500,000 Yen Lost in Scam by Fake Police Officers

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

A 52-year-old woman from Otashi was the victim of a scam in which someone posed as a police officer and 500,000 yen was stolen.
According to the police, the woman was contacted via LINE from July 6th to 7th by two men claiming to be police officers.
The men told her that they were preparing to issue an arrest warrant for a money laundering case, and asked her to transfer cash as proof that she did not have an account.
The woman transferred cash to the account specified via online banking, but was later unable to be contacted, and consulted the police, which is how she discovered the fraud.