308 mln USD stolen in investment, romance scams in 2023 in Japan

TOKYO, March 7 (Xinhua) -- The amount of money stolen in investment scams perpetrated via social media and in online romance scams in Japan totaled 45.52 billion yen (about 308 million U.S. dollars) in 2023, police data showed on Thursday.

In 2023, damages from investment frauds using Facebook, Instagram and other social media means amounted to 27.79 billion yen in 2,271 cases reported to police, while damages f