People in Japan were swindled out of a record 324.11 billion yen ($2.1 billion) in 2025 in investment and romance scams on social media, as well as other kinds of fraud, with the amount soaring 62.8 percent from the previous year, police data showed Thursday.
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People in their 50s again ranked highest among victims of romance scams, followed by those in their 40s and 60s, with cases using matching apps accounting for more than 30 percent.
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