Japanese Man Conned Numerous Times With Same Scam

A Japanese man has been swindled out of a fortune after being duped not once but numerous times by conmen who told him his name was circulating among shady money lenders.

The 54-year-old man says he first received a phone call in early June from a purported financial company, asking him: "Haven't you been receiving lots of offers of loans lately?"

The reason, the caller explained, was because his personal data had been leaked and was circulating among disreputable money lenders.

"We will erase your data, which will cost 5,000 yen. Please send us 30,000 yen as we'll refund you 25,000 yen later," the caller said, according to Tokyo police. Well, the man fell for the scam not once but - 61 times.

The victim, whose name was not released, sent a total of 37.75-million yen (over 300,000 US Dollars) to a designated bank account.

And he continued to send money "as he kept receiving calls saying his data could not be deleted smoothly."

He says he finally grew suspicious when a conman failed to turn up at a meeting to pay back money.

The scammers have not been caught.

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