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Ahead of the Lunar New Year, fraudulent text messages that pretend to be delivery of parcels or government subsidies are on the rise. You have to be careful as it can cause damage.
For more details, reporter Im Tae-woo reports.
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As the Lunar New Year approaches, self-employed Kim Min-seong often receives text messages for loan advertisements.
They said that they were eligible for a special loan supported by the government, were selected as a supporter for the daily recovery of small businesses, and that they would lend at an ultra-low 1% interest rate.
In fact, no financial institution has ever sent such a text message.
[Kim Min-seong / Suwon, Gyeonggi-do: I receive a text message like this and say, 'You can apply within 5 days only.
' Instead of raising your credit rating, we advise you to send money or get a high-interest loan.
It was a scam using text messages as bait.
Text messages asking to check the delivery or that the product has been paid are also on the rise.
Of the 202,000 text scams reported and blocked last year, nearly 90% of them were impersonating couriers, especially when there are many Lunar New Year gifts like now.
[Geum Se-hee/Gangseo-gu, Seoul: (I tried to call) He said that you can do it in the order I told you, and he gave me a link.
Yes, but I'm a little suspicious, right?
I contacted the police department's cyber investigation team.
I said that there are too many such cases.]
It is recommended that you delete the Internet address or phone number that is included in these fraudulent text messages immediately, rather than pressing them in the first place.
Also, if you ask for personal information such as ID or account password, you must never respond as it is 100% fraudulent.
(Video coverage: Kang Dong-cheol, video editing: Kim Jun-hee)