Gold worth about 165 million yen taken in phone scam targeting Hokkaido man

A man in his 70s living in Hakodate, Hokkaido, was defrauded of gold bullion worth about 165 million yen by people posing as police officers. In July he received a call from someone claiming to be a postal worker about a suspicious package addressed to him, and the call was then transferred to a man claiming to be an Osaka prefectural police investigator. The man was told to report his wake-up time and whereabouts every day for two months. He was then asked to buy gold from a designated dealer, and the gold was taken twice from in front of his home, where he had been told to leave it.

• Fraud case involving a man in his 70s in Hakodate
• Callers posing as a postal worker and Osaka police investigator
• Daily reporting demanded over two months

北海道函館市に住む70代の男性が、警察官を名乗る男らに、およそ1億6500万円相当の金塊をだまし取られました。 　7月、郵便局員を名乗る男から、「あなた宛ての不審な荷物を扱っている」などと電話を受けた後、大阪府警の捜査員を名乗る男に転送されました。 　男性は「特殊詐欺事件を極秘に捜査している」などと言われ、2カ月にわたり毎日、起床時間や外出先などを報告させられたといいます。 　さらに資産を調査するからと指定の業者から金塊を購入するよう求められ、2回にわたり指定された自宅の玄関先に金塊を置き、持ち去られたということです。 （「グッド！モーニング」2026年11月13日放送分より） [テレ朝NEWS] https://news.tv-asahi.co.jp