The unscrupulous detective in Conan

Chapter 1284 On How to Prevent Fools from Being Scammed [Please Subscribe]

After hearing this, Conan immediately understood what Fujino meant.

Scammers are simple.

He had long been accustomed to the yin-yang dynamics of Fujino.

It can only be said that no one understands Fujino better than him!

Everyone was completely unaware of this and couldn't understand what Fujino meant at all.

Ran couldn't help but ask curiously, "Fujino-senpai, what do you mean by all this?"

Fujino's smile remained unchanged: "It means exactly what it says."

Xiao Lan's beady eyes seemed a little dazed.

She felt that there must be a deeper meaning behind what her senior said.

But... I don't understand...

Sonoko thought so too, and asked curiously, "Oda Nobunaga also has fifty yen or something, that's strange, what are you talking about, senpai?"

Hondo Eisuke, who had been following quietly to the side, also chimed in with a puzzled look: "Yeah, I didn't quite understand either."

In response, Fujino helplessly shrugged and asked the crowd, "Do you believe what I'm saying?"

"Well..."

Xiao Lan hesitated for a moment, clearly not believing it: "Senior, what you're saying is a bit too outrageous, it's really hard to believe."

Sonoko nodded and shook her head, "Yeah, there's absolutely no reason to believe it."

Hondo Eisuke echoed this sentiment, saying, "That's absolutely outrageous."

Oda Nobunaga has been dead for hundreds of years, how could he be resurrected?
This is no different from me being Qin Shi Huang.

No Japanese person would believe that.

To this, Fujino shrugged helplessly: "But what I said is no different from what was said on the phone..."

"How can you be sure I'm not Oda Nobunaga? How can you be sure I haven't been persecuted by those Japanese locusts? How can you be sure I really don't care about those 50 yen and can restore the country?"

"What if I had these fifty yen and successfully restored the country?"

“That’s true…” Sonoko touched her chin, truly stumped by Fujino’s question.

It's really impossible to be certain or prove...

Could it be that Fujino-senpai is actually Oda Nobunaga resurrected?

Xiaolan glanced speechlessly at her best friend beside her, who seemed lost in thought, as if her friend was a little slow to catch on.

I can't help but feel worried about the future of the Suzuki conglomerate.

With a sigh of helplessness, she said, "Because you... it's simply impossible for me."

"Hmm, that's impossible. That's a good question."

Fujino pondered for a moment upon hearing this, "Then what makes you assume it's impossible for me?"

"???"

Xiaolan typed a series of question marks, genuinely unable to understand why it was assumed to be impossible.

But if something is this absurd, isn't it obviously fake?

Seeing that Ran had run out of ideas, Fujino gave up on teasing her and turned to Anno's mother, asking:

"Just like I said earlier, how can you be sure that your son is your son, and that your son really needs this money, or that your son was really scammed by his partner and ran away with the donations, or that your son really did this?"

"How can we confirm this?" Anno's mother was stumped. "The call came from his house, how could there be any mistake?"

"Yes, the call came from him." Fujino thought for a moment, then asked, "Can you be sure that the call from his house was made by him, and not by someone else?"

"What does this mean?" This time, Anno's mother was completely baffled.

How can you be so sure? What kind of absurd question is this? It's practically the same as asking a dead person to be present at the bank to withdraw money.
In response, Fujino calmly crossed his arms and explained, "I don't know if you've ever heard the story of 'The Big Bad Wolf and Little Red Riding Hood's Secret'."

"???"

The group looked puzzled.

They had heard of the Big Bad Wolf and Little Red Riding Hood, but what's with the "secret that can't be told" part?

Why does it give people a very frivolous feeling?
Sonoko recalled a fairy tale she read as a child: "It must be the story of the big bad wolf who ate Grandma, then impersonated Grandma to deceive Little Red Riding Hood, and finally ate Little Red Riding Hood too, right?"

"I understand!" Xiaolan thought about it carefully and immediately understood what Fujino meant: "Senior, are you saying that the person is not actually Mr. Anno, but someone else who is impersonating Mr. Anno?"

