"Going Out for High-Fives"...Anger Over 150,000 Won Clothes 'Eat-and-Run' by Two-Person Team

Pretending to Make a Bank Transfer at a Clothing Store
"I Should Have Brought My Husband's Card," She Joked

The owner of a clothing store was outraged by the brazen scam of two women who pretended to have transferred 150,000 won for clothes and then ran off. The women even high-fived each other as they left the store.

According to an MBC report on the 13th, Mr. A, who runs a clothing store in Suji-gu, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi Province, fell victim to a so-called 'eat-and-run' scam by two women who came as customers on May 19.

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At the time, one woman picked out three items?a blouse, a dress, and a cardigan?and tried them on, repeatedly asking Mr. A to discount an additional 5,000 won because she would become a regular customer. Another woman dressed in black stood at the counter with her. Unable to resist the bargaining, Mr. A quoted a discounted price of 155,000 won.

While Mr. A was packing the clothes into a bag, the woman said she would transfer the money via bank account. She opened a banking app and appeared to send the money to Mr. A, and soon a notification sound rang from her phone. She said, “I sent the payment for the clothes to your account.” Mr. A’s phone sometimes has delayed notifications, so he did not immediately check whether the payment had been received.

After completing the transaction, the group left the store, saying, “If we change our minds after trying the clothes on at home, we’ll come back tomorrow to exchange them,” and even acted out, “Ah, if only I had brought my husband’s card or a credit card today, I wouldn’t have spent my own money. What a waste.”

Only after they left did Mr. A realize that the payment had not been made. It was less than 30 seconds after they left, so he hurriedly chased after them, but they were already out of sight.

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Upon reviewing the store’s CCTV footage, Mr. A discovered that the woman had used a sophisticated method: while entering the account number in the banking app, she actually transferred the money to someone else in her contacts.

Mr. A said, “They are complete intentional scammers. They correctly selected the bank in the app and even scanned the (provided) account number, but only entered 155 won as the amount.” He added, “Then she exited that screen, selected someone else, and sent 155,000 won.”

He continued, “What was even more shocking was that after sending the money, she briefly showed her phone to the woman in black, who smiled. The two high-fived as they left the store. I felt like they were playing me for a fool?it really made my blood boil.”

Mr. A immediately reported the incident to the police, but there are no clues to identify the women, and the CCTV footage is cut off midway, making tracking difficult. Mr. A said, “It’s mostly my fault for not checking the payment first,” but warned, “Other business owners should always verify payments. These women should turn themselves in.”

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