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Japan installs cellphone jammers near ATMs to prevent fraud {Engadget}
Dec 10th 2008 9:38PM I posted the original phone-jammer story at my Lets japan blog. That article contained links to stories I'd written with details about the scams. (nerdtalker quoted one, above). http://www.letsjapan.markmode.com/index.php/2008/10/24/public-cops-watch-elderly-at-atms/
And here's a nice image illustrating how the elderly get conned. The image is on a Japan banking organization's website:
http://www.zenginkyo.or.jp/topic/sagijiken_kanpukin/index.html
- Mark
Publisher, Lets Japan
An artificial beach 300 meters from the real thing {Gadling}
Nov 19th 2008 9:35AM You talking about this place?
www.seagaia.co.jp/english/guidance/news/20070807.html
Yeah, it closed.
Hot towel? Sure, in my pocket. {Gadling}
Nov 13th 2008 4:29AM This would complement my "pocket toilet" idea. Here in Tokyo.
http://www.letsjapan.markmode.com/index.php/2008/10/29/hi-tech-solves-quake-toilet-shortage/
