"tax refund" fake phone calls have suffered damage of 6.7 million yuan in seven cases this month: Asahi Shimbun Digital

　The harm of counterfeit telephone fraud in various parts of Saga prefecture is endless. The staff of the self-proclaimed city government and city hall said lies such as "refund of nursing insurance premiums and tax rebates" and asked the ATM to go somewhere to use mobile phone instructions to remit money. There were seven disasters in December alone (as of 9), totaling about 6.7 million yen.

　Saga prefecture police searched 2 sections and others said that the victims were women in their sixties, two in Saga and Baishi, and one in Wuxiong, long and Miyaki.

　The means are common. First of all, the landline phone at home will receive calls such as "tax rebate with care insurance", "Please take passbook, card to ATM" and so on. After that, call the mobile phone to answer the phone and instruct "Please operate the ATM as I say" and so on. The victims were cheated out of remitting cash in accordance with the instructions.

　The county police said that the losses caused by unconfirmed tax refund fraud last year had been confirmed in four cases, totaling 7.2 million yuan, by the end of November this year.

　Including frauds in the name of tax rebates, county police have so far identified 10 counterfeit telephone fraud methods, with losses of 21 cases at the end of November (7 cases less than the same period last year), as high as 82 million yen (an increase of 44 million yen over the same period last year). On the 9th, two fraudulent claims were found in Tangjin. Women in their 50s totaled about 2.09 million yen from the 20th to 23rd last month, while women in their 60s were cheated out of a total of 2.1 million yen from the 4th to 8th of this month.

　Fake phone fraud tends to increase in December or before short holiday, according to the Life Safety Planning Section. On the 7th, in the county disaster prevention, security, peace of mind information release system "disaster prevention network bean paste", "fake phone fraud multiple alarms!" "I sent an email to remind me. However, over the next eight days, there were also four losses.

　The person in charge said: "the money on the phone is all fraudulent. He called on his family and the police to provide advice. " (Hisashi Omura)

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　In order to prevent fraud of transferring money on ATM machines through fake phones, financial institutions have also taken countermeasures.

　Saga Bank of Saga (president Hideaki Sakai) has been using AI cameras to protect customers from money transfer fraud at the ATM counter outside the main store since April this year.

　Through the image analysis of the AI camera set on the upper part of the ATM, when the user who operates the ATM while talking with the smartphone is detected, the system that reminds everyone to pay attention by voice "Please do not operate while using the mobile phone" is officially started. In the future, the expansion of ATM and other branches in turn will be discussed.