A group of people who stole 2.5 billion won by using various methods such as messenger phishing from members of Mom Cafe has been caught by the police.
Today (15th), the Busan Police Agency's cyber investigation team arrested 7 people per day on charges of stealing 2.5 billion won by enticing 589 women and 89 men in their 20s and 30s to invest in virtual assets with contacts they illegally collected from internet mom cafes. said.
Mr. A, a 24-year-old general manager, is suspected of having set up offices in China and Korea from February 2020 to May this year and hijacked 2.5 billion won using methods such as messenger phishing, investment fraud, and body cam phishing.
Mr. A's group sent advertisement texts to contacts they had illegally collected from 70 places, including internet mom cafes, and it is known that 589 of the actual victims are women. In particular, among the victims, women in their 20s and 30s were the most common, and police said that they did not report them because they were concerned about family strife.
If you look at the crime method announced by the police, Mr. A's party paid advertisements such as '500,000 won in an hour as a side job' on text advertisements or overseas SNS Facebook. If you click on the advertisement, you will be taken to the SNS open chat room opened by the group, and the group requested additional money to withdraw the proceeds while showing the site screen to the invited victim as if it had made a high profit.
After that, if the victims deposit their investment, Mr. A's party showed the site screen as if it could make a high profit, and disappeared after demanding additional deposit, saying, "I need a margin to withdraw the proceeds." According to the police, the victims lost as little as 100,000 won to as high as 80 million won.
In addition, Mr. A's group sent out an advertisement text saying 'Corona government subsidized loan' and talked to the victims who saw it and said, "To get a loan, you need to upgrade your credit rating. You need fees such as identification fee and margin. “I am also accused of stealing 14 million won from two people by cheating.
The Busan Metropolitan Police Agency said, "If you receive an SNS messenger or mobile phone advertisement text that induces investment in loans for corona aid funds, virtual assets and securities, you must suspect whether it is a scam and do not click on the address recklessly. Please be careful not to leave personal information such as contact information."
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(Photo = Yonhap News, Busan National Police Agency)