93 people arrested per day for voice phishing posing as a ‘prosecutor’ who called the death of a 20-year-old student

The police caught a group of voice phishing gangs posing as ‘prosecutor Kim Min-su’ and leading a 20-year-old job seeker to an extreme option.

The Busan Metropolitan Police Agency announced on the 4th that it arrested 93 members of a criminal group specializing in voice phishing and arrested 26 of them for violating the Electronic Financial Transactions Act and the Telecommunications Business Act.

They have been accused of intercepting 10 billion won in money pretending to be involved in the case by posing as prosecutors and financial institutions for five years starting in August 2015, or by presenting a low-interest loan.

As a result of the police investigation, Mr. A, in his 30s, rounded up gangsters, invited local gangsters to China, and formed a corporate criminal group for the crime of voice phishing.

After establishing an overseas call center, members of the organization shared roles as general manager, team leader, TM (telephone consultation), and account book recruitment, and distributed the proceeds of crime according to their status.

They were confirmed to have committed crimes against Koreans after setting up six offices, including call centers in eight regions, including Suzhou, China.

Members of the prosecution who posed as prosecutors for the Prosecutor’s Office misled the victims’ financial accounts as if they were involved in a case involving a criminal group and met with the victims in person on behalf of security management or they intercepted damage with a cannon count.

In addition, the police said that he received the damage after inducing them to randomly call the victims and tell them: “○○ Capital, I will give you a loan at the lowest interest rate.”

They even set up a fake prosecutor’s office and made video calls, showing their meticulousness against crime.

According to the police investigation, out of 93 people, 52 members of the organization, 12 retirement books and 29 people provided cannon bank books.

Police said the money they received from about 300 victims in the past five years amounted to 10 billion won.

Among the victims, the police said, “A”, a job seeker in his twenties, who made an extreme decision after being pressured for a false investigation by a member of a voice phishing gang in Sunchang, Jeollabuk-do in February.

At that time, the gang member sent a photo of a tampered indictment pass and a business card to reassure Mr. A, and it was reported that he threatened to be punished in accordance with current law if he hung up the phone.

However, it was confirmed that the actual gang member who made the call with Mr. A is being pursued by the police.

Meanwhile, the police said that the gangsters had obtained information that they were operating a local voice phishing organization in China, launched an investigation, analyzed and tracked financial transactions, and were forcibly arrested.

A police officer said: “A call to induce a remittance or direct transfer to a secure account or to make a loan at a low interest rate from a financial institution should be suspected of being a voice phishing crime,” he said.

The Busan Police Agency has selected the fight against voice phishing in September as one of the seven main tasks of the Busan Police and is concentrating its investigative power.

However, due to the nature of the voice phishing crime, there was an issue that the victim did not recognize that it was a crime until they delivered the damage to the offender and the police were unable to get help in the process.

Consequently, the Busan Police cooperated with the Busan Bank in preventative activities such as putting a warning phrase that reads, “Unknown calls and messages asking for money are 100% voice phishing scams” on the waiting list that Citizens must choose and read when they arrive at a financial institution. He is fighting.

A police officer said: “Because it is difficult to recover damage even if the main offender is arrested for a voice phishing crime, you should pay attention to the content of suspicious phone calls and criminal techniques to avoid harm.”

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