Many people feel that they seem to be omnipotent because of the aura and personality of the stars, but in fact, the stars are also people, and there are times when they are deceived. Let's take a look at the Korean artists who have been scammed away by increasingly sophisticated telephone scams.
Voice phishing techniques that are becoming bold and bold. Personal information has been illegally leaked, and criminal damage is being extended to families and neighbors without their knowledge. In addition to impersonating governments and public institutions, it is being conducted by using the messengers of individuals they normally use to reduce suspicion and commit crimes.
Increasingly ingenious and bold telephone scams. When personal information is illegally leaked and even the person does not know it, even family members and acquaintances around them become victims of crimes. Not only does it claim to be a government and public authority, but it also uses the personal chat tools it usually uses to lower people's vigilance and commit crimes.
This is no exception for celebrities. Some celebrities are almost caught voice phishing, but some celebrities have blown large sums of money for a long period of time. Let's take a look at some of the damages that will be done to the celebrities who have been voice phishing.
Artists are no exception. Some people have almost been deceived by telephone fraud, and even the huge wealth accumulated by artists for a long time has simply been cheated. So let's take a look at who has been scammed by the phone and see what happened to them.
Luna Luna
Luna, a member of EFX, appeared as a guest on SBS Power FM's "Doosi Escape Cultu Show" a while ago and revealed the voice phishing incident and became a hot topic. Luna said: 'I recently got voice phishing. I was scammed 17.7 million won," he said, surprising everyone.
f(x)'s Luna recently said she had suffered phone fraud when she was a guest on SBS PowerFM's Escape cultwo show. Luna said: "Recently I was scammed by the phone. Was cheated of 17.7 million (KRW)", which surprised everyone.
Luna then asked her mother for money, saying, "(The shooter) pretended to be me and told my mother, 'I'm in the middle of an event, so send me to the manager's bankbook,' and then I asked for 6 million won more, including the manager's subsidy and hospital expenses. I couldn't contact her because I was working on the song at the time, so my mother just sent me money." Luna said of the incident: 'I've been through it and written my new song 'Wailing'. I really wanted to cry."
Then Luna said: "The prisoner pretended to be me, asked my mother for money, and said: 'I'm in a hurry, I can't be busy, give my agent 5.7 million yuan'. Later, he also asked for 6 million won twice in the name of the broker's gift and hospital fees. I was composing music, so I couldn't get in touch, so my mom sent the money over." Luna said of the incident: "After going through this, I wrote a new song called "Even So". I really want to cry."
Izzy (understanding) 李海
Izzy, an actor who became popular as a "lolco girl" in the past, has become a hot topic in the past when it was revealed that she had seen 50 million won in damages from voice phishing scams.
Lee Hae-jin, an actor who has gained a lot of popularity as a "roller coaster girl" in the past, confided that he had been defrauded by telephone calls in the past and lost 50 million won, which sparked the topic.
At the time, Izzy appeared on the SBS entertainment program "Midnight TV Entertainment" and shared her feelings. Izzy said, "I clicked without a doubt when I saw the financial supervisory authority site appear," and only after receiving three withdrawal messages did she realize the damage. Izzy said, "I've been together hard for 10 years, and at one point it disappeared. I hope time passes quickly."
Li Hairen confided his feelings in the SBS variety show "One Night TV Acting" at that time. Li Hairen said: "The pop-up window I saw on the website of the Financial Supervision Institute did not hesitate to click into it for a long time", and it is said that she did not know that she had been deceived after receiving payment information three times. Li Hairen said: "The money I have accumulated for 10 years disappeared in an instant. I wish the time had passed quickly", tears flashed in his eyes, which made people feel sorry.
Fortunately, a subsequent police investigation revealed that the shooter had been caught and recovered the full amount of 50 million won. This is said to be the first time in voice phishing history that an assailant has been arrested.
Fortunately, it is said that the police later caught the prisoner after a search and recovered all the 50 million won that had been defrauded. This is said to have become the first case in the history of telephone fraud in which a prisoner has been prosecuted.
