Stealing money from online bank accounts surging in Japan

Nearly 600 thefts in a month? That is absurd! I received a couple suspicious emails from Mizuho bank, but deleted them. It's difficult to believe so many people are still not internet savvy and fall straight into these traps.

This is why I recommend cash as often as possible.

I get plenty of these ‘confirmation’ emails, and I have yet to get one that does not scream ‘This is a fake/scam’.

Amazing that anyone ever falls for it.

Here in Australia it is pretty much cashless everywhere. We all use debit cards and banking phone apps. However, the incidents of theft are very few. There are restrictions in place that limit the amount of money that can be transferred without adequate security checks and PIN numbers. I can’t understand why so many Japanese are being caught out by these fraudsters.

Amazing that anyone ever falls for it.

In a country that people get ripped off by telephones calls from people claiming to be their children in need of cash.....nah, I aint surprised one bit!

warning users not to open "suspicious" emails 

A lot of these are from Nigerians.

The Japanese pension system is the biggest stealer of money from peoples accounts

I don't like the fact that pension payments are taken out of your salary before you get it.

This is why I recommend cash as often as possible.

unfortunately its difficult for business like mine to pay for cars ive bought online auto auctions to pay the auction houses with 1 ,2, 3 million yen in cash. IF yove got a internet banking account, always have at least a two tier system, password ~ mobile phone text . or password~ password generator which only you and the bank have the codes for. NEVER answer an email from the bank even if its a legitimate email, no bank will ever ask you to log into your account with a link. If your unsure call your bank or go to the bank site directly and login

In an ageing society it's inevitable that crimes involving new technology will not only increase, but will also have a high success rate.

A fool and his money are soon parted. ...

seriously, with the ridiculous amount of warning banks produce that literally written everywhere it takes a special kind of idiot to give away their logon passwords.

A typical trick used by defrauders is sending digital text messages at random and making them look as if they come from banks, requesting users to re-enter their passwords for savings accounts and other personal information for security enhancement.

It is a amazing that hamfisted scams like that are still successful. Like with the Nigerian 419 scam, the pool of gullible victims seems endless. Time for a sort of drivers license for the internet?

Cannot even trust in electricity these days.

In a country that people get ripped off by telephones calls from people claiming to be their children in need of cash.....nah, I aint surprised one bit!

That one has always amazed me. I can't believe how many fall for such a BS scam in Japan.

However, the last couple of years, it has apparently made its way to the US. I read about some Silicon Valley exec who fell for it, and for big bucks, too. There's a sucker born every minute...in every country it seems.

In an ageing society it's inevitable that crimes involving new technology will not only increase, but will also have a high success rate.

This. I'm afraid it's mostly the elderly that fall for these illicit scams. Think it would probably take a younger family member to monitor an elder's account to keep this from happening.

When there's much safety, more people aren't accustomed to be more cynical