A warning about ``fictitious billing Yahoo!

Since January 2017, SMS (Short Message Service) has been sent to consumers' smartphones and other mobile phones with a message such as "We are in arrears. If we do not hear from you, we will move to legal proceedings. Yahoo." ) and send a message to the consumer who contacted the phone number listed in the SMS, saying, "You have been behind on your Yahoo! Please buy a gift card at a convenience store and tell me the gift card number." It is sent to consumer affairs center of this.
Based on the provisions of Article 38, Paragraph 1 of the Consumer Safety Act (Act No. 50 of 2009), the Consumer Affairs Agency has unfairly abused the interests of consumers in transactions with "businesses pretending to be Yahoo Japan Corporation." We have received information that there is an act that may harm consumers (defrauding or intimidating consumers to confuse them). increase.
For details, please see the Consumer Affairs Agency website.