People in Japan scammed out of record 324 billion yen in 2025

People in Japan were swindled out of a record 324.11 billion yen ($2.1 billion) in 2025 in investment and romance scams on social media, as well as other kinds of fraud, with the amount soaring 62.8 percent from the previous year, police data showed Thursday.The number of investment scams via social media nearly doubled from the previous year to 9,538, up 48.7 percent, with scammers stealing about 127.47 billion yen in total, up 46.3 percent, according to preliminary figures released by the National Police Agency.By age bracket, people in their 50s fell victim to this type of scam in the la…READ FULL ARTICLE