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South Korea sees 6.6-fold increase in cryptocurrency-related voice phishing cases
Summary: According to Coinness citing Asia Economy, the number of cryptocurrency-related voice phishing cases in South Korea has significantly increased from January to July 2025. Based on data from the South Korean National Police Agency, People Power Party lawmaker Song Sik-jun stated that there were a total of 420 cases of voice phishing targeting crypto assets ...
According to Coinness citing Asia Economy, the number of cryptocurrency-related voice phishing cases in South Korea has significantly increased from January to July 2025. Based on data from the South Korean National Police Agency, People Power Party lawmaker Song Sik-jun stated that there were a total of 420 cases of voice phishing targeting crypto assets in the first half of this year, a 6.6-fold increase from the 64 cases during the same period last year. The total number of such scams in 2024 was 130, which has already been surpassed in the first seven months of 2025.
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