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Elderly people in Japan are falling victim to a telephone scam in record numbers.
Callers posing as their sons or grandsons say they're in trouble and need an urgent transfer of cash.
A beachside town near Tokyo has seen a cluster of attacks, and those taken in say the callers knew many personal details about their relatives.
Rachel Mealey reports from Oiso.
Phone scammers targeting elderly Japanese; police broadcast warnings over loudhailer
Callers posing as their sons or grandsons say they're in trouble and need an urgent transfer of cash.
A beachside town near Tokyo has seen a cluster of attacks, and those taken in say the callers knew many personal details about their relatives.
Rachel Mealey reports from Oiso.
Phone scammers targeting elderly Japanese; police broadcast warnings over loudhailer
