Seoul Namdaemun Police Station and the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation Mutual Finance announced on the 29th that they have distributed 2.23 million stickers, which are attached to bankbooks and cash envelopes for the purpose of preventing financial crimes, to 4,834 agricultural and livestock cooperative branches nationwide. Photo by Seoul Namdaemun Police Station

Seoul Namdaemun Police Station and the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation Mutual Finance announced on the 29th that they have distributed 2.23 million stickers, which are attached to bankbooks and cash envelopes for the purpose of preventing financial crimes, to 4,834 agricultural and livestock cooperative branches nationwide. Photo by Seoul Namdaemun Police Station

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[Asia Economy Reporter Gong Byung-sun] On the 29th, Namdaemun Police Station in Seoul and the NongHyup Central Association Mutual Finance announced that they distributed 2.23 million stickers, which are attached to bankbooks and cash envelopes, to 4,834 NongHyup and livestock cooperative branches nationwide for the purpose of preventing financial crimes.


This promotional activity was conducted ahead of the Chuseok holiday, when cash withdrawals increase, to prevent messenger phishing and other crimes. Since the 25th, Namdaemun Police Station and NongHyup Central Association have attached crime prevention stickers to cash envelopes available at counters and ATMs, as well as newly opened bankbooks, at the Seo Seoul NongHyup Ahyeon Station branch.


In particular, bankbooks used mainly by people aged 40 and above have crime prevention stickers stating, "If you receive a text message asking for cash or identification, be sure to verify if it is your child," conducting customized crime prevention activities to prevent citizens from falling victim to child impersonation financial crimes.



Kim Jong-gwan, chief of Namdaemun Police Station, stated, "We will continue to do our best to prevent financial crimes through cooperation between the police and financial institutions." The NongHyup Central Association said, "Through this campaign, we aim to raise customers' awareness of telephone financial fraud and do our best to protect customer assets through various preventive activities such as real-time monitoring and preemptive blocking of suspicious transactions at counters."


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