An elderly man in his seventies who became suspicious when he saw a man in his 20s multiple times deposit 50,000 winners in front of an apartment automation machine reported to the police, and a voice phishing collection book was arrested.
According to the Gimpo Police Headquarters on 25 July, Citizen A residing in Gimpo on 29 July saw a man in his 20s deposit 50,000 won several times while waiting for a cash withdrawal from an automated machine in front of an apartment near his home. suspicious thought.
This man, who watched Mr. A continue to wait behind him, made concessions, but when he saw the receipts piled up inside the automated machine he had entered for pickup, he was caught reporting to the police station near the he guessed it was definitely related to voice phishing.
Arriving at the scene, police arrested the man who was the voice phishing cash collector and confiscated 21 million won.
The victim, in his forties, received a call from a voice phishing member pretending to be a financial institution, saying, “I’ll give you a low-interest loan.” after being tricked into saying he had to pay him back in cash.
As a result, the Gimpo Police Station selected Citizen A (70), who contributed to the shutdown of the voice phishing collection program, as the 48th “phishing keeper” promoted by the Gyeonggi Nambu office and has handed a citation and reward for reporting.
A police official said: “The damage caused by voice phishing against unspecified people continues in our daily lives and once damage occurs, there are many difficulties in arresting and recovering the damage. I hope,” he said. affirmed.
On the other hand, Phishing Keeper is a policy promoted by the Gyeonggi Nambu Police Agency to spread awareness that “me and my neighbor” crimes can be prevented if someone is interested in selecting the citizens who have helped prevent and arrest the harms of voice phishing.
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