オレオレ詐欺

オレオレ詐欺

Japanese

Kanji in this term
詐	欺
さ Grade: S	ぎ Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative spellings	おれおれ詐欺 俺俺詐欺

Etymology

オレオレ (oreore, “I, me”) +‎ 詐欺 (sagi, “fraud”). A type of fraud where the call begins with オレ、オレ (“It’s me! It’s me!”)

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) おれおれさ​ぎ [òréórésáꜜgì] (Nakadaka – [5])
  • IPA^(key): [o̞ɾe̞o̞ɾe̞sa̠ɡʲi]

Noun

オレオレ詐欺(さぎ) • (oreoresagi)

1. phone scam involving calls from pretended relatives in distress