Information Provision Based on Article 38, Paragraph 1 of the Consumer Safety Act

The Consumer Affairs Agency has provided information to help prevent the occurrence or expansion of consumer damage, based on the provisions of Article 38, Paragraph 1 of the Consumer Safety Act (Law No. 50 of 2009). We urge consumers to be cautious.

• A warning regarding business operators who appear to provide road services at reasonable and low fees on their websites but actually charge high fees(external link)
• Warning regarding business operators who, under the guise of refund procedures on mail-order sites, use code payment services to make payments instead of refunds(External link)
• Warning regarding business operators who impersonate major telecommunications companies and make fictitious usage fee claims using automated voice messages and international phone numbers(External Link)
• Warning regarding side business support operators who use remote control apps to make consumers borrow large amounts from consumer finance companies(External link)
• Warning about fake websites claiming to sell popular brand women's clothing and other items(External link)
• Warning about toilet clog repair companies that display low fees on their websites but actually charge high fees(external link)
• Warning regarding business operators who solicit diet hopefuls with claims such as "Improve your constitution at once, no additional cost required" and sell slimming effect teas and other products one after another (External link)
• Warning about fake websites impersonating official online stores of popular interior furniture and miscellaneous goods(External link)
• Notice Regarding Counterfeit Water Purification Cartridges Sold on the Digital Trading Platform(External Link)
• Warning regarding business operators who sell manuals for side jobs claiming "Earn 1 million yen per month easily with a smartphone" and "Rewards occur only for sending template messages," and contract expensive support plans to become agents for those wishing to do live streaming(External link)
• Notice regarding business operators causing delivery delays for class T-shirts ordered for use at high school events, etc.(External link)
• Accidents have been occurring mainly at certain trampoline parks! — Even if the facility does not warn you, please stop dangerous acts such as somersaults —(External link)
• Warning regarding business operators who solicit consumers by claiming they can earn money with simple tasks taking about 10 minutes a day, make them purchase a side job guidebook, and then contract expensive support plans through telephone solicitation(external link)
• Warning about fake websites impersonating official popular outdoor goods online stores(External link)
• Caution for business operators providing unwanted item and bulky waste collection services who advertise/display phrases such as "Value Fixed-Price Pack: All-Inclusive Fixed Pack Fee" on their websites(External Link)
• Warning regarding business operators who induced consumers to purchase "manuals" for "side jobs" by soliciting that "anyone can earn tens of thousands of yen per day" just by doing simple tasks(external link)
• Warning about fake sites impersonating official popular brand online stores(External link)
• Caution regarding transactions for services related to unlocking and repairing keys conducted under the names "Key Ranger," "Key Rescue," "Key 24-Hour On-Site Center," "Key 110 Emergency 24-Hour," "Key Lucky Seven," "Key 24-Hour Ambulance," "Key 110," and "Key 110 Emergency Ambulance" (External Link)
• Notice regarding sellers of counterfeit products claiming to contain cashmere on shopping mall sites operated by digital platform business operators(External Link)
• Introducing a side business that earns money with the simple task of just attaching photos, where consumers are made to purchase a text material costing about 7,000 yen, followed by telephone solicitations that cause them to pay significantly high amounts of money, a warning regarding such business operators(external link)
• Warning regarding business operators who impersonate public institutions such as the Consumer Affairs Agency and solicit payment by offering fictitious "settlement money"(external link)
• Warning about the Sale of Counterfeit Health Foods on Flea Market Sites(External Link)
• Warning regarding door-to-door sales of services called "CCP System" or "SHK Business" conducted under the name of Pixel & Press Co., Ltd.(External link)
• Warning about fake online shopping sites that misuse famous brand logos(External link)
• Warning about False and Exaggerated Affiliate Advertisements(External Link)
• Warning regarding business operators who use the "Microsoft" logo to gain trust and make you pay large sums of money under the pretext of support fees for computer security measures(external link)
• Notice regarding door-to-door sales of academic diagnostic tests and learning materials conducted by Educal Motivations Co., Ltd. and 3 other Business Operators(External Link)
• Warning about fake online shopping sites pretending to sell popular home video game consoles and more(external link)
• Notice regarding transactions for services that allow the use of a member-only site listing welfare benefit services provided by RS Corporation(External link)
• Warning about fake sites impersonating real mail-order websites(External link)
• Warning regarding two business operators who claim you can earn 100,000 yen per month and make you pay large sums of money(External link)

For more details, please see the Consumer Affairs Agency Website.

• Consumer Affairs Agency Website(External Link)