<Anchor> As the



stock price continues to rise, more and more people are tempted to make an investment in a stock and make it rise unconditionally.

It looks like you'll make money right away, but as you know, it's mostly a scam.



Reporter Park Chan-geun reported on how many such crimes are.



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Mr. A, a 50-year-old worker, received an offer from a stranger to invest in stocks on their behalf through KakaoTalk chat.



I offered 10 million won to say that the principal was guaranteed unconditionally and that 300% profit was possible, but only 1 million won was returned.



[Mr. A / 9 million won damage: I put in 10,000 won for practice at first, but I made 50,000 won.

By selling, buying.

'This is amazing, it's real...

.']



Until last month this year, the number of similar reports and consultations received by the Financial Supervisory Service was 555, a 40% increase from last year.



In particular, amid the booming stock market, fraudulent investments in financial products such as stocks and derivatives accounted for the largest proportion.



A company that raised multi-stage investments has also been reported by offering credit card installment payments pretending to purchase goods to those who lack cash.



Insurance agencies that collected investments by paying initial proceeds through agency fees paid by insurance companies when insured insureds pay insurance premiums for a certain period were also found.



As a result of the prosecution's investigation, he tricked 1,700 victims and received an investment of 127 billion won, of which 60 billion won has not been recovered.



[Shin-Won Ahn/Senior Researcher of Financial Supervisory Service: The basic principle of investment that high profit always carries a corresponding risk seems to be thinking.

There are many cases of receiving referral allowance (in multiple stages).]



If you suffer from similar reception damage, you can secure evidence such as briefing session data, transaction details, and transcript files and report them to the police or the Financial Supervisory Service.



(Video editing: Kim Jong-woo, VJ: Park Hyun-woo, CG: Ryu Sang-soo, Kang Kyung-rim)