In Japan, the police estimated the scale of the new type of crime – “corona Scam”. Damage reached 40.3 million yen (about 400 thousand dollars).
According to the newspaper Nikkei, in 17 of 47 prefectures observed the crime, or otherwise associated with a coronavirus. Since the beginning of March to end of may recorded 45 of these offenses, RIA Novosti reported.
Among them – attempts to fraud the benefits, which the government ordered to pay against the background of the pandemic. And in the elderly lure of Bank cards under the guise of assistance in applying for the money.
