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Amid the cryptocurrency craze, there are also fraudulent cases of hijacking investors' money as a bait for high returns. A large domestic exchange has revealed 9 typical types of scams, but you should watch carefully and be careful not to damage them.



This is reporter Jeong Da-eun.



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cryptocurrency exchange Upbit classified 61 fraudulent reports into 9 types.



First of all, there were many cases in which contact was lost after attracting investors with false listing information such as "Which month, the listing is certain", "It will be listed soon, so if you invest now, it will be returned several times after listing".



You should be suspicious of scams such as "Trade because it was listed on other exchanges in order to be listed on Upbit", or "We are running a virtual currency sale that will be listed soon" to these chat rooms only.



Also, you should be careful if you pretend to be an employee and ask for prize equipment, saying, "If you have a willingness to list, I will help" or "I will guarantee the listing at a low cost."



This is because we only receive listing submissions on the official website, and since we do not require a separate award equipment, if you receive such a message via e-mail or social media, there is a high possibility that it is a fraud.



In another exchange, Kobit, a user's 20 million won worth of bitcoin was transferred to a site pretending to be a famous American exchange.



Corbit said that when using overseas exchanges, it is necessary to check whether it is an official site or not.



[Lim Jong-in/Professor, Graduate School of Information Security, Korea University: I think the government should actively deal with any illegal activities of these cryptocurrency exchanges and illegal activities of operational forces.]



Concerns about the cryptocurrency craze are concerned. As it grew, Upbit, an exchange linked with Internet bank K Bank, decided to limit the unlimited deposit limit to 100 million won per time and up to 500 million won per day.



The government and politicians have begun to discuss countermeasures late, but protective measures and regulatory gaps are expected to continue for some time, so the parties to the transaction have no choice but to pay their own attention.



(Video editing: Kim Sun-tak, CG: Seo Seung-hyun)