{"id":162929,"date":"2024-05-10T17:20:38","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T08:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=162929&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2024-05-10T17:20:38","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T08:20:38","slug":"fukuoka-city-holds-emergency-meeting-on-sns-based-investment-and-romance-scams","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/fukuoka-city-holds-emergency-meeting-on-sns-based-investment-and-romance-scams\/","title":{"rendered":"Fukuoka City Holds Emergency Meeting on SNS-Based Investment and Romance Scams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In response to a surge in SNS-based investment and romance scams, Fukuoka City held an emergency meeting to coordinate preventative measures. Attended by police, financial institutions, and convenience store representatives, the meeting addressed the growing concern, with scam losses in the prefecture exceeding 800 million yen by the end of February. Professor Wataru Oue of Fukuoka University emphasized the psychological tactics used by scammers to manipulate victims and recommended strategies to maintain psychological distance during phone interactions to prevent scam compliance. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/fukuoka-news\/20240509\/5010024235.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NHK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_162976\" style=\"width: 1410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-162976\" class=\"size-full wp-image-162976\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fnn_smartphone-female-photoac_2024_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C930&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Fukuoka City Holds Emergency Meeting on SNS-Based Investment and Romance Scams\" width=\"1400\" height=\"930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fnn_smartphone-female-photoac_2024_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fnn_smartphone-female-photoac_2024_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fnn_smartphone-female-photoac_2024_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C680&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fnn_smartphone-female-photoac_2024_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C510&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-162976\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo from Photo AC<\/p><\/div>\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 response to a surge in SNS-based investment and romance scams, Fukuoka City held an emergency meeting to coordinate preventative measures. Attended by&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":162977,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-162929","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-city","news-category-society","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/162929","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=162929"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}