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Refund scam

還付金詐欺 ／ refund-scam　—　Phenomena

A method of fraud that involves feigning a tax refund to trick someone into operating a machine to transfer money to the perpetrator's account.

Netherlands — The century of division / The low country, a mint at night
A scene for the related term “Fraud” — Netherlands　The century of division ／ The low country, a mint at night

A type of scam that lures victims to a machine with the promise of a "good deal." Government offices never issue refunds via machine operations.