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Alerting Customers to Telephone Deception

The Ichihara Police Department would like to inform you that.
Your cell phone is being used fraudulently in Ichihara City by someone pretending to be a police officer from a real police station
Your cell phone is being used fraudulently.
An account in your name is being used for fraud.
We need to freeze all of your bank accounts.
After calling you, a phone de scam victim was defrauded of money by having you open a new bank account or install a smartphone app that deals with crypto assets （ virtual currency ）.
Police officers will never call citizens' homes and ask them to open bank accounts or install smartphone apps.
If you receive such a suspicious call at your home, do not make a decision on your own, check with your family and consult the police.
Please take measures to avoid talking directly to the perpetrator of the scam by utilizing the answering machine function on your home landline or setting your home phone to reject blocked calls.
Please report any suspicious calls to the Ichihara Police Station.

Information on Phone De Fraud （ Chiba Prefectural Police Website ）
https://www.police.pref.chiba.jp/seisoka/safe-life_fraud.html
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