Overseas Travel Card Stolen Warning "Set safe in advance!"

[Anchor]
There are some people who are planning overseas trips ahead of the year-end and New Year holidays.

You must be careful not to have your card information stolen.

It is said that there is a widespread method of only pulling out information and paying a large amount of money even if you don't lose your card.

Reporter Hwang Hye-kyung reports.

[Reporter]
Lim Soo-sung, an office worker who likes to travel and buy overseas direct purchases.

On the weekend evening, I was resting at home and my cell phone rang.

0.1 Canadian Dollars has been settled.

I handed it over casually because it was about 100 won in our money, but I couldn't help but be surprised to see the message that followed soon.

On two occasions, about 7 million won was paid overseas in our money.

[Lim Su-sung / Office worker: It's not a small amount, it's a big amount, what should I do if it's 6 to 7 million won?]. I think I was constantly anxious over the weekend because it didn't make sense to have to pay someone I didn't even spend.]

As overseas direct purchases have soared since the COVID-19 pandemic and overseas travel has recently increased, card theft cases such as Lim are also increasing.

The number and amount of damage doubled every year,

In the first half of this year, more than 1,000 cases, 1.6 billion won in damages were reported.

The methods have also been diversified, so a store employee changes his credit card IC chip while paying the card,
It turns out that replicating magnetic lines by installing a card replicator on a private ATM
is common.

Financial Supervisory Service says demand for overseas travel is high ahead of the end of the year,

Apply for the 'Overseas Use Safe Setting Service' to set the card usage limit and duration,
Private ATMs at destinations
are advised not to use them.

Also, in principle, it is the credit card company's responsibility to use the card illegally, but care must be taken because if there is no signature on the back of the card or if the card is transferred to another person, responsibility may arise.

I'm YTN Hwang Hye-kyung.