Amid the presidential election, a series of no-show scams involving people posing as lawmakers' secretaries or aides have been occurring in South Korea

With the presidential election approaching, he has been falsely claiming to be a member of the National Assembly and an aide, making fake orders at restaurants, and then failing to show up as a “no-show.”
A series of "show" scams have occurred, prompting police to launch an investigation.
Shin Yong-dae, a lawmaker from the Democratic Party of Korea, was recently accused of no-showing and buying a false office in Gunsan.
He strongly denied the allegations and requested the police to conduct a swift investigation. According to his office, on the 10th, a person who falsely represented himself as a lawmaker's office at a raw fish restaurant in Gunsan stole 750,000 won (approximately 1,000 yen) worth of goods.
The crime involved a request to buy 16 million won (about 1.7 million yen) worth of alcohol along with a reservation for a meal for 80,000 yen. Fortunately, the restaurant owner, who was suspicious of the order for alcohol during the election period, took action.
Because of the diversion, no actual damage was done. As soon as the councilman's office found out about the incident, it asked the police to investigate. The councilman's office explained the details of the incident to the store owner directly over the phone.
"During the presidential election, there have been a lot of cases of no-shows and purchase request fraud all over the country, where people are posing as politicians or party camps," he said. "To prevent this, the Diet members
"We need to ask sellers to be extra cautious and double-check with the offices of local government officials and political parties to see if the information is true," he said.
We will also do our best to prepare measures to prevent this."