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The National Police Agency and KB Kookmin Bank signed a 'Business Agreement to Prevent Telephone Financial Fraud Damage and Eradicate Crime' in 2022 and are holding the 'KB Kookmin Jikmi Award' awards ceremony every year to reward citizens who have contributed to the prevention of voice phishing.
National Police Agency and KB Kookmin Bank ‘KB Kookmin Jikmi Award’ awards ceremony
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Ji-eun Han = 10 citizens, including a nurse who saved 80 million won in retirement funds after being suspicious of a patient who had been on the phone for a long time with a voice phisher impersonating an employee of the Financial Supervisory Service, received police awards.
The National Police Agency announced on the 16th that it and KB Kookmin Bank held the 4th 'KB Kookmin Jikkimi Award' awards ceremony at the KB Kookmin Bank new building in Yeouido, Seoul on the 15th.
The winner, Mr. Jang, suspected voice phishing after seeing a female patient in her 60s hospitalized talking on the phone with an impersonator from the Financial Supervisory Service for about an hour and reported it to 112. This report prevented damage of 80 million won to the patient's retirement funds.
Mr. Kim reported a large amount of cash to the police after seeing a large amount of cash in the bag of a Taiwanese woman who had asked him to hail a taxi on the street. The police urgently arrested the suspect and recovered 160 million won in damages.
Mr. Joo, the head of a telecommunications company agency, received instructions from a voice phishing organization for refinancing loans and persuaded a customer who came to the store to steal a SIM card and reported it to the police, thereby contributing to preventing damage worth 60 million won.
The 10 winners, including these winners, each received a certificate of appreciation from the Commissioner of the National Police Agency and a reward of 1 million won prepared by KB Kookmin Bank.
The National Police Agency and KB Kookmin Bank have been holding the 'KB Kookmin Jikkimi Award' awards ceremony every year since signing a 'business agreement to prevent damage from telephone financial fraud and eradicate crime' in 2022.
Oh Chang-bae, head of the Telecommunications and Financial Fraud Integrated Response Team at the National Police Agency, said, “I hope that through the KB Jikkimi Award, cases of citizens who contributed to preventing damage will become widely known and serve as an opportunity to lead to active reporting and response.”

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