"Ministries concerned section chief conference" such as the Cabinet Office that worked over the consumer trouble measures by fictitious and an unjustified claim that increased rapidly made the result of follow-up of measures for the damage prevention public on December 22.
The consultation number's of fictitious billings (fraudulent claims) that had been drawn to The National Consumer Affairs Center of Japan (NCAC) and the various place consumer life center reaching about 300,000 of about twice increases compared with the same period of the previous year between April, 2004 and November 11 clarified this conference.
"Section chief conference such as ministries concerned concerning a fictitious billings (fraudulent claims) and an unjustified claim" that composes of the person in charge of the Cabinet Office, the National Police Agency, the Financial Services Agency, the Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications, the Ministry of Justice, and The National Consumer Affairs Center of Japan (NCAC) executes four counter measures.
The Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications will impose the written report obligation of information of the prepaid cellular phone on the contractor around this spring, and change to the system to which the cellular phone business confirms and registers all contractors.
When the mobile carrier cannot confirm the contractor, the use of the cellular phone can be stopped.
To prevent illegal use for the deposit account that became the payee's bank account of fictitious and an unjustified claim, the Financial Services Agency prohibited the misuse of the deposit account of the others name.
The Financial Services Agency strengthened the dissemination from the control authority to the financial institution.
Information that had been offered from the Financial Services Agency and various place Bureau of Finance to the financial institution reached 11,518.
About half of the information, the use of 3,344 accounts was stopped. 2,175 accounts were compulsorily canceled.