Grandfather, 67, Who Fell For $10M Phishing Scam Faces Life In Japanese Jail …

[naomi24]

…. after 'being tricked into smuggling drugs into the country in his luggage'

//His daughter Laura said her father has fallen for an email phishing scam and was persuaded to go to Mali to collect an inheritance, where drugs were hidden in his luggage without his knowledge, and was then convinced to fly to Japan to get his inheritance signed off and confirmed.//

She said // 'My dad has diabetes and rarely travels. He's never been further than Scarborough before and now he's accused of being an international drug dealer. //

Something doesn’t seem to ring true with this. A man who has never been further than Scarborough flies to Mali and then on to Japan without telling anyone? An old fool? What to make of it?

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6754243/British-grandfather-67-fell-10m-phishing-scam-faces-life-Japanese-jail.html

[youngmafbog]

He's a mule.

Lock him up.

[dannyk13]

He is already locked up:-
//The 67-year-old from Salford has already been detained for six months and faces life in prison under Japan's notoriously strict drug laws.

[andy-hughes]

If it seems too good to be true ...

[spathiphyllum]

Sounds like an old boi trying to make some bank for his retirement / bank to pass on to his family