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Voice phishing crimes may be why you are deceived by their contents, but the trick is so sophisticated that anyone can become a victim. The government has decided that voice phishing, which amounts to nearly 700 billion won a year, will be defined as an anti-social crime and strengthen financial companies' liability.

Reporter Hyung-Woo Jeon.

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A worker in his 40s recently received a call saying that his account was being used by a criminal organization.

I suspected voice phishing, but when I received an official document with the real name of the prosecutor, I came to believe that it was real.


[Voice phishing victims: All the stamps have been stamped from the investigators, and even the central prosecutor Lee Seong-yun, the central prosecutor of the Seoul Central Prosecutor's Office (Painted).]

Mr. A went on to the verge of handing over 50 million won to the voice phishing organization, but fortunately at the end I felt it.

[Voice phishing victims: At that time, there was no situation. People are like that.]

Voice phishing damage increases every year, reaching around 700 billion won a year.

While techniques such as malicious apps and hacking are being advanced, the prevention obligations of financial companies are emphasized, and technology development to prevent voice phishing is also in full swing.

There is also an app that analyzes the voice of a call and sends a notification when the other party repeatedly speaks of suspicious words such as'prosecutor's office' or'investigator'.

When a call is received by analyzing the voice registered as a voice phishing criminal, a warning message is displayed.

The government decided to revise the law to further strengthen financial companies' liability.

The principle is that financial companies will be liable for damages unless there is any intention or serious negligence such as leaking personal information to victims of voice phishing.

[Gwondaeyoung / finance committee financial innovation leader: Moral Hazard Prevention of users, amount of damage between financial institutions as a user in consideration of equitable burden principle of damages is hope to be a reasonable contribution to the]

government to another voice phishing more general fraud We plan to promote measures to punish the heavier.

(Video coverage: Senior style, Video editing: Park Ki-duk)