TOKYO — Chiyoda Ward officials on Friday appointed “talent” Megumi Yasu their “Commanding Officer of Fraud Prevention” for a day.
Yasu, 30, was appointed to draw shoppers’ attention to the fact that bank transfer scams are still rife in Japan. According to police, despite notices on ATMs, high-profile news stories and repeated warning, there has been an explosion in the number of cases of elderly people transfering or posting money to people posing as their relatives, Sankei Shimbun reported.
Yasu urged shoppers to agree on passwords with their relatives and to keep in regular contact in an attempt to prevent such scams in the future.
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