{"id":174313,"date":"2025-11-12T14:47:51","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T05:47:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=174313&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-11-12T14:47:51","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T05:47:51","slug":"fukuoka-woman-scammed-of-90million-in-crypto-fraud","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/fukuoka-woman-scammed-of-90million-in-crypto-fraud\/","title":{"rendered":"Fukuoka Woman Scammed of \u00a590 Million in Crypto Fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A 50-year-old woman in Fukuoka City was defrauded of about \u00a590 million in cryptocurrency by someone posing as a foreign man she met through a dating app. According to Fukuoka Chuo Police, she met the suspect online in August and gradually developed romantic feelings. Persuaded to invest in cryptocurrency as \u201cfuture living funds,\u201d she transferred assets ten times between August 30 and October 6 to an address provided by the suspect. Police are investigating the case as an SNS-based romance scam and are urging people to reject unsolicited messages and consult family before sending money. <\/span><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/news.tnc.co.jp\/news\/articles\/NID2025111227968\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TNC<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/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\/2025\/11\/fnn_unsplash-phone-man_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C681&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Fukuoka Woman Scammed of \u00a590 Million in Crypto Fraud\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-174308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fnn_unsplash-phone-man_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C681&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fnn_unsplash-phone-man_2025_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fnn_unsplash-phone-man_2025_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C511&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fnn_unsplash-phone-man_2025_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Photo by<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kanchanara<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unsplash<\/span><\/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>A 50-year-old woman in Fukuoka City was defrauded of about \u00a590 million in cryptocurrency by someone posing as a foreign man&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":174308,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-174313","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-city","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/174313","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=174313"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}