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Man swindled by financial ‘mentor’ via social media
A 39-year-old company employee received a message from his “mentor” on the Line messaging app that sounded too good to be true.
One day in early January, the corporate worker heard from a senior colleague about an “investment program that can generate a profit as long as you simply follow the mentor’s advice.” The notification urged participants to pay 8 percent of their gains via the investment app to the account designated by Inoue as a fee toward the end of the consultation service. Victims were often led to Line chat groups and other platforms after they accessed online advertisements or responded to direct messages with invitations on social networking sites.
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