Year-end settlement and Lunar New Year gift delivery impersonation smishing warning

The government has asked people to watch out for smishing texts disguised as holiday gifts or impersonating public institutions such as year-end settlement and fines inquiry.

According to the current status of text fraud from last year to last year, there were more than 1.62 million cases of impersonating government and public institutions, including fines and fines, with 59.4%.

More than 460,000 cases of account theft impersonating SNS companies accounted for 16.9%, and 420,000 cases of impersonating acquaintances such as wedding invitations accounted for 15.5%.

The government took advantage of the increase in movement before and after the Lunar New Year holiday, and feared that a large number of malicious texts that led to inquiries about fines and fines or refunds during the year-end settlement period at the beginning of the year would be circulated.

In response, I asked you not to press the Internet address included in this if you receive a text message about delivery information, payment request, and refund account entry for items that have not been contacted in advance.

He also advised that non-face-to-face transactions should be avoided before the long holiday, and that the National Police Agency's "Internet fraud suspicious phone and account number inquiry service" should first check whether fraud was reported.

The Ministry of Science and ICT and the Korea Internet & Security Agency operate a 24-hour text fraud detection system during the Lunar New Year holiday.

At the same time, we plan to minimize damage to the public with a text payment fraud confirmation service through Kakao Talk channel friend 'Bohonara'.