Dear editor,
Nowadays, voice phishing by means of phone calls is a big problem and threatens many families in Korea.
This voice phishing is a way to snatch money from people who don't know that they are being snookered by sly defrauders. However, the government is not really taking measures to stop them.
Also, the money lost by voice phishing cannot be returned. What do you think is a good method to stop this in our society?
I think that the people should learn about how voice phishing is dreadful. Many people are afflicted by it because they don't know about it.
If they learn about it, they will be aware that we cannot believe everything and we should prevent it by distinguishing facts that are really true. Or else, people might commit suicide because of it.
For example, there was a very hard-working freshman, who was very poor and she had to find money. However, she lost all her money through voice phishing, and she killed herself. In cases like this suicide, the government should do more.
However, the government does not really care about these frauds and didn't tell the people about voice phishing. If a person dies due to voice phishing, it will also partly be the government's fault.
In conclusion, I think that the best way to eradicate these invisible criminals is through the government's care and concern, and problems related to this.
If the government does not stop this quickly, it will spread across the country and the number of victims will increase, pushing people into poverty.
Knowing about this thing is also a good way to solve the problem, because if we don't know about it, we will only believe the defrauders and suffer damage.
Kim Min-sok
Gwacheon, Gyeonggi Province