President Lee: "Anyone who targets Koreans will be ruined for life... Haven’t voice phishing scams become less frequent?"
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- 2026-02-06 14:09:55
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- 2026-02-06 14:09:55

[Financial News] On the 6th, President Lee Jae-myung remarked, "Doesn’t it feel like voice phishing scams have become a bit less frequent these days?" He added that this was "thanks to the work of the Police Korea Task Force and the National Intelligence Service."
The president shared a related news article on his social networking service (SNS) account that day and wrote these comments there.
The article President Lee shared reported that the Cambodian government had raided scam compounds and arrested more than 2,200 foreign suspects involved in fraud. Not a single South Korean was among those detained.
President Lee stressed, "Anyone who targets Koreans will be ruined for life," noting that "among the 2,000 foreign criminals arrested in the Cambodian scam compounds, the number of Koreans was zero."
He went on to say, "I commend the police and the National Intelligence Service."
cjk@fnnews.com Choi Jong-geun Reporter