Pretty good idea and forward thinking by the Japanese police.
I feel like cryptocurrency promises many more scams like this if it ever becomes mainstream. Imagine how profitable scammers in the future could be, mass autodialing worldwide, GPT and text to voice filling out details of a script, asking for transfers in cryptocurrency. At least with this scam the scammers are often physically vulnerable when they go to pick up the money.
I feel like cryptocurrency promises many more scams like this if it ever becomes mainstream. Imagine how profitable scammers in the future could be, mass autodialing worldwide, GPT and text to voice filling out details of a script, asking for transfers in cryptocurrency. At least with this scam the scammers are often physically vulnerable when they go to pick up the money.