Comments on: ‘Ore-ore’ sagi (‘It’s me’ scams)

By: Gaijinass

Gaijinass — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 02:32:57 +0000

I was fortunate enough (read; damned) to spend a couple months in the Tokyo detention center a year ago and one gentleman I met, who had been a member of a “Sagi” team was pleading out and paying money back (his parents savings) and writing 35 I”m sorry” letters in order to get ONLY a 5 year prison sentence. 25 year old guy, a Host in Kabukichou.

He said he made about 800 million yen, that was just his cut, in about 2 months.

If you cant do the time dont mess with crime eh….

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Mon, 26 Oct 2009 03:14:47 +0000

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By: KT

KT — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 16:20:21 +0000

Gah~. If anything like that would happen to me I would die for sure. Shouldn’t the people who fall for it be suuuper embarrased? Pfft, if that happened to one of my friends I’d smack ‘em for being so stupid. >:l

By: mswashu

mswashu — Wed, 13 May 2009 03:56:00 +0000

Seems like several foreign companies have been trying a version of this as well. They call from what looks like a state-side phone # and keep you on the phone for a few minutes and you end up being charged hundreds per minute. AT&T posted a notice about it on their site. People will do shameful things for a dollar.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 03:31:20 +0000

Happens alot in Brazil, the inmates call people from inside the prisons. Very easy scam.