Recently, there was a leak of student information at two universities in the Seoul area, and many female college students were harassed by "mysterious text messing men", and students were very disturbed about this.
It is reported that students from 2 women's universities have recently posted on Every Time: A stranger has been texting since March this year to ask, "Student, is your name xxx correct?" ”
So far, dozens of students at Sookmyung Women's University and Tongdeok Women's University have reported receiving similar harassing text messages.
Many female students said, "I don't know how the other party knows my mobile phone number, it's really creepy......"
A student who claimed to have spoken to a "mysterious text message man" revealed that the other party introduced himself as a student at a medical university after receiving a phone call.
According to the students who received the harassing text messages, the mysterious text message man "may have obtained the students' personal contact information through private communities within a specific discipline."
However, since there is no specific criminal suspect, it is difficult to report the crime to the police, and even if the suspect is found, it is difficult to punish him.
A police source said, "Because the person did not threaten or cause unease by illegally stealing personal information, it is difficult to consider it a crime." ”
It is understood that it is not the first time that a "serial text message" incident has been directed at female college students, and in 2018, language students at Seoul National University also encountered a similar incident, and many students shared the number of harassing calls on every time and asked everyone to pay attention.
In 2020, a man in his 30s sent text messages asking to meet one by one after obtaining the mobile phone numbers of 60 female college students, but about two months later, the police made a "no suspicion" punishment against the man.
At the time, the police explained: "Because the man saw the student's personal phone number from a website that anyone could see, there was no suspicion of illegally obtaining information." ”