<Anchor>
I have a part-time job that sends text messages to several people. Some say that they can make money by sending a set phrase, and they are collecting people to work, but there was a report that they started working, but they did not receive any money from the company and that they were being threatened.
This content was covered by reporter Ha Jeong-yeon.
<Reporter> This is
a text message recruitment article that can be easily found on social
media
.
They advertise that they can make money by sending a set of advertising texts through a text service provided by telecommunication companies for free.
It is advertised as a youth job search project, and Mr. A, who has just graduated from high school, believes in this and has been working for several months.
When I asked the company for the money I worked for, my attitude changed, saying that I was doing something illegal.
[Mr. A/Informant: Threatening to report (you) with those records that you sent, because we know the phone number anyway... .]
There were threats to report it if I didn't continue to work.
[Mr A/Informant: 'You have to work for 10 days or bring a friend', so I threatened to work with a friend, and most of them seem to have done that.]
I directly contacted the spam part-time job company I've tried this once, and it shares hundreds of customer numbers in the address book. This is a method of downloading and sending a set phrase one by one.
However, sending spam messages that the recipient does not want is strictly prohibited by the Information and Communications Network Act.
Violations can result in fines of up to 30 million won and criminal penalties for illegal loans and gambling.
On the Internet, you can easily find articles of concern about receiving similar threats.
As threats and coercion that can only be seen in illegal filmed crimes are prevalent in spam texting part-time jobs, an active investigation is required.
(Video coverage: Seol Min-hwan and Ha Ryung, video editing: Park Ji-in, CG: Lee Ah-reum)