가A new smishing method is active in impersonating a family, approaching parents, extracting personal (credit) information, and inducing remote control app installation. As cases of damage that induce funds transfer through SNS such as Kakao Talk spread, bypass by sending text messages to victims instead of SNS
(Source: E-Daily)

A scammer said to the other party, "I have a place to transfer money urgently, but if you send it first, I'll give it to you tomorrow," and if the other party calls to check the facts, he won't answer
(Source: Kookmin Ilbo)

Mr. A was contacted by his son to give him the pin number after purchasing 1 million won worth of cultural gift certificates on the Internet site, but he found out that it was messenger phishing after checking with the card company
(Source: YTN)