Jeju Dongbu Police Station, Online 'Game Item Sales' Scam 20s 'Arrested'

Published 15 Oct.2021 10:50(KST)

[Jeju=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hwang Jeongpil] A man in his 20s who deceived online game users nationwide by selling game money and game items was arrested by the police.

Jeju Dongbu Police Station announced on the 15th that they arrested Mr. A (in his 20s), who defrauded a total of 8 million KRW from 32 people nationwide over about two months since August.

Mr. A used multiple nicknames to log into online games, approached users via chat claiming to sell game money, or posted item sale posts directly on game community sites, then received payments from connected victims and disappeared.

In particular, the suspect insisted on direct transactions through chat or SNS messages instead of using item trading sites for the crimes.

When the accounts used in the crimes were suspended due to reports from victims, he continued the crimes by changing accounts and phone numbers, but was eventually caught after police tracking.

The police believe suspect A may have committed more crimes and plan to collect additional victim cases from police stations nationwide before sending the case to the prosecution.

A police official said, “Fraud crimes involving game items targeting teenagers to people in their 30s who mainly use online games are frequently occurring. We urge people to verify seller information before transactions or use the police ‘CyberCop’ app to check the other party’s phone number and account number to prevent crime damage.”