If a call claiming to be the police comes from an unknown number starting with "+"

Related items from "Checks before you answer"

• Do not rush to answer calls from unknown numbers, calls with no caller ID, or numbers starting with "+". Let voicemail take them, and call back once you know who it was.

  「留守番電話機能を活用、録音メッセージで相手がわかってからかけ直す」 National Police Agency (Japan)

  「国際電話番号（＋から始まる電話番号）や見知らぬ電話番号からの着信は「無視」しましょう。」 National Police Agency (Japan)

• Call back to check, using a number you look up yourself or one you already know, not a number the caller gives you.

  「最寄りの警察署にかけ直して本物かを確認」 National Police Agency (Japan)

  「家族にかけ直して本物かを確認」 National Police Agency (Japan)

• About being told that the police will question you over the phone, Japan's National Police Agency writes the following.

  「警察は電話で取り調べを行うことはありません。」 National Police Agency (Japan)

• Public consultation lines in Japan, for when you are unsure or in trouble.

  「警察相談専用電話「＃9110」番」 Government Public Relations Online (Cabinet Office, Japan)

  「「消費者ホットライン」188」 Consumer Affairs Agency (Japan)

  In an emergency in Japan, call 110. You cannot report or consult through this page.

The caller's first line (fiction; one line only)

Caller（Unknown number starting with "+"）: This is the police. An account in your name is suspected of being used in a crime.

Examples of the AI's replies

The AI's reply (a line written in advance)

• This is an automated AI assistant answering on behalf of the person you called. Please tell me your name and your department.
• I do not answer anything about accounts, money or personal information on this line. I will pass what you said on to the person.
• The person will check by contacting a number they look up themselves. I am ending this call now. Goodbye.

The "AI" on this page only shows lines that were written in advance. It is not an AI thinking and answering each time you press a button. Nor does it show that an AI would reply this way on a real call.