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

By: Hotokenser – Sumeragi Rikuto « Love-colored Sky

Hotokenser – Sumeragi Rikuto « Love-colored Sky — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 04:41:51 +0000

[...] rings the alarm and soon a Mexican-style demon appears in front of them, proudly throwing オレオレ scam lines as he makes his entrance. Kureha quickly defeats the demon, but she quickly transforms back [...]

By: クロサギ KUROSAGI « 茉莉音chan Marionchan

クロサギ KUROSAGI « 茉莉音chan Marionchan — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 17:04:50 +0000

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Community Safety Signage - FIXES — Sun, 01 May 2011 02:07:34 +0000

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By: News of Note — FCC Postpones Action Edition « WISPA

News of Note — FCC Postpones Action Edition « WISPA — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 23:31:03 +0000

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By: Robert

Robert — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 16:59:00 +0000

Im a victim of this scam… but its just like my dad told me when I was young… if its to good to be true… it isnt. and heres the kick… I never heard there voices… it was just txt’s, i never gave them money, but in a stupid way i did. When they ofer you money for sex tapes… and you get jerked around… Im still burning! I just wanted to speek for some of us that have been burned… Good luck in not getting burned all

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….

By: Japanese Cultural Learning Blog » Blog Archive » 振り込め詐欺（ふりこめさぎー Money Transfer Fraud)

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

[...] • ‘Ore-ore’ sagi (’It’s me’ scams). (2007). retrieved October 25, 2009 f… [...]

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.