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93-Year-Old Sets Trap for Fake Cop; Real Cops Were Drinking What?
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What BBN said on air. The facts are in the original report: Japan Today.
Chip DarnellA scammer called a ninety-three-year-old woman in Shiga Prefecture, said he was a police officer, and offered to send someone to collect her ATM card.
Rosa TicksShe said yes, and then she picked up the phone and called the actual police! The Higashiomi precinct!
Rosa TicksReal officers were sitting in her house when the fake one rang the bell, and I want to know what they were drinking!
Chip DarnellSorry, what were they drinking?
Rosa TicksI DON'T KNOW, CHIP, and that is the hole in this case!
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