Vivinavi : Chiba : (Japan) Chiba

Mobara Police Station will contact you.
December 15 is the pension payment day.
It is expected that criminals who cheat your relatives, municipal offices, financial institutions, etc. will call you on the day of pension payment in order to cheat you out of your money.
Recently, international calls beginning with ＋ 1, etc., and automated voice announcements that deceive electric power companies, saying "The power will be cut off in two hours due to non-payment of electricity bills. Please press the number 1 on your telephone. The number of consultations concerning such scam calls has been increasing.
There are also many cases of fictitious billing scams in which a warning screen appears on a computer or smartphone saying that the phone has been infected with a virus, or a short message is sent, etc. When contacting the phone number shown, the caller is asked to "purchase electronic money at a convenience store to cancel the service and provide your number.
If money is mentioned on the phone, it is a scam ！ Hang up the phone immediately ！
To avoid being cheated by scammers
1 Always set your home landline phone to "answering machine" or "block caller ID" to avoid answering unnecessary calls
2 Use number Use the number display to check the other party's phone number
3 Call the real phone number of your relative, municipal office, etc. to check
4 Do not call back to an unknown number or contact the phone number listed on the e-mail or warning screen
and so on.
If you hear about money over the phone, do not make a decision alone, but immediately consult your family or call the Mobara Police Station （ 0475-22-0110 ）.
Do not become a victim of fraud under the slogan "Talking about money over the phone is fraud - even if it is a family member ！" ！ ！

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Mobara Police Station
7 Hayanoshinden, Mobara, Chiba, 297-0031 Japan