SNS type romance scam.

Breaking News "Gunma Prefecture".
By "Isesaki FM" AI.

11.84 million yen defrauded in romance scam.

Shibukawa Police Station announced on the 6th that a 35-year-old male public servant from Shibukawa City
was defrauded of 11.847 million yen in cash in a "SNS-type romance scam."
The man met a person claiming to be a foreign woman through a dating app in mid-March this year.
He received a false invitation on SNS to invest in an internet shop, and registered on the shopping site.
He was defrauded after sending a total of 11.847 million yen in cash converted into cryptocurrency to an account specified by the person claiming to be the woman on a total of 22 occasions.