Osaka has lower Ore Ore Fraud damage

Ah I laughed a lot to read this news(JP). Like I mentioned in the Difference between Tokyo and Osaka topic. Osaka people never stop using their local dialect. But it workks to their advantage for Ore Ore Fraud. Basically the amount of crime is huge in Osaka, roughly 10% of all crime in Japan happens in Osaka, and it is almost equal to Tokyo's 11%. ( Thinking of the difference in population, it is big actually) but the amouht of Ore Ore fraud is extremely lower there than in other prefectures. The National Police Agency said last year (Jan to Oct), there were 7726 Ore Ore Fraud crimes, with an estimated damage of over $150,000,000. However in Osaka, there was only 77!! wow 77? Their damage was $1,670,000, actually less than about 1% of the total. WHY?

According to data compiled by the NPA. 62% of the people who got a fraud call had been deceived on average; however the percentage dropped to only 46% for Osaka. Hmm Where the Osaka people more cautious with their money and more wary of crime?  Maybe they are keen?  All of those supposing seem to be correct for Osaka, when we think of their character.  But they do not give a reason why the percentage for Osaka has low. But they say one reason might be  that the members of these crime groups cannot speak the Osaka dialect(you may listen here to some samples) . ha ha ha ha ha

However that is not the funny part, Shizuoka prefecture knew that data and made a public TV commercial warning for about ore ore fraud which aired  around the end of last year. The commercial film was... three Osaka Obachans ( powerful middle aged women )who talk loudly. They say "Osaka has lower damage for Ore Orefraud." "You should be careful Shizuoka people!". It is Fraud Crime!!" (in Osaka dialect). I was lucky to find this movie here. (click on the one with three obachan). Because of this TV commercial, Osaka people protested, "it's disgusting." Even though they are typically a people who has an idea laughing is our life! (not only professional comedians, but also ordinary people ) they can not accept it. But their funny way of protesting was to say "That TV commercial does not have a punch line! (= Ochi), You should change."

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[Mari]

Hi Clair
Yes this two is big different. And visit both and experience the different is best way to know Japan. Maybe foreign people say Osaka is better to live actually.

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Hi Orange
Since I am eddoko, I love Tokyo most. Yes Ore ore fraud is hard to understand, but that is so true people lose money because of them. I wonder how is the calling

[Claire （クレア）]

That CM was really funny, but I have never heard any obasans in Osaka screech quite like that. Osakans are proud of their dialect, and there is one really rough and tough area, with a dialect to match, maybe they are from there こもしれない...

Tokyo is a wonderful place, and Osaka is too--they're just very different, Orange-san! You should visit both and see. Think of it like the difference between New York and Chicago...it takes a lot of different places to make up this big, wide world...

I do not understand how anyone would fall for ore ore fraud. I don't usually answer the phone unless I know who is calling--I love Caller ID and my talking answering machine.

[John van Hulst]

Hi Mari,

The girl who said 'I like you too' in Japanese (you translated it) is from Osaka... What a problem! I wanted to give this link to her! Do you have an advice what I should do?

Love, John

[orange]

this has got to be one of the craziest scams i have ever heard of! not only do the people lose their money, but they must feel like retards when they find out about it. regardless, tokyo seems better thank osaka to me; although, there is a good japanese steak house up the road here called: osaka of japan. mmmmmm! goooood!