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

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) おれおれさぎ [òréórésáꜜgì] (Nakadaka – [5])
  • IPA(key): [o̞ɾe̞o̞ɾe̞sa̠ɡʲi]

Noun

オレオレ詐(さ)欺(ぎ) or オレオレ詐欺(さぎ) • (oreore-sagi) 

  1. phone scam involving calls from pretended relatives in distress

Usage notes

"Me" isn't limited to オレ, variants such as わたしわたし詐欺 also exists.

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