A woman in her 80s in Ehime Prefecture lost approximately ¥1.2 billion ($7.5 million) in a suspected special fraud case, police said Monday, marking the largest scam loss recorded in Japan.
According to the Ehime Prefectural Police, individuals posing as police officers and prosecutors instructed the woman to transfer funds under the pretense of it being part of an investigation into her assets.
The scheme began around Oct. 30 last year, when the woman received a call on her landline from someone claiming to be a pharmacy employee, who told her that her health insurance card had been fraudulently used.
AloJapan.com