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This is news that has been controversial all day today.
An outrage is rising as the story of a customer who ordered more than 1 million won of pork belly at a restaurant did not appear without a word.
These days, the so-called ‘no-show’ behavior, which rings twice for self-employed people who are still struggling, is occurring frequently.
A repeat scammer who tricked merchants into buying so many things and ran away with cash was caught by the police.
Reporter Woong-Seong Yoon covered the story.
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A woman comes into the store and orders 2 million won worth of salted fish.
He said he didn’t have any money right away, so he got an account number, and he said he would deposit 40,000 won if you pay the taxi fare.
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“He came to a small business to help the merchants in need, so he wanted to sell them… But I couldn’t afford to think about how many words he had said in 20 to 30 minutes.”
But after that, we lost contact.
This woman showed up at another restaurant three months later.
After making a group reservation worth hundreds of thousands of won, he promised to transfer the account by leaving his wallet in the car for repairs, saying that there is no taxi fee.
However, the phone number they gave me and the company they gave me were also fake.
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“I tried calling 114. Then they said there was nothing like this. This is a purchase. I just ordered chicken and asked what to do…”
A woman in her 50s who was caught by the police has been robbing market merchants with the same method by visiting about 10 clothing stores and restaurants in Daejeon for a year from June last year.
Although the revealed damage is a small amount of less than 100,000 won, the actual amount of damage is much larger when considering the damage caused by false spells.
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“It is judged that there are many cases where the amount is small and the victim’s negligence is not reported, but there are many difficulties in the investigation because the report is not reported.”
Police advised that even with bulk orders, you should not hand over cash and items until payment has been received.
This is Yoon Woong-seong from MBC News.
Video coverage Junyoung Kim / Daejeon
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