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Nagoya elementary students caught defrauding classmate for nearly 1 million yen

Money spent on souvenir tokens and Canadian currency.

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Fake monks scam foreign tourists out of their cash in Tokyo

A reminder to be careful while sightseeing at famous tourist spots in Japan. 

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Japan considering restricting senior citizens’ access to ATMs

National Police Agency believe it’s for their own good.

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We trick an online scammer into teaching us how to cook the best fried rice we’ve ever made

A shady start leads to shining glory in the SoraKitchen.

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An interview with two Japanese dating service scam sakura【Interview】

Sakura aren’t always such a pure and pretty part of life in Japan.

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Japanese police officer comes up with cute reminder to help people not get scammed over the phone

His pun-game is almost as strong as his origami-game.

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Hey, online knockoff seller, is this a Puma tracksuit, or something else?【Photos】

We ask, and sort of get answers to, the questions this “super cool” tracksuit begs.

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The time we (almost certainly) got scammed by a dating app in Tokyo’s bar district

“Hey, let’s play a game,” she said, but maybe it was our reporter who got played.

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Kansai man arrested for defrauding his 35 girlfriends

He would have gotten away with it too, if it weren’t for his 35 girlfriends.

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Japanese woman reported to police for “not looking right in a suit,” turns out she’s a crook

How do scam artists keep getting caught in Japan by “not looking good in a suit?”

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“Donald Trump” fraudster accused of scamming confused citizens in Japanese phone scam

If Donald Trump called you on the phone asking for cash in broken Japanese, would you give him a single yen?

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Foreigner convenience store clerk in Japan saves elderly woman from scammers with quick thinking

Refuses to give up when senior doesn’t realize she’s being taken advantage of.

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Nintendo Switch UFO catcher scam comes with extremely lame excuse【Video】

Twisted logic for special prize sign leads to a visit from the cops.

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Man in Japan told he owes “unpaid adult web site fees,” ends up giving scammers over 100 million yen

First payment sets off string of scams that ran for months.

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Saucy invite from lonely woman/online scammer has Mr. Sato filled with desire to do one thing

When a stranger sends him a friend request, our reporter sees the opportunity to relieve his explosive, pent-up emotion.

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Four foreign men arrested near Tokyo under charges of “international romance fraud”

The men allegedly misrepresented themselves as U.S. military members to cheat victims out of money.

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What happens when you try buying 5,000 followers on Instagram? Our reporter finds out【Experiment】

Our reporter Go Hattori takes the plunge into the greasy underworld of buying social media followers.

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An epic tale of pornography, revenge, alcohol, and pumpkins.

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