Gangdong Police Station and SMTNT Sign Agreement to Prevent Voice Phishing

Photo by Seoul Gangdong Police Station

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Jung-yoon] The Gangdong Police Station in Seoul announced on the 5th that it has signed a business agreement with SMTNT, the developer of the vehicle safety number service 'MOVA', to prevent voice phishing.

SMTNT provides the MOVA service, a parking safety number based on a 12-digit lifetime number starting with 0504, free of charge and holds related patents. The parking safety call allows messages requesting vehicle movement to be delivered, blocking unnecessary calls with others, and enables calls without exposing the existing phone number, thereby protecting personal information. If phone numbers are leaked, they can be misused for crimes such as voice phishing or stalking.

As part of the voice phishing prevention promotion project, Gangdong Police Station provided SMTNT with two types of self-produced voice phishing prevention promotional materials on December 1st last year. These are automatically sent along with vehicle movement request messages when using MOVA. The MOVA service has 100,000 users, and approximately 500 promotional messages are sent daily, totaling about 180,000 annually to prevent voice phishing.

This business agreement was made to ensure stable and sustainable transmission and will be extended annually.

Kang Sang-gil, Chief of Gangdong Police Station, said, "It will have a significant effect not only in preventing voice phishing but also in preventing crimes caused by personal information leakage," and added, "We will provide promotional materials and messages reflecting the latest methods regularly."

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