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2022-05-30 21:32 Released in Japan Japan

Malicious Romance Fraud

I have previously posted about a "strong suspicion of romance fraud". The post was dismissed on the grounds that there was "not enough evidence" at that time, but now that there has been a development toward this content, we are posting it again. In early March of this year, a Japanese person who claimed to be Akemi Kojima from Taiwan led me to a LINE from a Facebook friend, introduced herself as "the head of a jewelry design office," and offered me to invest in the gold market. At first, the conversation started with something unrelated to investment, but when Kojima started talking about investment, I initially refused because I was busy with my work, but as soon as my work settled down, I decided to invest as Kojima had recommended. At that time, a person who identified himself as Olina was in between us as MT5 support and assisted us with our deposit. Kojima told me that he was going to hold an event to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the exchange, and that he wanted me to join him in the fight for the opportunity. Kojima agreed to participate in the event, raising as much money as possible on his own, with Kojima covering the shortfall. After Kojima announced his participation in the event, we have not heard from him since his last message on April 10, because he said that he was busy with his own work on April 20. We have determined that this is an international romance scam because Kojima had deleted his LINE-ID as of May 16. We have withheld the release of the image because it was unclear at the time of our last report whether Kojima himself was a scammer or not. As for Olina, we have changed her name on LINE to "Alice" without changing her picture. If she had no guilty conscience, why would she change her name on LINE? The period from April to the beginning of July corresponds to the "commemorative event" period that this Olina (Alice) is talking about, but she has been investing in the gold market under Kojima's initiative, and since he deleted his LINE-ID, she has unilaterally blocked our contact with her, so we cannot continue investing. Olina (Alice) changed her FX company at the beginning of April, but the new company is Locus Market int Ltd. The company's rating is 0.16, which is a sign that the company is guiding us to a company that we would normally refrain from investing in. We have to admit that Olina (Alice)'s words and actions, including the name change, are quite suspicious. We have the history of communication on LINE and Facebook between Kojima and Olina (Alice). There is no evidence that any funds have been transferred to the Locus account to which the scammers have led us. We would like to take appropriate action. Please let us know if you need any necessary screenshots.

Scam

The following is the original recommendation

悪質なロマンス詐欺

以前、「ロマンス詐欺の疑いが濃い」という投稿をさせて頂きました。その際には「十分な証拠がありません」という理由から却下されましたが、今回この内容へと進展があったことから改めて投稿致します。
今年の3月初旬に台湾出身の日本人、小島明美と名乗る人物がFacebookの友達からLINEへ誘導し「自分は ジュエリーデザイン事務所の所長」と自己紹介したうえで金相場への投資を持ちかけてきました。
最初のうちは投資とは無関係の話から始まりましたが小島が投資の話をし始めたときに、こちらの仕事が忙しいことから最初は断っていたのですが、仕事が落ち着くとともに小島の勧める通り投資をすることとなりました。

この時、Olinaと名乗る人物がMT5サポートとして間に入り入金をサポートするかたちを取っていましたが、3月下旬ごろ小島から「Olina部長から取引所20周年イベントを開催する旨連絡があった。チャンスなので共に戦おう」との話があり、できるだけ自分で資金調達し不足分は小島が補うかたちで参加することとなりました。
その際140万円の金額をカードローンで追加調達することとなりました。
イベント参加表明以降、小島からは「4/20に自分の仕事が忙しい」との理由から4/10のメッセージを最後に連絡が途絶えています。4/20頃まではデザイン事務所の仕事も忙しいとの話でしたのでこちらからの連絡は控えましたが、4/21以降も連絡は無く、5/16の時点で小島が自身のLINE-IDを削除していたことから国際ロマンス詐欺と判断しています。
※前回報告時点では小島自身が詐欺師かどうか不明瞭な部分もあったため画像公開を保留致しました。
またOlinaについても、画像はそのままでLINEでの名前をAliceと変えております。
疚しいことが無ければ、LINE上での名前とは言えわざわざ変えたりするでしょうか。
このOlina(Alice)が言う4月から7月初旬までの「記念イベント」の期間に相当しますが、金相場の投資を小島主導で行ってきたこと、その小島がLINE-IDを削除したことからこちらからの連絡を一方的に遮断したことで投資を継続することができません。

Olina(Alice)が4月の頭にFX会社を変更しましたが移動先が Locus Market int Ltd.となっています。様の格付けでは0.16となっており、普通に考えれば投資をまず控えそうな会社に誘導しています。
名前を変えたことも含めOlina(Alice)の言動はかなり怪しいと見ざるを得ません。
LINE上、Facebook上でのやり取り(履歴)は小島、Olina(Alice)とも残っております。また、詐欺師共が誘導したLocusの口座については今のところ資金が移動した形跡はありません。
然るべき処置を考えたいのでご確認よろしくお願い致します。

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