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Beware of fictitious billing scams!

This is an announcement from Chiba Chuo Police Station.

We have recently become aware of many "fictitious billing scam" e-mails and phone calls.
This scam is a scam in which a person tries to call you on your PC or smartphone saying, "There are unpaid charges for a pay site. If you don't pay, we will go to court." or "Your computer is infected with a virus
. They send an e-mail saying, "Your PC is infected with a virus, and it will cost money to remove the virus," and make you call back the phone number in the e-mail or link to the URL attached to the e-mail.
The user is then asked to purchase a phone money card at a convenience store or other store and provide the number on the card.
Compared to other methods, the initial amount demanded by this method is small (several tens of thousands of yen), but once the victim complies with the demand, they are asked for cash and other items one after another, and in many cases, the final damage is several million or tens of millions of yen.
If you receive a request for electronic money in the name of "unpaid charges" or "virus infection" by "e-mail," it is a scam and you should never accept it.

[Sent from]
Chiba Chuo Police Station
043-244-0110
1-13-1 Chuo-ko, Chuo-ku, Chiba City
  • [Registrant]千葉中央警察署
  • [Language]日本語
  • [TEL]043-244-0110
  • [Location]千葉県 千葉市
  • Posted : 2024/02/19
  • Published : 2024/02/19
  • Changed : 2024/02/19
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