Fraud accounted for more than ** percent of suspected cyber crime cases related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) that were recorded by the police in Japan in 2020. These included cases, for instance, in which customers paid for masks on online shopping websites without receiving the products they paid for. Cases involving suspicious e-mails and websites made up more than ** percent during that year. In total, the police counted *** cases of suspected cyber crimes related to COVID-19 in 2020.
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