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Japanese Police Arrest Six Over Fraud Scam from Vietnam

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Kanagawa Prefectural Police have arrested six Japanese men aged 22 to 58 for their suspected involvement in a telephone scam operating from a base in Bac Ninh, Vietnam. The suspects allegedly defrauded a woman in her 20s in Yamaguchi Prefecture of 1 million yen by posing as fake police officers. The scam has resulted in over 500 million yen in total damages across more than 150 cases, predominantly in the Kanto and Chubu regions of Japan.

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  1. Kyodo News 共同通信公式 avatar

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    男6人、ベトナムで詐欺疑い - 5億円被害か、神奈川県警 https://t.co/W6wOeP4R2j

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    ベトナムの特殊詐欺アジトで“かけ子”か 男6人を逮捕 逃亡した別のメンバーが日本大使館に助け求め発覚 被害総額は5億円超か https://...

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    Japanese Police Arrest 6 Men over Scam from Vietnam (Adnkronos) - Yoko...

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    RSS / @https://www.japantimes.co.jp/japan/feed/

    Japanese police arrest 6 men over scam from Vietnam The Japanese suspe...

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