昨日は一昨日からのつづきで家族兄弟からの「先祖探索」についての打合せ会議。
　これからの人口減少局面で「いのちの繋がり」をいかに可視化させ子孫に伝えていくか、その方法論と実相のピント合わせを継続的に熱論。次兄とたっぷり３時間ほど打ち合わせ脳味噌も熱を帯びたような状態。あれこれと探索の糸を巡らせていた時間。
　ケータイに着信音。兄弟間で活発に連絡を取り合っている最中だったので即通話モードに。すると、
　「アナタのクレジットカードが、不正利用されている可能性があり、現在利用を停止させています。」というようなアラートから入ってきた電話。咄嗟のことで、通話を続けた。そうしたら案の定クレジットカードの会社名を騙ってこちらの口座番号を問いただしてくる。
　これは・・・間違いなく「詐欺電話」と確信するに至った。
　そこで「オマエの会社の住所を教えろ。間違いなく詐欺だと思うので警察に通報してやるから情報開示しろ」と命令して対応した。「郵便番号から言え」という当方に対して、あきらかに急遽調べはじめたような音声が聞こえて、最初はまったく違う郵便番号を答えてきた。そしてその後「あ、先ほどの番号は実は違いました。ただしくは・・・」と郵便番号を修正までしてきた。さらに「オマエの会社の正式名は？」という質問に対してあるクレジット会社の社名を名乗ったが「まえ（株）か、あと（株）どっちだ？」に対しても最初は言い間違えて、その直後に修正してきた。「自分の会社の正式名を間違えるオマエは、間違いなく詐欺師だな？わかった、すぐに警察に通報するから部署名も教えろ」「はい」と答えてからしばし考えてから「不正＜検知＞システム課です」という答え。思わずホンネかもなぁ。
　ということで、警察に通報するからと再度キッパリ言って電話を切った。
　そこからすぐに警察庁のHPの詐欺対策ページ「通報先」を確認し、その電話番号などを通報させていただきました。詐欺師の電話番号は「＋1」から始まる海外発信のもの。まぁ転々と変えているだろうから追跡は困難でしょうが。
　電話番号は会社として公開している以上、こういう接触自体は完全には避けられない。今回はつい詐欺師との問答を続けてしまったけれど（笑）、警察庁によれば、＋から始まる知らない国際電話には出ないのが第一。出てしまっても個人情報は一切伝えず、即座に切る。どうやらそれが、いちばん確実な「撃退法」のようです。

＜画像は警察庁のHPより＞

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English version⬇

[I Got a Scam Call! Reported It to the Police Immediately]
I received a scam call right after a lively meeting. I responded by saying, “I’ll report this to the police right away.” The number started with “+1.” When I looked it up, I found that the National Police Agency had also issued a strong warning about phone scams. …

　Yesterday, continuing from the day before, I had a planning meeting with my family and siblings about our “ancestor search.”
　We engaged in a passionate, ongoing discussion about how to visualize the “bonds of life” and pass them on to future generations amid the coming population decline—specifically, aligning our methodology with the reality of the situation. I met with my second-oldest brother for a full three hours or so, and my brain felt like it was on fire. It was a time spent weaving together various threads of our search.
　My cell phone rang. Since we were in the middle of actively communicating with each other, I immediately answered the call. Then,
　the call began with an alert stating something like, “Your credit card may have been used fraudulently, so we have temporarily suspended its use.” It happened so suddenly that I kept the call going. Sure enough, the caller impersonated the credit card company and demanded my account number.
　At that point, I was absolutely certain this was a “scam call.”
So I responded by demanding, “Give me your company’s address. I’m convinced this is a scam, so I’m going to report it to the police—disclose your information.” When I told them, “Start with the ZIP code,” I could hear them clearly scrambling to look it up on the spot, and at first, they gave me a completely different ZIP code. Then they said, “Oh, that number I gave you earlier was actually wrong. The correct one is…” and even went so far as to correct the ZIP code. Furthermore, when I asked, “What’s the official name of your company?” they gave the name of a certain credit card company, but when I pressed, “Is it ‘Mae Co., Ltd.’ or ‘Ato Co., Ltd.’?” they initially got it wrong and corrected themselves immediately afterward. “You, who can’t even get your own company’s official name right, are definitely a scammer, aren’t you? All right, I’m going to report this to the police right away, so tell me your department name.” After answering “Yes,” they paused for a moment and replied, “Fraud Systems Division.” I couldn’t help but think, “Maybe they’re actually telling the truth.”
So, I firmly told them once again that I was going to report this to the police and hung up.
　Right after that, I checked the “Where to Report” section on the National Police Agency’s anti-fraud webpage and reported the phone number and other details. The scammer’s number was an international call starting with “+1.” Well, since they’re probably changing numbers constantly, it’ll be difficult to track them down.
Since the company’s phone number is publicly listed, this kind of contact is impossible to avoid entirely. This time, I ended up continuing the back-and-forth with the scammer (laughs), but according to the National Police Agency, the first rule is to never answer unknown international calls starting with “+.” Even if you do answer, do not disclose any personal information and hang up immediately. Apparently, that’s the most reliable way to fend them off.

● Announcement
My book, “Writers and Living Spaces,” has been published as an e-book by Gentosha.
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Posted on 9月 13th, 2026 by 三木 奎吾
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