{"id":162344,"date":"2024-04-19T11:49:20","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T02:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=162344&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2024-04-19T11:49:20","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T02:49:20","slug":"romance-scam-costs-fukuoka-woman-11-6-million-yen","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/romance-scam-costs-fukuoka-woman-11-6-million-yen\/","title":{"rendered":"Romance Scam Costs Fukuoka Woman 11.6 Million Yen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a case of SNS-based romance fraud, a woman in her forties from Fukuoka City was swindled out of over 11.6 million yen. This individual was manipulated into transferring money multiple times to a fictitious account by a scammer posing as a Japanese man who established a romantic connection through social media. The victim, who realized the deception when contact was lost, reported the incident to the police on April 15. Fukuoka police are now investigating the matter as a romance scam and urging the public to be skeptical of investment-related communications over social media, which have seen a sharp rise in related fraud incidents across Japan. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/fukuoka-news\/20240415\/5010024051.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NHK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/fnn_mobile-hand_2024_WEB.jpg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Romance Scam Costs Fukuoka Woman 11.6 Million Yen\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-162373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/fnn_mobile-hand_2024_WEB.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/fnn_mobile-hand_2024_WEB.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/fnn_mobile-hand_2024_WEB.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/fnn_mobile-hand_2024_WEB.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a case of SNS-based romance fraud, a woman in her forties from Fukuoka City was swindled out of over 11.6 million yen. This individual was manipulated into transferring money multiple times&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":162378,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-162344","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-prefecture","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/162344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162344"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}