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08-06-2015, 11:13 AM
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The Japan Times
“Special fraud” cases, including swindling the elderly by impersonating their children over the phone and asking for urgent money transfers, totaled ¥23.65 billion, the NPA said Thursday. That total includes cases in which people are charged fees for ...

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