World’s first field trials of technology for detecting phone scams at households

Nagoya University and Fujitsu announced that they will begin the world’s first field trials of technology for detecting phone scams at households. These trials, commencing in August in Japan’s Okayama Prefecture, will be in collaboration with the Okayama Prefectural Police, the Okayama Pref. Information Communications unit of the National Police Agency’s Chugoku Regional Police Bureau, and The Chugoku Bank. During the trials, when the technology detects a call suspected of being a phone scam targeting a monitored household, it will first warn the participant with a synthesized voice message.