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Electronic Financial Crimes

Electronic Financial Crimes 3. Examples of Smishing and How to Handle It www.easylaw.go.kr

I received a delivery text message, and when I clicked on the link, a mobile phone microtransaction was automatically made. What should I do?

When you have suffered damage by clicking an unconfirmed Internet address (uniform resource locator [URL]) or a link in a text message, you should report it to the police immediately.

• What is Smishing? Smishing is a compound word from text messaging (short message service [SMS]) and phishing, a crime method that distributes a malicious app or code via text message, steals information through a mobile phone microtransaction and causes damage with the microtransaction.

How to Handle Smishing (2): In the case of suffering damage from a mobile phone microtransaction Confirm and cancel the mobile phone payment Report the damage to the police Delete malicious files Discard and re-issue a joint financial certificate

For detailed legal information, please refer to “Electronic Financial Crimes”on easylaw.go.kr.