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By bno – Taipei Office A 46-year-old unemployed Japanese woman has been arrested in rural Togane City, east of Tokyo on suspicion of fraud. It is alleged that the woman was part of an online scam, posing as the daughter of Bill Gates, the Microsoft co-founder, as part of a scheme to attract investments to a non-existent programme. Online fraud in Japan has been an increasingly prevalent problem in recent years with the notorious Nigerian Prince scams dating back to the 90s a particular problem leading at one point to multiple Japanese ‘investors’ trying to claim money back through various Afri…

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