Malaysian Man Arrested for Scamming Ulsan Man Out of $25,000
I am always amazed how people keep falling for these scams:
A Malaysian man has been jailed for a year over a fake kidnapping phone scam.
The man, 37, was caught in January after making a phone call to a randomly selected person in Ulsan on Jan. 8. He told the receiver that he had kidnapped his daughter and demanded 27 million won ($25,399) ransom.
The father wired the money but soon realized he had been duped. He reported the incident to police, who caught the suspect days after.
The Malaysian was found to be a member of a domestic voice phishing syndicate. The suspect told police he took 500,000 won from the wired money and shared the rest with his colleagues. Police are looking for other people involved. [Korea Times]
You can read more at the link.
Guess he realized to late that he in fact didn’t actually have a daughter.
Better to NOT do these scams in country.
How much of this type of thing is facilitated by Korean students being forced to go to school, tutors, and so on from before sunup until neatly midnight?
I should call that poor Korean man. His funds have actually been recovered and are sitting in a Malaysian government account.
He simply needs to send a refundable 5 million won to cover the surety bond so the funds can be released to him.
CH, you know it’s true because of that email from the Nigerian prince, eh?