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Sadako Toyoda 豊田禎: Another Innocent Scam Victim Money Mule Has Been Arrested In Japan
Another Innocent Money Mule Will Go to Prison
Primary Category: Scam Victim’s Story
Authors:
• SCARS Editorial Team – Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams Inc.
• 日テレNEWS NNN
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Sadako Toyoda, a 54-year-old Japanese woman, was manipulated into becoming a money mule by a scammer she met online, leading to her arrest. The scammer, posing as a doctor in a war zone, convinced Toyoda to impersonate a diplomat and collect money from another victim.
On May 29, Toyoda attempted to defraud a woman in Sagamihara City of 1 million yen. Despite being a victim of psychological manipulation, Toyoda faces prison. This case underscores the extreme lengths to which scam victims can be coerced, highlighting the severe impact of such manipulative tactics.
Sadako Toyoda 豊田禎: Another Innocent Scam Victim Manipulated into becoming a Money Mule has been Arrested in Japan
SCARS NOTE: We cannot say this enough. The things that innocent victims can be manipulated into doing has no limit. From robbing a bank to impersonating diplomats. When a victim is in psychological enslavement because of the manipulation and control anything is possible.
Here is a case where a victim, Sadako Toyoda, was controlled into impersonating a diplomat to collect money from another victim.
A 54-year-old woman Sadako Toyoda is believed to be a ‘receiver’ (money mule) was arrested for trying to defraud cash from another woman. Her scammer, who demanded money, was a man she met on SNS and had romantic feelings for.
According to the police, the suspect Sadako Toyoda is suspected of conspiring with her associates on the 29th to defraud a woman in her 50s living in Sagamihara City of 1 million yen in cash.
The woman had been communicating with a man named “Sato Goro” who pretended to be a doctor working in a war zone whom she met on SNS last month, and this man said, “I want you to help me live with you.
Sadako Toyoda is believed to have come to receive the money under the guise of a diplomat, and denied the investigation, saying, “I don’t understand.” This is a classic depiction of cognitive dissonance following the realization that it was a ll a scam.
Sadly, Sadako Toyoda – herself a victim – will likely go to prison.
Source & Video: 外交官装い…“ロマンス詐欺未遂”で｢受け子｣の女逮捕｜日テレNEWS NNN (ntv.co.jp)
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