anti-crime program

• Crime occurrence information email
• Support for Regional anti-crime program
• police department Aoba (outside site)

October is the month of strengthening the eradication of special fraud in Aoba Ward.
The Aoba Ward Office will strengthen its vigilance with October as a special fraud eradication month.
At home, please take measures against suspicious calls, such as setting a landline phone as an answering machine.

"Special fraud damage" has occurred in Aoba Ward!
Status of “Special Fraud Damage” in Aoba Ward, etc.

• From April, Reiwa 2 to June, Reiwa 2 (PDF: 113KB)
• From January of Reiwa 2 to March of Reiwa 2 (PDF: 105KB)
• From August of the 1950 to December of the 1990 (PDF: 126KB)
• From April, 2019 to July of the first year of Reiwa (PDF: 65KB)

※Excerpts from "Aoba Ward Crime Occurrence Information Email"

Alert information: About telephones that seem to be imposter scam

• June 6, 2018 Postcards that seem to be fraudulent billing fraud (PDF: 67KB)

• June 6, 2018 Phone that seems to be a refund fraud (PDF: 49KB)

• May 22, 2018 Phone that seems to be a refund fraud (PDF: 46KB)

• March 2, 2018 Postcards that seem to be fraudulent billing fraud (PDF: 67KB)

• September 28, 2017 Telephone (PDF: 45KB) that seems to be a refund fraud

• July 31, 2017 Telephone (PDF: 49KB) that seems to be a refund fraud

• Continue to be careful of cash card handing-out tricks! [February 2018] （PDF：264KB）
• Beware of postcards that say "final notice of lawsuit" etc. [September 2017] （PDF：652KB）
• Damage to trick cash cards is increasing rapidly [August 2017] (PDF: 580KB)
• The number of tricks impersonating police officers and tricking cash cards is increasing rapidly! [June 2017] （PDF：423KB）
• Fraud that pretends to be department store / department store employees and tricks cash cards, fraudulent scams that purchase gold lumps [May 2017] (PDF: 519KB)
• Scams that pretend to be financial institution staff and send cash cards [April 2017] (PDF: 450KB)
• Cash card receipt type fraud is rapidly increasing! [February 2017] （PDF：444KB）
• Alerts such as imposter scam with the payment of "temporary welfare benefits (for economic measures)" (simple benefit measures) [November 2016] (PDF: 1,850KB)
• Regarding solicitations to purchase special shares of the Bank of Japan, excuses for tricks (oleores fraud, etc.) [August 2016] (PDF: 486KB)
• Beware of calls that abuse "Automatic Voice Guidance"! [June 2016] （PDF：500KB）
• Fraud calls for ward office staff etc. are frequently occurring. [June 2016] （PDF：135KB）
• "Please be careful about fraud that took advantage of the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake!" "Telephone of tricks using voice guidance" [April / May 2016] (PDF: 1,142KB)
• Please be careful about fraud that took advantage of my number system! [November 2015] （PDF：197KB）

The Aoba Ward imposter scam Countermeasures Council was established by 38 related organizations, including the Aoba Ward Union Neighborhood Association, companies in Aoba Ward, and the Aoba anti-crime program Association, toimposter scam, toAoba Ward. The inauguration ceremony was held at Aoba police department on June 12, 2017, and it was confirmed that the council will continue to share information on the occurrence and methods of imposter scam and promote public relations activities.

imposter scam's latest tricks are broadcast from time to time in the following program. Please use this for local anti-crime program patrols.
"Ao Value Radio"
[Broadcast time]
Live broadcast/From Monday to Friday: From 11:00 to 11:20 (20 minutes program)
Rebroadcast / Monday through Friday: From 18:30 to 18:50 (20 minutes program)
Weekday digest version/Saturday/Sunday: From 9:00 to 9:30 (30 minutes program)

• Consumer Life Consultation Service (Yokohama City Consumer Life Center) (outside site)
• Consumer life consultation example (Yokohama-shi consumer life synthesis center) (outside site)
• Cooling-off (Yokohama City Consumer Affairs Center) (outside site)
• Consumer Life (Economic Affairs Bureau, Yokohama)