Vivinavi

Take the opportunity of returning home for Obon and summer vacation to take measures with your family to prevent damage from telephone deception ！.

In Chiba Prefecture, "I lost my documents. I need money." In addition to the Oreore scam, in which people deceive their relatives by saying "I lost my documents, I need money," there have been many cases of refund scams in which people deceive municipal employees.
When you return home for the Bon Festival or summer vacation, it is a great opportunity to discuss and take measures to prevent your family members from becoming victims of telephone deception.
To prevent elderly people from becoming victims of telephone deception, it is important for the children ・ and grandchildren's generation to be aware of telephone deception and to protect their parents and grandparents from becoming victims.
Let's protect our family members from being victimized by phone fraud through your actions.

〇 Please set your landline phone to an answering machine and block all calls ！
The best way to prevent damage from telephone fraud is to "not talk directly to the criminal. By always setting your home landline phone to an answering machine and blocking blocked calls, you can physically shut out conversations with the perpetrator. Also, use the number display function to check the other party's phone number, and do not answer any phone numbers that are blocked or not registered.
0 Discuss with your family ！
Many victims of phone deception could have been prevented if they had talked to someone. Let's teach them the tricks of phone deception and create a relationship where you can discuss any matter with your family members.

Let them know who to contact in case of emergency ！ Register contact information for family members or the police department on your phone, or post a memo with the phone number in a conspicuous place.

[Sent from]
Mobara Police Station
7 Hayanoshinden, Mobara, Chiba 297-0031, Japan
TEL: 0475-22-0110