{"rewrite":{"id":"r_e888e6bd4848506f4fc54642","clusterId":"c_0a1081c656dfb33d807543e5","slug":"gasa-report-finds-22-of-japanese-encountered-scams-in-past-year","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"GASA Report Finds 22% Of Japanese Encountered Scams In Past Year","summary":"A GASA survey of 1,200 people aged 18 and over in Japan, run from March 16 to April 13, 2026, found 22% encountered suspicious solicitations or contacts in the past 12 months, down from 38% a year earlier. Concern about being scammed rose to 45% from 42%. Of those who encountered a scam, 53% responded in some way, such as reading a message.","whyItMatters":"Reported encounters fell but concern rose and more than half of those contacted still engaged with the message, so the survey points to exposure shifting to email and apps with direct messages rather than to fewer attempts.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe contact routes cited shifted toward everyday channels. Email was named by 55% of those who encountered a scam, up from 36% a year earlier, while SMS and phone each came in at 43%, against 27% and 31%. Gmail was the most common service named at 28%, followed by X at 22%, Instagram at 21% and LINE at 19%, and 59% of encounters happened on services with direct message functions.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReporting behavior followed a similar pattern. 75% of those who encountered a scam told someone, most often friends and family at 61%, ahead of mobile carriers at 28%, platforms at 27%, internet service providers at 20% and police at 18%.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"The drop in reported scam encounters from 38% to 22% arrives as GASA's own survey shows concern rising from 42% to 45%. Fewer contacts and more fear is the gap the report leaves open.","twitterPost":"GASA found scam encounters down to 22% from 38%, but concern up to 45% from 42%. The gap between contacts and fear is the finding.","threadsPost":"GASA's survey shows scam encounters fell to 22% from 38%, while concern rose to 45% from 42%. That split, fewer incidents but more fear, is the detail the report leaves unexplained. Among those who did encounter a scam, 53% responded.","newsletterBlurb":"GASA's State of Scams Report 2026 (Japan Edition) surveyed 1,200 people and found 22% encountered scam contacts in the past year, down from 38%, while concern about victimization rose to 45% from 42%. Email, SMS and phone were named far more often as contact routes than a year earlier, and 59% of encounters came through services with direct message functions. Of those contacted, 53% responded in some way, and reports to police trailed those to friends and family.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"ASCII.jp\",\"url\":\"https://ascii.jp/elem/000/004/438/4438338/?rss\",\"title\":\"GASA Releases \\\"State of Scams Report 2026 (Japan Edition)\\\": 22% of Japanese Encountered Scams in the Past Year; 53% of Those Who Did Responded in Some Way, Such as Reading the Message\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4700,"outputTokens":692,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791161065,"createdAt":"2026-10-05T00:41:09.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-05T00:43:23.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-05T00:43:23.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_0a1081c656dfb33d807543e5","canonicalTitle":"【GASA「詐欺レポート2026（日本版）」を発表】日本人の22％が過去1年間で詐欺に接触　接した人の53％が、メッセージを読むなど何らかの形で反応","representativeArticleId":"a_ad18ae664c0f761e8792cfe5","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"GASA Scam Report 2026 (Japan Edition)\"],\"studios\":[\"GASA\"],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"other\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-29T09:40:08.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-29T09:40:08.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-05T00:43:21.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"ASCII.jp","url":"https://ascii.jp/elem/000/004/438/4438338/?rss","title":"【GASA「詐欺レポート2026（日本版）」を発表】日本人の22％が過去1年間で詐欺に接触　接した人の53％が、メッセージを読むなど何らかの形で反応"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["GASA Scam Report 2026 (Japan Edition)"],"studios":["GASA"],"people":[],"type":"news","domain":"other","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}