The National Police Agency warned on November 15th that the fear of an increase in cyber crime such as smsing or Internet fraud, which takes personal information through mobile phone text messages before and after the College Scholastic Ability Test for the 2019 school year.

According to the police, I hope to be with you. Look at this! There is a possibility that an unidentified text message with an Internet address link is sent along with the text.

If you click the link, the malicious code is installed on your smartphone, and a small payment occurs or the personal and financial information stored in the device is seized.

To prevent damage, you can limit the "unknown apps" installation in your smartphone security settings, limit your micropayment limits through your carrier customer center, or block payments.

You should install and update the antivirus program periodically, and do not click links that do not know the origin of the text message.

In addition, the police said that after the test, online fraud is likely to increase as commodity transactions for candidates, such as mobile phones, electronic products, clothing, and ticket sales, become more active.

Of the 124,393 victims of Internet fraud last year, 15,555 (13%) were in their 10s and 40,2972 (35%) in their 20s, accounting for 48% of the total.

When dealing with goods, it is a good idea to meet with the seller directly or use a safe transaction.

Even if the other party sends the address of the safe trading site, it is probably a fake site, so it is safer to check the authenticity with the 'cybercop' application provided by the National Police Agency.

If you need to trade by courier, you should check the seller's transaction history and check whether the account to be deposited is the seller's name.

You can also view the damage report history in the 'Cybercop' app.

There are cases in which the admission ticket is traded by exploiting the fact that the admission ticket is presented with various benefits.

This can lead to crimes such as smuggling, voice phishing, etc. of personal information such as examinee's name and resident registration number.

If you buy a photo of yourself and use your photo, you will be punished for forgery of official documents.

For those who seek employment or part-time jobs after the college entrance examination, they should ask for identification cards, passbooks, check cards, etc. Also, be careful of crimes that intercept personal and financial information.

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