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15-year-old boy arrested for beating ex-classmate to death in Gunma
Wednesday 23rd July, 10:18 AM JST

GUNMA —

Today, schools in Gunma have begun recieving the IRS scam by FAX.

Please let me know if you recieve it. (IF you recieve the actual FAX, not if you recieve the example of what the fake FAX looks like with the notice of warning in Japanese attached.)

Refer to this post for more information: http://www.gunmajet.net/node/1224

Fukui-ken has been targeted by a scam which sends FAXes claiming to be from the IRS.
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There has only been one case of this in Gunma that I know of, but please be aware that more schools in Gunma could recieve this fake IRS document.
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The IRS would not ask you for bank account information, and the only time you would ever give the IRS your account information is when you file your taxes and fill out the "deposit my refund by direct deposit section". Please do not give them your bank info or other personal information that could lead to identity theft.
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Here is the official notice about this scam from the IRS webpage: http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=123621,00.html
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Please contact Judith (li-j at pref dot gunma dot jp) or I (sm-bahia at pref dot gunma dot jp) if you recieve this kind of FAX.
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Read below for more specifics:
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http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/17-year-old-man-arrested-f...

GUNMA —

Man nabbed for squirting high schoolgirls with soy sauce-filled water pistol

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/national/news/20080528p2a00m0na025000c.html

cut and paste the link for the latest scandal in Maebashi.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/25/dining/25maid.html
Excerpt below:

AS tea services go, the one at Royal/T here is definitely of the down-the-rabbit-hole variety. In an industrial-chic cafe surrounded by Japanese pop art, an American woman dressed as an English maid recently served French tea in a style that was straight out of Tokyo.