A man from Maebashi falls victim to an investment scam on social media, costing him 47 million yen.

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A man from Maebashi falls victim to an investment scam on social media, costing him 47 million yen.

Maebashi Police Station announced on the 24th that a 69-year-old man from Maebashi had been defrauded of 47 million yen in an investment scam in which the perpetrator approached him with an investment opportunity on social media and then scammed the cash out of him.
In January last year, the man received a message on social media from an unknown person saying, "Nice to meet you. I live overseas. I made a profit of 3,800 dollars from investing in gold," and joined an investment group on social media.
He went along with the members' investment ideas, followed their instructions, and was scammed out of 47 million yen in cash over 13 separate instances.

SNSの投資詐欺で前橋の男性が4700万円の被害に遭いました。

前橋署は24日、SNSで投資話を持ちかけられて現金を騙し取る投資詐欺の手口で、前橋の69歳男性が現金4700万円を騙し取られたと発表しました。
男性は昨年1月、SNSを通じ、「初めまして。私は海外に住んでいます。 金の投資で3800ドルの利益を得た。」などと見知らぬ人物からメッセージを受け、SNSの投資グループに参加。
メンバーの投資話に乗り、指示に従い、13回にわたって現金4700万円を騙し取られました。