Gifu Prefectural Police Warn of "Arrest Warrants" Sent via Letter Pack and Demanding cash... a New Method? "We Will Never Send Them by mail."

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[Yomiuri Shimbun] Several cases of a new fraud scheme have been confirmed in Gifu Prefecture this month, in which fake arrest warrants are mailed to the homes of elderly people in an attempt to defraud them of cash, and the Prefectural Police Organized Crime Control Division is calling for caution. So far, there have been no cases of people being defrauded of cash, but a representative said, "The police are investigating.