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An 80-year-old Japanese woman ended up sending around 1 million yen ($6,700) to an online scammer who posed as an astronaut stuck in space and in need of money to buy oxygen. Hailing from Japan’s northern Hokkaido island, the hapless octogenarian reportedly met the scammer on social media back in July…
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80-Year-Old Woman Scammed Online by Fake Astronaut Who Claimed to Be Stuck in Space
An 80-year-old Japanese woman ended up sending around 1 million yen ($6,700) to an online scammer who posed as an astronaut stuck in space and in need of money to buy oxygen. Hailing from Japan’s northern Hokkaido island, the hapless octogenarian reportedly met the scammer on social media back in July…