"That's right!"

Fujino nodded with his arms crossed: "This thing is a new-era form of online and telecommunications fraud conducted through information technology channels."

Sonoko didn't understand: "What's this 'new era'?"

"Online fraud carried out through information technology channels in the new era."

What information channels?

"It's simply called telecom fraud."

"Oh, it's a telecom fraud."

Fujino glanced speechlessly at Sonoko, who seemed to understand but not quite, thinking that this silly girl probably wouldn't remember even if he said a few more words.

Helpless, he continued to explain: "Telecom fraud, simply put, is when criminals use telephone networks and other means to impersonate relatives, public officials, or bank staff to defraud victims."

“Victims are easily tricked when they are unaware of the scam.”

"Some people even use voice changers and fake videos to impersonate others or commit fraud!"

"It's practically impossible to defend against."

"..." Conan listened to Fujino's anti-fraud propaganda and suddenly felt a strange feeling that he couldn't quite put his finger on.

Voice changing, fraud...

Isn't this exactly the same process I used to secretly deduce after shooting Uncle Mori?

Why does Fujino seem to be making sarcastic remarks about me?

Ignore what Conan, the corgi, is thinking inside.

Fujino continued, "Many people make money without confirming the situation, and in the end, the fraudsters who run telecom fraud take advantage of the loopholes. By the time the police investigate, the money has already been laundered countless times and transferred overseas, and can never be recovered."

Sonoko understood this time: "So, Aunt Anno was also scammed, right?"

"That's it."

Fujino responded and continued his explanation: "Besides pretending to be a relative who urgently needs money, there are also those who pretend to be kidnappers, police officers, prosecutors, and even those who pretend to be in a hospital and pretend that a relative has been hit by a car. There are many tricks. This time, it's the kind where they pretend to be a relative who urgently needs money."

"The other party pretended to be his son and used a cold as an excuse to commit fraud!" Xiaolan understood what was going on after hearing this.

She thought about it carefully, noticed a blind spot, and began to wonder: "But if that's the case, how did the other party manage to call using Mr. Anno's landline?"

"And when I called them just now, it was a stranger too..."

"That stranger must be the fraudster, right?"

Conan then began to deduce: "I think that guy must have broken into Anno's house while Anno was away, right?"

Then he asked Anno's mother, "Auntie, when did he call you?" "I spoke to him yesterday, saying he canceled his trip," Anno's mother replied. "He called me just now around noon, and I was rushing to the bank to transfer the money..."

As she spoke, she raised her wrist and glanced at her watch: "Oh no, there's not much time left. I need to hurry and wire the money."

"Hello..."

Conan looked at the middle-aged woman in front of him speechlessly, wondering if there was something wrong with her head.

I've already said it's a telecom fraud, so why are you still going there to give them money?
Wasn't Fujino's explanation clear enough?
Thinking this, he stopped Anno's mother directly: "By doing this, you're falling right into the trap of a scammer! Didn't Fujino-nii say that the other person was an imposter?"

"How could I not recognize my son's voice?"

Anno's mother looked impatient. "If we don't transfer the money soon, he might just go and borrow money from loan sharks!"

"If you do that, there will be no going back! That child will have gone astray!"

"..."

Everyone looked at the old woman Anno in front of them and felt speechless.

Okay, well, it's a bit hard to say.

Fujino was used to this; he had seen it many times in his previous life, only now he needed to switch places.

After all, in his previous life, he was the one who watched others deceive fools to boost their sales figures.

Based on past experience, normally, those who fall for this kind of scam are usually middle-aged women who aren't very bright.

Anyway, this kind of middle-aged woman, or rather, the kind of person who's hard to describe—it's hard to say exactly what kind of person she is—is basically just an incredibly stupid person.

In other words, once she's decided on something, that's it, and no amount of force from others pinning her to the ground will change that.

Even if the police come, they'll just assume the other party is a fake policeman.

After all, such people have their own set of logic in their heads.

Other people's logic simply doesn't work.

