特殊詐欺被害３０１億円　昨年、カード盗が大幅増―警察庁「依然深刻」

　振り込め詐欺など特殊詐欺の昨年１年間の被害総額が３０１億５０００万円（前年比２１．３％減）だったことが２０日、警察庁のまとめで分かった。減少は５年連続。おれおれ詐欺が減る一方、キャッシュカードを盗む手口が大幅に増えた。
　被害件数は１万６８３６件（同５．６％減）で、２年連続で減った。ただ、２０１０年と比較すると被害額、件数ともに２倍超となっており、警察庁は「依然として深刻な状況だ」としている。（2020/02/20-10:13）

The amount of money stolen in remittance and other special fraud cases in Japan in 2019 fell 21.3 pct from the previous year to 30.15 billion yen, down for the fifth straight year, police data showed Thursday.
   The number of special fraud cases fell 5.6 pct to 16,836, down for the second straight year, according to the data from the National Police Agency.
   Still, the amount of money stolen in special fraud cases and their number both more than doubled from the 2010 levels. "The situation remains serious," an NPA official said.
   By type, damage from "ore-ore" (it's me) fraud cases dropped 40.9 pct to 11.16 billion yen, and their number fell 26.8 pct to 6,697. In ore-ore fraud, perpetrators approach targets, mostly elderly people, by pretending to be their relatives in urgent need of cash.
   Damage from stolen cash cards climbed 175.4 pct to 5.21 billion yen, with the number of cases jumping 179.9 pct to 3,773. In such a scheme, fraudsters, pretending to be bank officials, tell targets over the phone that their cash cards are used fraudulently, visit their homes later and steal their cash cards.