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Park Sung-ji, a broadcaster who is active as a reporter, also discussed her past experiences with voice phishing. "Voice phishing blew 12 million won," said Park, who previously appeared on the MBC entertainment program "RadioStar." I got the first call, and I knew my resident number exactly. It was in my first place that gambling funds were in my first place. There was also a website of the Police Department."
Park Se-ki, a broadcaster who is active as an announcer, also confided in phone fraud in the past. Park Se-ki, who starred in the MBC variety show RadioStar in the past, said: "I lost 12 million won due to phone fraud. When I first received the call, they knew my ID number. What is said is that gambling money is content in my name. There is also a website of the National Police Agency.".
"When I went into the homepage and checked the case number, I really believed it because I saw it," he said, "and then I went to the bank and gave me my internet banking password, thinking that if I got it wrong, I might be sent to the prosecution." Finally, "They took out a total of 12 million won on eight occasions through my account and my mom's account. I kept crying that day.""
Then she said: "I clicked into the website, confirmed the incident number, and really appeared my name, see here, I really believed", "at that time I thought that if I was not careful, I would be delivered to the prosecutor's office, so I ran to the bank and told them the password for online banking." Finally, Park said, "Those people transferred a total of 12 million won through my account and my mother's account 8 times." I've been crying that day," he said of his mood that day.
Hong Seok-cheon 洪石
Broadcaster Hong Seok-chun also suffered money damage from voice phishing in the past. Regarding the damage, Hong Seok-chun said, "Katok came to my really close brother during tvN's 'Will You Eat Locally?' filming, and he said that he urgently needed 5.2 million won because of problems in his family. I sent it right away without asking more because I was too close."
Broadcaster Hong Shiqian has also been defrauded of money in the past because of telephone fraud. For the fact that he was deceived, Hong Shiqian said: "In the filming of tvN "Can You Eat Locally?" At that time, a buddy who really had a good relationship sent him kakatalk, saying that his family had a problem and was in urgent need of 5.2 million won for emergency. Because the relationship is very iron, I didn't ask much and immediately transferred the money."
He added, "That evening when I spent 5.2 million won, katok came back to borrow 6 million won, and the feeling was strange, and I refused to say, 'I'm sorry I don't have any money in the bankbook.'"
He then added: "The night he remitted 5.2 million won came kakatalk text message saying that he wanted to borrow another 6 million, which I thought was strange and refused on the grounds of 'there is no money in the passbook, sorry'."
Hong Seok-chun belatedly noticed that he had been voice phishing over time. In response, Hong Seok-chun said, "I'm sorry to see how any of the 4,500 people stored on my cellphone could have been scammed as such a best friend."
Hong Shiqian waited until later to realize that he had been defrauded by the phone. In this regard, Hong Shitian said: "I am very alarmed by how those people can pick out the people who have a good relationship with me among the more than 4500 people stored in the mobile phone storage", which is very incredible.
Hong Seok-chun, who has since been contacted several times by voice phishing impersonating his best friends, gagman Shin Dong-yub and gagwoman Kim Mi-mi-mi, has expressed his displeasure on his social media accounts.
After receiving several calls to defraud in the name of his good friend Shin Dong-yeol and funny actress Kim Mei-mi, Hong Shiqian confided his displeasure on his SNS.
Park Shi-yeon
Actor Park Shi-yeon appeared on an entertainment program and revealed that she had turned over the crisis of voice phishing to her daughter. Park said, "He said he was a prosecutor, and he called me and told me to send money. The second one cried badly as soon as I tried to pull the money from the bankbook, and I was fooled because I was distraught."
Actress Park Shi-yeon once confided in a variety show that she almost suffered a phone fraud because her daughter was able to survive the crisis. Park Shi-yeon said: "When I said that I was a prosecutor, I called and asked me to send money. The moment I was about to take the money from the passbook, the second brother suddenly burst into tears, and I couldn't take care of it, so I wasn't deceived."
Park Shi-yeon said, "On the phone, my mom in Busan said she was hurt. My mom didn't answer the phone," she said, explaining the situation she had no choice but to believe at the time.
Then Park Shi-yeon added: "The phone call is that my mother, who lives in Busan, is injured. It just so happened that my mother didn't answer the phone either", and I had to believe the other party's situation at that time.