"Sir, I am a police officer" Police officer prevents voice phishing on day off

Prevented Elderly Withdrawal by Confirming Voice Phishing
Followed Bank Counter Inside to Inform Bank Staff

Two men had a scuffle in front of an ATM in Jincheon, Chungbuk. When an elderly man on the phone tried to send a large sum of money to someone claiming to be the 'police,' a man nearby, who was actually a police officer, stopped him by saying he was the 'police.'

The person on the phone with the elderly man was a voice phishing scammer, and the man who stopped the transfer was a real police officer who had just finished his shift and came to the ATM for personal errands. The police officer’s intuition prevented the voice phishing scam.

According to the National Police Agency on the 19th, Lieutenant Jin Hae-seong, who is working at the Chopyeong Police Substation of the Jincheon Police Station in Chungbuk, witnessed an elderly man talking on the phone in front of an ATM at 10 a.m. on August 1, after finishing his shift change.
[Photo by National Police Agency official YouTube channel]

According to the National Police Agency on the 19th, Jin Haeseong, a police sergeant working at the Chopyeong Police Substation of Jincheon Police Station in Chungbuk, went to the ATM at 10 a.m. on August 1 after finishing his shift and noticed an elderly man talking on the phone in front of the machine.

Bank CCTV footage showed the elderly man holding a cellphone and opening his bankbook to attempt a transfer. Sergeant Jin, overhearing the conversation, sensed it was a voice phishing scam and warned the elderly man, saying, "This seems like a dangerous call." However, the elderly man insisted that the person on the phone was a police officer and that he needed to send the money.

The elderly man whispered, "They said my bankbook is involved in a crime and if I send the money, they will protect me." Convinced it was a crime, Sergeant Jin tried to stop him by even taking the bankbook, but the elderly man did not listen. Instead, he went inside the bank to withdraw the money.

Officer Jin followed the elderly person into the bank and informed the teller that "the elderly person is being targeted by voice phishing." In response, the bank staff immediately delayed the withdrawal and reported the incident to the police.
[Photo by National Police Agency Official YouTube Channel]

Sergeant Jin followed the elderly man into the bank and informed the teller, "This man is being targeted by a voice phishing scam." The bank staff immediately delayed the withdrawal and reported the situation to the police.

The situation was resolved by the police officers who arrived on the scene. The responding officers told the elderly man, "Investigative agencies never ask for money," and deleted malicious apps installed on his phone. Thanks to this, the elderly man was able to avoid the scam.

Netizens who saw this story on the National Police Agency’s YouTube channel praised the officer, saying, "You saved the elderly with sharp intuition," "The police officer’s keen observation is amazing," and "Real police officers, nurses, and firefighters don’t rest even on their days off."

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