EPISODE · May 18, 2025 · 6 MIN
Japan’s Disability Dating App Scammers: Man with Visual Impairment Speaks Out
from Disability News Japan · host Michael Gillan Peckitt
In the wake of three employees being arrested by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police for luring a man they met through a matching app to a restaurant in Shibuya, Tokyo, forcing him to pay 1.1 million yen in cash and other charges in a scam; a man in his 20s who was a victim of the “rip-off” scam by the recently arrested group spoke to NHK. The man has a level two visual impairment and usually uses a white cane when walking outside. Episode Notes: ‘Japan’s Disability Dating App Scammers: Man with Visual Impairment Speaks Out’: https://barrierfreejapan.com/2025/05/17/japans-disability-dating-app-scammers-man-with-visual-impairment-speaks-out/
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In the wake of three employees being arrested by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police for luring a man they met through a matching app to a restaurant in Shibuya, Tokyo, forcing him to pay 1.1 million yen in cash and other charges in a scam; a man in his 20s who was a victim of the “rip-off” scam by the recently arrested group spoke to NHK. The man has a level two visual impairment and usually uses a white cane when walking outside. Episode Notes: ‘Japan’s Disability Dating App Scammers: Man with Visual Impairment Speaks Out’: https://barrierfreejapan.com/2025/05/17/japans-disability-dating-app-scammers-man-with-visual-impairment-speaks-out/
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