Japan's consumer affairs center has called on people grappling with soaring rice prices to beware of websites claiming to sell the staple at heavily discounted prices.The National Consumer Affairs Center of Japan said complaints related to such websites have spiked since March, with some claiming the rice was never delivered though payment had been made.Some cases reported in April include a man in his 20s who bought 20 kilograms of rice on a website with a credit card but did not receive an email confirming completion of the order. He called a phone number on the website only to find it no…READ FULL ARTICLE
