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93-year-old Japanese grannie helps set trap for scam artist half her age

Casey Baseel
Oct 25, 2026
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This woman was the target of a criminal scheme, but she definitely wasn’t going the be the victim of it.

Japan
(awesome • COK • crime • fraud • grannies • scam • scam artists • seniors)

Police in Japan likely to gain authority to hack phones to check messaging apps

Casey Baseel
Oct 21, 2026

Regulations would be similar to those for phone taps.

Japan
(COK • crime • fraud • fraudsters • police • society • tokuryu)

Man in Suzuka offered 9 million yen for his semen, conned out of 38 million yen

Master Blaster
Oct 18, 2026

It was just too good to be true.

Japan
(crazy • crime • fraud • Mie • senior citizens • special fraud • Suzuka • tokushu sagi • weird)

Okinawa man convinced he won 700 million yen by scammers, saved by convenience store staff

Master Blaster
Sep 8, 2026

To serve and protect.

Japan
(convenience stores • crime • fraud • Lawson • Okinawa • prepaid cards • special fraud • tokushu sagi • Tomigusuku)

Anime fan in Japan arrested for ordering and cancelling over 4.3 billion yen in anime merch

Casey Baseel
Aug 7, 2026

Shop ‘till you drop unfortunately becomes shop ‘till you get arrested.

Japan
(anime • COK • crime • fraud • Jump Character Shop • manga • otaku • Shueisha • Weekly Shonen Jump)

Shizuoka police inspector punished for playing crane games on duty

Master Blaster
Jul 14, 2026

To serve and get plush toys.

Japan
(crane games • crazy • crime • fraud • police • UFO catchers • weird)

Luxury houseplant fraud leads to arrest of Takamatsu man

Master Blaster
Jun 13, 2026

Grand theft arbor.

Japan
(COK • crazy • crime • fraud • houseplants • Operculicarya hyphaenoides • plants • weird)

Buddhist priest arrested for using health insurance card he found on the street

Master Blaster
Apr 25, 2026

Priest enlightened himself of the burdens incurred when paying for insurance.

Japan
(Buddhism • crime • fraud • health insurance • Healthcare • MyNumber card • priest)

Police in Japan warn of scam artists posing as cops to collect fines for breaking new bike rules

Casey Baseel
Apr 18, 2026

Luckily there’s an easy way to tell if you’re dealing with a legitimate law enforcement officer or a con artist.

Japan
(aoi kippu • bicycles • bicycling • bikes • blue ticket • COK • crime • cycline • fraud • fraudsters • scam artists • scammers • scams • society • transportation)

Fake police phone scam also highlights dumb stereotype about how foreigners speak Japanese[Video]

Casey Baseel
Mar 23, 2026

Fake police officer targets possibly the worst person, phone transcript isn’t so great either.

Japan
(cracy • crime • fraud • fraudsters • funny.Japanese language • learning japanese • linguistics • scam artists • scammers • scams • weird)

Japan law lets you claim reward for finding lost property, man may have scammed it over 60 times

Casey Baseel
Feb 10, 2026

Tokyo man arrested for stealing smartphone, turning it in to police to claim reward money.

Japan
(crime • fraud • fraudsters • lost property • Lost Property Act • scam artists • scams • theft)

Man arrested in Japan after leaving car in coin parking lot for six years, racking up three-million-yen bill

Casey Baseel
Feb 10, 2026

Says he remembers parking his car, but can’t remember the exact date he did it anymore.

Japan
(cars • coin parking • COK • crazy • crime • Forcible Obstruction of Business • fraud • parking lots • weird)

Ramen shop manager arrested for punching self in the face and pretending he was robbed

Master Blaster
Feb 6, 2026

He should have punched harder and knocked some sense into himself.

Japan
(crazy • crime • fraud • obstruction of business • ramen • robbery • Saitama • scam artists • scams • weird)

Astrologer arrested for running fake investment scheme worth approx. 2 billion yen

Master Blaster
Sep 8, 2025

The stars were finally aligned against the scammer.

Japan
(astrologers • astrology • crime • crystals • fraud • investment fraud)

Space pilot under attack turns out to be con artist who stole 1 million yen from Sapporo senior

Master Blaster
Sep 4, 2025

That’ll be the last astronaut she’ll trust.

Japan
(astronauts • crime • elderly • electronic money • fraud • Sapporo • seniors • spaceships • special fraud • tokushu sagi)

Japanese online flea market app bans the sale of ultrasound photos

Master Blaster
Aug 27, 2025

But what am I supposed to do with all these prenatal photos of my kids cluttering up the house?

Japan
(flea market apps • fraud • mercari • pregnancy fraud • resale • ultrasound)

Aichi senior and former fraud victim arrested for fraud

Master Blaster
Jul 28, 2025

If you can’t beat ’em…

Japan
(COK • crazy • crime • fraud • seniors • special fraud • weird)

Part-time clerk arrested for making over 200 million yen in fake purchase to steal free points

Master Blaster
Jul 26, 2025

It may be a cashless crime, but it isn’t a victimless one.

Japan
(COK • crazy • crime • fraud • Hiroshima • point systems • shopping centers • weird)

Pokémon Center Online tells all customers to change their passwords after fraudulent log-ins

Casey Baseel
Jul 5, 2025

Gotta change ‘em all.

Internet, Japan
(anime • crime • fraud • fraudsters • manga • Pokemon • Pokemon Center • Pokémon Center Online • scams • scm artists • video games)

Father and son arrested for impersonating Shohei Ohtani to commit fraud

Master Blaster
Jun 24, 2025

With only $100 million in endorsements, it can be hard to make ends meet.

Japan
(baseball • crime • fraud • Nepal • Shohei Ohtani • special fraud • sports • Tokyo)

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