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gang who has been scamming nearly 5 billion won to over 5,000 people for 7 years on an online used trading site was caught.
A few months ago, SBS'I want to know it' was the scam that bought a reproach, and the police caught it after tracking it for over two years.
This is JIBS reporter Ha Chang-hoon.
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Mr. A, who was using the internet trading site for second hand goods, had an absurd situation a while ago.
When I ordered and deposited the camera, I lost contact with the seller.
The sales article that applied for the used transaction was posted by a professional scam organization.
The scam organization, headed by 38-year-old Kang Mo, has been conducting fraud with the same method since 2014.
The act of fraud was detailed.
When an order comes in after posting a fake sales article, it shows the fake delivery receipt and even the fake business registration registered on the portal site, giving relief.
[Second-hand transaction victim: I believed in it. Because it is a company that has a phone number and is registered (at the portal site)... .] I
haven't even received the deposit directly.
After receiving the money through the so-called homeworker's bankbook that they recruited, they received the remittance.
We also went through an additional cryptocurrency remittance process to launder money.
More than 5,000 victims have been identified so far, and the amount of damage for 7 years amounted to 4.9 billion won.
They even threatened by delivering large amounts of food to victims who reported or complained to the police, or by exposing personal information.
[Blackmail Victim: If someone presses'Thing-dong' (doorbell) outside, the door doesn't open at all. I couldn't respond. I'm scared.]
After two years of pursuit, the police arrested 30 out of 40 online sales scam organizations, and arrested 14 of them.
(Video coverage: Yuryeong JIBS)