Feb 13, 2021
Very Suspicous Possibly-NHK Guy
In the past week, there has been a couple of times when a young man would ring our doorbell, whisper something, and after we responded they walked away.
The first time they said "sorry, I made a mistake" and left. It was really really strange, so I watched the second person when it happened again.
I realized the person was ringing the doorbells of apartments that do not have a NHK sticker outside. The person was also holding a big phone/device that was probably taking notes or shows which doors he has to ring.
I suspect that it is about NHK but I am not sure, and I expect that they will be back. It is definitely shady as hell, so everyone be careful if this happens to you on more than one occasion.
2 Comments
Terrilyn
on Feb 14
I had a similar encounter a few weeks back and I just said I did not understand any Japanese. I remembered my husband's relatives who told me about a similar encounter with these NHK guys but it's weird because they were actually asking money. Hmmm. Shady.
JapanRamen
on Feb 15
@Terrilyn shady indeed! And it’s strange this is how NHK has to go around for money in a way that looks like they are scamming people lol