Poor exchange rate with the metaphysical plane was not enough to cover his pack of smokes.
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The men allegedly misrepresented themselves as U.S. military members to cheat victims out of money.
Pair of visitors get called “jerks” online, but we’d have picked a harsher label.
Police say fraudster virtually visited Muji branches on three continents without ever leaving his Hokkaido home.
Collision is low-speed even by human running standards.
Japan’s first-ever crane game fraud investigation claims arcades used secret setting so prizes could only be won in employee demonstrations.
Not satisfied with simply robbing a victim of her money, some fraudsters decide to add insult to injury.
The case of what was arguably Japan’s weirdest political scandal finally comes to a close.
Video footage showing the aftermath of a collision between an infant’s electric ride-on toy car and an upper-middle-aged woman has split public opinion between both sides.
Although online dating services allow you to peruse profiles of potential paramours from the comfort of your home, they can also be a prime opportunity for fraudsters who pray on the lonely. Last month, for example, we took a look at a ring of dating sites which claimed 2.7 million “users,” only one of whom turned out to be an actual female.
Thankfully, a man from northeastern Japan who joined a dating site actually got to go out with a real girl, and probably thought she was quite the catch, seeing as how she’s decades younger than him and a medical student. Regardless of whether he was looking for something serious or just a fun dinner out, we imagine he was having a great time right up until she drugged him right there in the restaurant and robbed him blind.
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