Elderly woman pretends to fall for scam, helps police nab suspect
A 93-year-old woman in Japan turned the tables on an alleged scammer by pretending to fall for his scheme.
Thanks to her act, police officers were able to arrest the suspect when he arrived at her home.
Caller claims woman’s bank account had unauthorised withdrawals
According to Kyoto Shimbun, the woman first received a call on 21 Oct from a man claiming to be a police officer.
He told her there had been unauthorised withdrawals from her bank account. Thus, it needed to be frozen.
Additionally, the caller said police needed to inspect the woman’s ATM card, so she should hand it over to an officer.
Woman alerts police and helps them apprehend suspect
Suspecting something was wrong, the woman contacted the Higashiomi Police Station.
Source: Kyoto-np
After uncovering the truth, she continued communicating with the caller and pretending to be deceived to help police apprehend him.
On 22 Oct, the suspected scammer arrived at the woman’s home to collect her ATM card, pretending to be a police officer.
Fraud group believed to involve real police officers
Police officers arrested the suspect on the spot for attempted fraud.
The authorities are investigating the suspect as a “money mule” for a special fraud group, which is believed to involve actual police officers.
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