Gyeonggi Special Judicial Police, Open Recruitment for Mystery Shopping Investigation Support Staff Until the 28th

Gyeonggi Provincial Government Gwanggyo New Office Building

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] The Gyeonggi-do Fair Special Judicial Police Unit is publicly recruiting support personnel for 'Mystery Shopping' investigations, which involve undercover inspections posing as customers, until the 28th of this month.

The 'Mystery Shopping' investigation support personnel are responsible for tasks such as posing as customers to call illegal advertisements' phone numbers, visiting the relevant businesses, collecting investigation materials, and managing the database (DB).

Applicants can apply by mail or through the Jababa app. Successful candidates will work for four months from March to July and receive a monthly salary of around 2 million KRW. Anyone interested in mystery shopping investigations, including young people and women with career interruptions, can apply.

Especially this year, with advice from a mystery shopping consulting agency, various scenarios have been developed, and the hired mystery shopping investigation support personnel will enhance their expertise through practical, field-centered training.

The Special Judicial Police Unit of the province, as the first local government to do so, has hired about 15 mystery shopping investigation support personnel annually since 2019, detecting a total of 180 illegal activities over four years: 28 in 2019, 36 in 2020, 49 in 2021, and 67 in 2022.

The unit actively utilizes this method to catch intelligent crimes, such as directly approaching loan company customers using illegal loan business cards or internet portal sites to detect unregistered or high-interest loan companies charging above the legal maximum interest rate (20% per annum), and posing as passengers to ride illegal taxis (call jumping) using private or rental cars to uncover violations.

Kim Kwang-deok, head of the Gyeonggi-do Fair Special Judicial Police Unit, stated, "As the economic crisis intensifies, we expect various intelligent crimes such as illegal loan businesses, trademark and origin violations, illegal paid transportation (call jumping), and proxy deposits and purchases targeting youth to worsen. We will do our utmost to prevent harm to residents by utilizing all means, including mystery shopping investigations."

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