may come down to yourself at any time. Please be careful.
    • In addition to fraudulent scams, there have been refund fraud cases involving the transfer of cash to pensions and tax refunds under the name of the Social Insurance Agency.
  • If you receive a request for a cash transfer that you have never received before, do not pay immediately and carefully consider it. If you do not understand it, let's talk to the nearest living center or police (# 9110) for the time being .

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Community Safety Dept. Community Safety Planning Div.