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Saitama man repeatedly steals food from store by making his phone say “PayPay♫”

Master Blaster
Jul 30, 2021
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Crime doesn’t PayPay.

Japan
(cashless payment • crazy • crime • fraud • PayPay • Smartphones • technology • weird)

People in Japan can now earn 10,000-yen bounties for scamming scammers

Casey Baseel
May 6, 2021

Turning the tables on the ore ore scam in Nagoya can leave you richer than you were before the attempted fraud.

Japan
(clever • COK • crime • elderly • fraud • fraudsters • Nagoya • scams • scmmers • senior citizens)

Kansai man arrested for defrauding his 35 girlfriends

Master Blaster
Apr 22, 2021

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

Japan
(cheating • crime • dating • fraud • fraudsters • relationships • romance • scam • scammers)

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

Casey Baseel
Apr 2, 2021

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

Japan
(cabs • crazy • crime • fashion • fraud • fraudsters • scam • scammers • suit • taxis • weird)

Former idol singer arrested on fraud charges, police say she found victims through dating apps

Casey Baseel
Mar 17, 2021

Former SKE48 member claimed to be an investing expert with a can’t-fail get-rich-quick scheme.

Japan
(AKB48 • COK • crime • fraud • fraudsters • idol singers • Idols • scam • SKE48)

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

Casey Baseel
Feb 16, 2021

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

Japan
(awesom • awesome • convenience stores • crime • e-money • foreigners in Japan • fraud • fraudsters • scammers • scams • seniors)

Oita woman loses lawsuit and pays damages without ever knowing she’d been sued

Master Blaster
Feb 13, 2021

A frightening case of using the legal system to commit robbery.

Japan
(court • crime in Japan • fraud • Kumamoto • lawsuit • legal system • Oita • scams)

Family cheated out of 54 million yen by man impersonating Japanese rock star for three years

Master Blaster
Oct 24, 2020

Suspect also convinced his own mother he was the Dir En Grey frontman for 10 years.

Japan
(crazy • crime • Dir En Grey • fraud • impersonation • Kyo • music • Nara • Oji • scams • visual kei • weird)

567 cartons of cigarettes bought with 120 smartphones at once leads to arrest in Chiba

Master Blaster
Oct 15, 2020

He could have stopped at 500, but he just got greedy.

Japan
(cashless payment • Chiba • cigarettes • convenience stores • crime • d-Harai • fraud • Funabashi)

We get a surprise offer from “Yusaku Maezawaa,” with an extra “a” for “a whole lot of money”

Master Blaster
Sep 14, 2020

But don’t worry it’s “not in a real scam.”

Internet, Japan
(COK • facebook • fraud • funny • Mr. Sato • phishing • scammer • scams • SNJO • weird • yusaku maezawa)

Okinawan man arrested for buying cigarettes with currency of the dead

Master Blaster
Apr 17, 2020

Poor exchange rate with the metaphysical plane was not enough to cover his pack of smokes.

Japan
(crime • fraud • Okinawa • tradition • uchikabi • Uruma)

Osaka man reserved and cancelled 1,873 seats at two baseball games to get more space for self

Master Blaster
Mar 15, 2020

He was also arrested for it, lest anyone get any ideas.

Japan
(baseball • crazy • crime • fraud • Osaka • sports • weird)

Ibaraki Police warn against fake warnings by the police

Master Blaster
Dec 10, 2019

Hmmm…

Japan
(con • crime • fraud • Ibaraki • ore ore sagi • police • scam • Tsukuba)

Tokyo clerk arrested for memorizing over 1,300 customers’ credit card info, using it online

Master Blaster
Sep 8, 2019

Just being brilliant in one way doesn’t necessarily mean you’re smart.

Japan
(Credit card • crime • eidetic memory • fraud • koto • photographic memory • Tokyo)

Japanese police question man for “not looking good in a suit,” turns out he robbed an old lady

Casey Baseel
May 23, 2019

They say justice is blind, but apparently it still has a strong sense of fashion.

Japan
(COK • crazy • crime • fashion • fraud • fraudsters • scam • scam artists • suits • weird)

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

Dale Roll
Jan 26, 2019

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

Japan
(fraud • police arrest • romance fraud • scam • scam artists • scammers)

Wheelchair fraudsters fake disabilities at Tokyo Disneyland, get called “jerks” online

Casey Baseel
Dec 29, 2018

Pair of visitors get called “jerks” online, but we’d have picked a harsher label.

Japan
(Amusement Parks • customer service • Disney • fraud • fraudsters • scam • Tokyo Disney Resort • Tokyo Disneyland • wheelchairs)

Japanese man pretends to visit Muji stores 5.62 million times in six weeks, gets arrested again

Casey Baseel
Nov 30, 2018

Police say fraudster virtually visited Muji branches on three continents without ever leaving his Hokkaido home.

Japan
(crazy • crime • fraud • fraudsters • GPS • muji • Mujirushi • weird)

Japanese government worker fired for lying about having LESS education than he really does

Casey Baseel
Nov 28, 2018

College graduate said he only graduated from high school, loses job he held for 38 years.

Japan
(COK • crazy • crime • education • fraud • high school • Kobe • weird)

Hokkaido man arrested for pretending to visit Aeon shopping centers 2.7 million times

Master Blaster
Nov 13, 2018

And so ends the Great Aeon Loyalty Point Heist of ’18.

Japan
(Aeon • apps • crime • fraud • Hokkaido • loyalty cards • point cards)

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