Chinese man arrested after woman scammed out of record ¥809 mil

There are far too many scammy type ads on Japanese social media platforms. Are the laws for this extremely loose? How are these allowed?

As for this lady, I am sorry for her losses but this is partly her fault too as she was clearly handing her money over without doing her due diligence. That is way too much money to be playing around with.

After the scammers made it appear via an app that she was generating profits, the woman ended up transferring or handing over a total of 799 million yen over 47 transactions.

Us humans are extremely gullible to gambling.

Clearly she was also trying to scam as no one invests that much without ill intentions also.

Enormous amount. Will she get any of it back?

a company executive !!!???

How did she ever become a Company Executive, LOL

Glad it's not the company funds!? or is it ?????

chinese national scamming a 71-year-old woman out of 809 million yen

betting involving the chinese only incurs negativity...

Instagram you say? Not a Tik-Tok?

"Investment" made via cash carriers....

Hard to imagine a "company executive" would fall for this with repeated physical CASH transfers.

as well as directing cash couriers to collect a total of 83 million yen from her at a train station in southern Ibaraki Prefecture on Dec 11 and Dec 18, 2023.

Sounds like someone's inherited a company and become Santa Claus.

"" Sounds like someone's inherited a company and become Santa Claus.""

Probably Papa and Grandpa sweat and tears earned cash. that's what I was thinking, never worked that hard in her life to give away so much cash

Michael CorleoneNov. 13 06:43 pm JST

chinese national scamming a 71-year-old woman out of 809 million yen

> betting involving the chinese only incurs negativity

I see what you did there. Anyway, how do you become a company executive with that kind of bankroll and not understand the term "due diligence?" She just took his word that he was who he said he was and did not even check him out? If I have 800 million yen to I vest, I don't invest. There's always a risk, especially when you haven't even checked to see if the guy is legit.

When is a duck a duck?

When it quacks!

There was too much quacking here…

collect a total of 83 million yen from her at a train station

What kind of investor collects money at a train station? He is definitely guilty of fraud. Be she is probably stupid.

She got scammed twice by fake celeb investors in a year. First time maybe but second… common lady, it’s you at this point.