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Japanese police arrest 6 men over scam from Vietnam

1 source1 article First seen 4 hours ago Updated 4 hours ago Japan Truth score 43

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Summary

The Japanese suspects allegedly conspired to defraud a woman in her 20s in Yamaguchi Prefecture of ¥1 million earlier this year.

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Who is covering this

The Japan Times Center Factuality: High JP 4 hours ago
Japanese police arrest 6 men over scam from Vietnam
The Japanese suspects allegedly conspired to defraud a woman in her 20s in Yamaguchi Prefecture of ¥1 million earlier this year.

Truth score

43/100Limited corroboration

Independent outlets: 1
Source reliability: 80/100
Sides of the spectrum covering it: 1/3
Propaganda risk: 0/100

How well the story is corroborated by independent, reliable outlets across the spectrum. Not a fact-check of each claim. How the truth score works

Coverage by lean

C 100%

Left: 0
Centre: 1
Right: 0
Not rated: 0

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Source quality

Average reliability: 80/100 (High)
Low-credibility outlets: 0%
State media: 0%
Opinion pieces: 0%

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Where the coverage comes from

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In this story

Yamaguchi Prefecture