Jeju Police Agency, Full Effort to Prevent Voice Phishing Crimes

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters (Jeju) Reporter Hwang Jeongpil] The Jeju Police Agency (Chief Kang Hwangsoo) has recently been operating a 'focused response period for telephone financial fraud (hereinafter referred to as voice phishing),' making every effort to prevent and apprehend voice phishing crimes.

On the 18th, Jeju Police reported that during the focused response period, a total of 60 suspects were apprehended, of whom 9 were detained.

They recovered approximately 310 million won in damages and suspended payments on 69 accounts used in the crimes.

In particular, recently, there have been increasing cases where victims, deceived by voice phishing organizations into handing over their money to the perpetrators, have been prevented from doing so not only by financial institution employees but also by family members, acquaintances, taxi drivers, convenience store owners, and even by the victims themselves reporting the incidents.

The increase in prevention cases is analyzed to be due to the police conducting comprehensive publicity campaigns with the cooperation of the media and related organizations, raising social awareness about voice phishing, and actively providing rewards to citizens who apprehended voice phishing criminals or prevented damages, thereby encouraging reporting.

On this day, Kang Hwangsoo, Chief of Jeju Police Agency, presented a certificate of appreciation and a reward to a citizen who contributed to the arrest by accurately describing the suspect’s appearance and escape direction to the police while following a voice phishing collector who fled after a 112 emergency call.

A total of 8.1 million won in rewards was also paid to 15 citizens who contributed to the apprehension and prevention of voice phishing this year.

A police official stated, “If a government agency such as a financial institution or the Financial Supervisory Service calls and offers a loan and asks to meet in person to receive cash, it is 200% a scam. If you suspect even a little bit of voice phishing, please hang up immediately and report to 112 using another phone.”

He added, “To eradicate voice phishing crimes, we will closely cooperate with related organizations such as the Financial Supervisory Service and mobilize all functions of the Jeju Police to make Jeju a clean area free of voice phishing crimes.”

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