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As the use of 'dating apps' to arrange meetings between the opposite sexes increases, a new type of financial fraud is also on the rise. The representative method is to talk about money after making friends, but the National Intelligence Service has started an investigation.
Reporter Kim A-young reports exclusively.
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is a 'dating app' that connects the opposite sex online.
In October of last year, 32-year-old Mo Lee met a woman who lived in Shanghai through this app.
[Lee Mo / Dating App Scam Victim: I had a lot of interactions and even made video calls, so there is no doubt about it… .] As they
got closer, the woman invited Mr. Lee to a bitcoin investment meeting in which she participated, and Mr. Lee believed the word to invest through the Chinese exchange and remitted 30 million won, but ended up empty handed.
[Mr. Lee / Dating App Scam Victim: About 20 people there (Telegram investment meeting)? I was looking for cases of scams (I saw them on Telegram) and they were listed under the pseudonyms. When I searched again, that (dating app) account had already disappeared.] The
27-year-old late Mo was deceived by the woman he was dealing with on the dating app, and even threw away the jeonse.
He said that he needed help with online coin exchange, so he went to a specific site and transferred 100 million won in all, such as a subscription fee and proof of transaction history.
[Family of the deceased / dating app scam victim: (Sister too) I didn't send it all at once.
(Listening to the site) I make periodic deposits to raise my rating...
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You have to raise your rating in order to get a quicker withdrawal later.] As
new financial scams through dating apps continue to follow, the National Intelligence Service International Crime Information Center recently conducted an inspection of the related conditions in 13 countries, including China, Japan, and Australia. It was confirmed that he went out.
As a result of the investigation, a Taiwanese criminal organization ripped out 2 billion won from 10 women in their 20s and 30s in the name of investing in gold futures.
A typical method is to induce direct virtual currency investment after building friendships or to request currency exchange fees through fake sites.
The NIS said that Interpol has issued a dating app fraud alert in 194 countries, including Korea, and decided to share the methods and damage cases collected from the actual inspection with the FSC and investigative agencies.
(Video coverage: Park Dae-young, Gong Jin-goo, Kim Nam-seong, Video editing: Park Ki-duk)