No. of ATM-based billing fraud cases falls below 1,000 in August

Saturday 11th October, 07:00 AM JST

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blvtzpk at 08:26 AM JST - 11th October

I wonder if i rang someone in English, telling them its me, would they be stupid enough to transfer money to me? Idiots!!

"Hello, this is your long lost American relative relative. The recent financial crisis has affected me badly. Send money now!"

I like cardboard cut-out of an authority figure that some banks put in their ATM foyers. Very effective.

I think these financial institutions just need to hire a retired oji-san on minimum wage, give him a vinyl armband and a heightened sense of authority, and let him tut tut and wrestle the keitais out of every customer's hand.

Dame da!!!
Nessie at 08:55 AM JST - 11th October

There was a fake IRS scam at my Japanese company here in Sapporo.

A fax from "David Smith" of the "IRS" came to a foreign national at the company, asking that the national file certain financial documents, including bank information. The IRS never sends faxes, so we knew it was a scam. The generic name of the send was also a tipoff. We weren't sure how the scammer knew that the company had foreign staff and knew the fax number of the company. Maybe from the company website.

Watch out for this one.
bobcatfish at 09:31 AM JST - 11th October

As MacAthur said, a nation of 12 year olds. Because of it I have to put up the the J-cops driving up and down my street with their loud speaker blaring out stupid messages all day.
TellMeMoe at 11:17 AM JST - 11th October

I agree with the comments stated above BUT bobcatfish, I'd appreciate it if you could cite your source for MacArthur saying "a nation of 12 year olds," or anything SIMILAR in ANY statement, speech, etc.

I don't think it happened.
timeon at 01:26 PM JST - 11th October

once the "FBI" sent me an e-mail. they needed my account info for some national security issues :)
BBLeo at 01:32 PM JST - 11th October

Certainly is good result, but not good enough for public and bank customers. Banks are making enough money on people and they should ugrade their security to protect both sides. Scumbags that are nabbed for such crimes, are sure teling to police how they do their job, and police should use this as a weapon to fight the crime, to educate and inform public via 'MEDIA' daily.
POTUS at 01:37 PM JST - 11th October

Heard about one story where a woman was called and when the guy said "Ore, Ore!" she hung up and explained later that her son was gay and would never use the word "Ore."
bobcatfish at 03:44 PM JST - 11th October

TellMeMoe - do you mean you have never heard of it or never believed he actually said it?
gogogo at 10:24 PM JST - 11th October

Why can't they shut down or catch these people they have all these police at the ATM's but I never read a headline about anyone getting caught.
WilliB at 01:05 AM JST - 12th October

Potus:

" Heard about one story where a woman was called and when the guy said "Ore, Ore!" she hung up and explained later that her son was gay and would never use the word "Ore." "

Really? I hear Japanese girls call each other "ore", so why not gays?
LIBERTAS at 06:14 AM JST - 12th October

That's how many a day? Still? I guess the Informazionministrei is losing it's battle on preserving "truth."
romulus3 at 09:08 AM JST - 12th October

A typical case of bank-transfer fraud using ATM is an ‘‘It’s me’’ scam, in which a person posing as a relative of the potential victim asks him or her on the phone to remit money, saying it is necessary to get out of trouble

I triple promise that it is a relative scamming their Grandparent.
cleo at 11:46 AM JST - 12th October

What amazes me is the number of people who are apparently so willing to believe that their offspring/grandoffspring have incurred huge gambling debts/p'd off the yakuza/embezzled company funds/got someone else's wife or underage daughter pregnant/smashed the car up while driving without insurance.
TellMeMoe at 01:57 PM JST - 12th October

bobcatfish: I mean both. I've never heard or read that he said that.
Nessie at 12:13 AM JST - 13th October

What amazes me is the number of people who are apparently so willing to believe that their offspring/grandoffspring have incurred huge gambling debts/p'd off the yakuza/embezzled company funds/got someone else's wife or underage daughter pregnant/

All of the above, Cleo. Ya gotta help me out!