70-Year-Old Woman in Isesaki Scammed Out of 8.5 Million Yen

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

On the 21st, the police announced that a 70-year-old female care worker living in Isesaki City had been defrauded of 8.5 million yen in a fraudulent phone call from a man posing as a Digital Agency employee or a police officer.
According to the police, between March and April the woman received multiple false phone calls saying, ""Your mobile phone and bank account have been used for criminal purposes. We need to confirm your deposits to prove your innocence.""
The woman transferred cash to the account she was instructed to transfer nine times, losing a total of 8.5 million yen."