Even if you kill her, she'll still think in the same way. You can beat her to death, but she'll still be the same; she just won't change.

Only after being deceived will they realize what's happening, and then they'll lash out at others, blaming the police, their husbands, everyone around them, and even society as a whole.

She would never blame herself for being stupid, nor would she blame the liar for deceiving her.

She's so stupid that you just want to beat her up.

This was the first time Conan had ever seen such a fool who had been so easily deceived.

He went up to her and continued to earnestly persuade her: "You said your son canceled his trip at the last minute because of a cold, right?"

"Is it possible that your son didn't cancel his trip at all, and the person calling you now is a scammer?"

Aunt Anno continued confidently, "Impossible, absolutely impossible! I recognize my son's voice. How could I, as a mother, not recognize my son's voice? Besides, there was a dog barking next to him. That's him!"

Conan's lips twitched: "Then why don't you call your cell phone to confirm?"

Anno-san crossed her arms and said, "He told me yesterday that he changed his number, and how could an outsider possibly know how he usually talks to me, or about his upcoming trip?"

"Of course they installed a bugging device!"

Conan gritted his teeth again: "Your son was probably burgled a while ago, right?"

"How did you know?"

"Of course it's because this whole mess was caused by breaking and entering!"

Conan explained again, "He eavesdropped on your son, impersonated his voice, and then scammed you!"

"How can it be."

Anno-sama remained unfazed: "Of course I know whether he's my son or not!"

"Then why don't you just call his mobile phone to confirm..." Conan continued speechlessly, "What if he's just trying to fool you and doesn't want you to call and confirm?"

Ran, Sonoko, and Hondou Eisuke all echoed:

"That's right, that's right, it's better to confirm it."

"If it really is a scam, then we're in trouble."

"Making a call won't waste much time anyway."

Aunt Anno frowned upon hearing this, feeling that it made sense, and then made a phone call to her son.

Then the phone went unanswered; it was switched off.

Now, Anno was even more convinced that her son had changed his phone number.

She grabbed her handbag and was about to leave: "Aren't you all annoying? Don't stop me. If my son goes and takes out a loan, can you take responsibility?!"

Fujino silently stared at the old woman Anno in front of him, his hand silently reaching behind his suit jacket, then he pulled out a large, black wooden sword and slashed it hard at her head.

With a crisp "snap!", the wooden knife struck the back of the head precisely.

Anno-san fainted on the spot.

Then, Fujino swiftly put the wooden sword away.

“…?” Conan silently typed out a question mark.

He rubbed his eyes and looked at Fujino, who had just smoothly sheathed his wooden sword. "Hey, why did you knock her out?"

"What?"

Fujino looked around, completely bewildered: "What? Who did I knock out? Where did I hit anyone?"

"Oh dear, why is Aunt Anno asleep on the floor?"

"It must be because of old age, plus the stress of his son's situation that he fainted."

"We need to help this old man up quickly..."

"Hey, Xiaolan, hurry up and call the police and an ambulance. I want to help the police arrest that fraudster."

"..."

Everyone looked at Fujino, who was helping the old lady up with a surprised expression, and for a moment they didn't know what to say.

Hmm, how to prevent victims with mental issues from being scammed?

The answer is to lull the victim into a sweet sleep.

All I can say is that it's very much in line with Fujino's (senpai's) style.

What should be done about the incident of knocking a middle-aged woman unconscious in public...?

Fujino said that the old lady fainted on her own, that's right.

All I can say is that what this old lady Anno just did really made people feel like they were getting tough!
Fujino naturally felt no psychological pressure regarding his actions.

Knowing this kind of fool all too well, he didn't want to say anything. Saying more would be a waste of breath. It would be better to just smash him with a wooden knife and knock him unconscious to prevent him from being deceived.

We'll deal with the rest after things are resolved.

How do you explain being knocked unconscious by a wooden sword?

What wooden knife? Didn't you just faint?

We kindly called the police and took you to the hospital to prevent you from being scammed; you should thank us!
(End of this chapter)