Burner phone

What is the burner phone?

In order to hide their identity or avoid tracking by the police, etc., they pay a certain cost to a person in urgent need of money and illegally open it under the name of the person, so that the actual user and the contractor open another terminal and use it

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Major cases of damage

A asks B, an elderly man in his 70s, for a copy of his resident registration and bankbook. Based on the documents, A opened two fake phones worth 2.5 million won under B's name and installed a financial transaction app to take out a total of 15 million won worth of loans and disappear (Source: News1)

After receiving an offer from an unidentified person, "If you provide personal information and authenticate yourself to open a phone, I will give you a savings loan," C was indicted on charges of actually sending a photo of his ID card and responding to a telecommunication company's request for self-authentication and sentenced to two months in prison
When B refused to do so, the other party requested that all videos have been recorded so far and that 800,000 won be sent to delete them
(Source: Yonhap News Agency)

Prevention and countermeasures

Prevention and countermeasures

Using the name theft prevention service (www.msafer.or.kr) to understand the status of subscription and prevent name theft

In the event of damage, report to the police (112) for help