A woman in Takasaki was scammed out of 48.96 million yen in a social networking investment scam.

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A woman in Takasaki was scammed out of 48.96 million yen in a social networking investment scam.

On the 1st, Takasaki Police Station announced that an unemployed woman in Takasaki city had been scammed out of 48.96 million yen in a social networking investment scam, in which the scammers make investment offers on social networking sites and then trick people out of their cash.
Around the end of January, the woman was deceived by an investment advertisement disguised as a real, well-known economic analyst.
After that, she was approached with claims such as "crude oil trading is starting" and "profits will triple," and was scammed out of 48.96 million yen in cash over eight different instances.
The woman tried to withdraw the investment amount but was unable to do so.