Another report of unidentified mail was delivered from Jeju, where international mail containing new drug substances was discovered.



According to the Jeju Western Police Station, yesterday (3rd) around 9:54 a.m., a report was received by the police that an 'unidentified mail presumed to have been sent from China' was delivered to a family in Ora-dong, Jeju-si.



The 9th Marine Corps Brigade and others conducted a bioterrorism test on this mail, and the result was negative.



Packaged in a black plastic bag with the word 'China' written in Korean, the mail was found to contain a soft face wash towel and wet wipes.



On the outside of the envelope, the recipient of the invoice had a Korean name that did not reside at that address.



As a result of the investigation, it was confirmed that this mail was sent by an Incheon distributor entrusted with a Chinese company, and the same item was sent to 600 places in Korea on the same day.



The shipper told the police that it was "a gift from a customer, and it appears that the address was written incorrectly."



The police sent this mail to the Jeju branch of the National Institute of Forensic Sciences and requested a detailed analysis.



Previously, unidentified international mail was delivered twice in the past two months from Jeju.



In mid-September, an international mail from the United States delivered to a household in Jocheon-eup, Jeju-si, found LSD, a psychotropic drug, and the police are investigating.



LSD, a new drug, is a powerful hallucinogen and is usually sold as a picture printed on paper in the form of a postage stamp.



Then, in the middle of last month, international mail from Taiwan was sent to a building in Seongsan-eup, Seogwipo-si, Jeju, but fortunately, no suspected substances such as narcotics were detected.



The police weighed on the possibility that it was a 'brushing scam' as no suspected narcotic substances were detected in the mail reported at the time, and there was nothing inside the mail except for the cushioning air cap.



'Brushing scam' refers to the act of sending unordered items to anyone through illegally obtained personal information in order to manipulate sales performance and ratings by online shopping mall sellers.



We usually send empty envelopes or inexpensive items.



Sellers not only increase the number of items sold, but also post product reviews disguised as recipients to achieve product advertising effectiveness.



This is a fraud method that takes advantage of the consumer's tendency to select products in the order of the most purchases or reviews.



(Photo = Provided by the Jeju Fire and Safety Headquarters, Yonhap News)