On the TV Asahi variety show "Zawatsuku! Friday" (Friday 6:50 p.m.) broadcast on February 21st, a former idol from the "Flower Class of '82" revealed that she nearly fell victim to a scam at the beginning of the year.
The program featured a special story about a special fraud victim that MC Chisako Takashima was a victim of. During the show, singer and actor Yu Hayami appeared on the video as a celebrity who had almost fallen victim to a fraud at the beginning of the year.
At the beginning of the year, Hayami-san suddenly received a message from an overseas friend saying, "I need you to pay for something." As they continued to exchange messages, she received a message saying, "I bought some goods for New Year's, and if I don't pay today, it will be canceled," and "500,000 yen (is needed)."
Although he thought it was a pretty big purchase, he didn't suspect anything at that point and replied, "I'll call you later." He then received a suspicious reply, "Can't I do it now?", but since he was out at the time, he didn't transfer the money.
The next morning, she sent a message to her friend asking, "Are you okay about yesterday?" and received a reply saying, "What about yesterday?" She immediately called her friend to confirm, and found that the message was one she had no recollection of. Hayami explained that her friend's phone had been hacked, saying, "The message is still on my phone, but there's nothing on her phone..." She called out to Takashima, "Let's both be careful from now on."
