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The use by scammers of Twitter verification badges and large numbers of followers makes it easier to win users confidence. | REUTERS
JIJI Jan 12, 2021
Japan is seeing an increase in social media posts pretending to be cash giveaway offers from celebrities, with some people cheated out of electronic money through such scams.
“There is no law to crack down on social media ‘catfishing, ” an expert said, using a term for deceptive impersonations online, calling for swift measures against such fraud.
‘Pickpocket eyes’ give away elderly man in theft
By Tokyo Reporter Staff on December 18, 2020
TOKYO (TR) – With 2020 winding down, law enforcement departments nationwide ade looking to round out the year with a positive public image.
This week, it was Tokyo Metropolitan Police targeting an elderly pickpocket and it was, apparently, his eyes that gave him away.
On Tuesday, officers arrested Mitsuji Kuramoto, 76, on suspicion of theft in Kita Ward. He allegedly stole 30,000 yen in cash from inside the bag of a woman in her 80s as she shopped at a clothing store near JR Komagome Station.
In animation provided by the network that recreates the crime, a figure shown to be Kuramoto approaches another figure (the woman) from behind. As he pulls her bag from her cart, several other figures (officers) surround him.