Police thank Fukuoka bank branch for preventing 5 phone frauds targeting elderly September 24, 2024 (Mainichi Japan) Japanese version The Nishi-Nippon City Bank's Wajiro branch counter service division chief Yukari Saeki, front right, and others are seen in Fukuoka's Higashi Ward on Sept. 19 ブランド服コピー  2024. (Mainichi/Yuki Kurisu) FUKUOKA -- Police recently thanked a bank branch in this southwestern Japan city's Higashi Ward for preventing five phone scams targeting elderly people since May 2021. Fukuoka Prefectural Police's community safety department and the Higashi Police Station on Sept. 19 presented letters of appreciation to the Nishi-Nippon City Bank's Wajiro branch and its counter service division chief, 43-year-old Yukari Saeki. In the latest attempted fraud case in August this year, a man in his 80s said on a visit to the branch, "I want to cancel my fixed-term deposit for house reform and take home 3 million yen (about $21,000) in cash." The branch has always taken caution over the high possibility of fraud when customers say they want to take home a large sum of cash, and a bank staffer called Higashi Police Station. When an officer from Wajiro Police Box interviewed the elderly man in detail, it became clear that the customer had received a phone call from a man claiming to be his son who said he needed 3 million yen to settle a workplace dispute. Saeki commented, "I'm glad that we were able to prevent harm by working together." The Nishi-Nippon City Bank's Wajiro branch counter service division chief Yukari Saeki, right コピーブランド靴  receives a letter of appreciation in Fukuoka's Higashi Ward on Sept. 19, 2024. (Mainichi/Yuki Kurisu) Branch manager Yukako Sawano, 50 ブランドスーパーコピー激安  said, "We have many elderly customers at the branch ブランドコピー財布  and all the staff at the counter try to respond to them with the thought ブランド靴コピー  'What if it was their own family member who was victimized.' Receiving this award is very encouraging." (Japanese original by Yuki Kurisu, Kyushu News Department) Font Size SML Print Go to The Mainichi Home Page Related Articles 20-year-old banker stops 'warzone romance' scam targeting elderly man in west Japan Nepalese worker in Japan thwarts scam as customer tries to buy $2K worth of e-money Japanese police thank convenience store worker for helping woman avoid fraud East Japan police thank 2 local convenience store workers for preventing fraud cases