(URL)” “Have a fun Lunar New Year and be happy in 2024 as well (URL)” Phishing crimes disguised as delivery emails and New Year’s greetings will increase as the Lunar New Year holidays approach.
South Korean authorities are urging caution as this is expected to occur. When a victim accidentally clicks on a link, a malicious app is automatically downloaded and steals personal information.
Ms. Park, who is in her 30s and lives in Dobong-gu, Seoul, also clicked on a link at a supermarket she frequently frequents, thinking she was being sent a Lunar New Year discount coupon.
A malicious app has been downloaded to your smartphone. Park said, ``Normally I try not to open text message links whose source is unclear, but this time I accidentally opened them.
"I was deceived," he said, adding, "I'm fortunate that no loans were taken or money was withdrawn in my name." Regarding this, South Korean authorities have announced that they will be conducting a
The decision was made to establish a department to deal with Authorities say that although voice phishing crimes are on the decline overall, the amount of damage has increased significantly since November 2023, and investment fraud is increasing.
He pointed out that new types of fraud, such as deception, are also rapidly expanding. According to the National Police Agency, the number of voice phishing cases and damage scale in the past five years was 37,667 cases in 2019, amounting to 639.8 billion won (approx.
71.7 billion yen), 31,681 cases in 2020, 700 billion won (approximately 77 billion yen), 30,982 cases in 2021, 774.4 billion won (approximately 86.8 billion yen), 21,832 cases in 202254
3.8 billion won (approximately 60.9 billion yen), and in 2023, 18,902 cases will be totaled 447.2 billion won (approximately 50.1 billion yen). Approximately 28,212 cases occur annually on average, resulting in 621 billion won (approximately 696 million won).
This means that the amount of damage has reached 100 million yen. In response, the authorities have increased the public's vigilance against various phishing crimes during the Lunar New Year holidays, and have announced that the public and private sectors will jointly prepare for a 24-hour response.
decided. In addition, in order to block emails pretending to be from public institutions or financial institutions, 282 public institutions and financial institutions, including the National Police Agency and the Customs Agency, display the ``Anshin Mark Service'' when sending emails.
Users will be able to distinguish between spoofed emails, and in the case of emails that have been roamed overseas, mobile communications companies will be sending them with a message that says ``roaming transmission.''
When a situation in which financial damage is suspected occurs, it is advisable to immediately report it to the relevant financial company's customer center, the National Police Agency, or the Financial Supervisory Service. Police officials said,
If you try to delete the app and it is not deleted, you must contact the manufacturer of your smartphone and have it initialized."
We must prevent secondary damage from occurring." A government official said, ``Phishing fraud is a serious crime that steals the assets that are the result of the blood and sweat of ordinary people and leaves a huge scar.''
``The government will be extremely prepared to strengthen measures against voice phishing scams in the future.''
2024/02/09 07:09 KST
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