"Fraud of impersonating a soldier" and "I don't ask you to pay for it."

[Anchor]
I told you that there is a series of order fraud impersonating a soldier against self-employed people.

They tricked them into ordering food or goods and paying for other companies' goods later.

The county cautioned that there is no case of ordering in this way.

Reporter Chung Hyun-woo's report.

[Reporter]
Self-employed people who were affected by military impersonators, such as Sergeant Park and Lieutenant Kim, were not suspicious of the crime when they said it was a military unit.

[Paint shop owner: I'm also a soldier, and I gave you an estimate below the regular retail price, and I gave you a discount of more than 10%.]

In particular, it was easier to be deceived by good reasons such as meat for company dinners and flowers for promotion ceremonies.

[Beef restaurant owner: After preparing all the meat, I vacuum-packed it and put it in an ice box. I couldn't use it all because you didn't come..]

[Flower shop owner to avoid impersonating a soldier: I didn't doubt it at all at first. I planted a lot of flowers and did it with great care....]

All the companies that introduced them to pay later if they paid for wine or combat food were fake,
We avoided doubt by stealing the name of the company
that exists.

Even if I looked it up on the Internet, it came out as an operating company, and if I called with my business card, it was connected to the group, so it wasn't revealed.In the first half of this year alone, more than 60 restaurants have been impersonated by the

military unit.

In addition to the restaurant, the damage is expected to be greater, including other self-employed people.An official from

said, "When ordering goods from the unit, we don't ask them to pay for wine, etc."

He also emphasized that there is no case of sending a 'goods supply commitment'.

If you receive an order call from another local military unit, you must call the unit to confirm.

I'm Jeong Hyeonwoo from YTN.

Reporter for shooting
: Shin Hong
Video editing: Yoon So-jung
Design: Lee Na-young