2026.10.26. The Fair Economy — The Financial Supervisory Service will team up with online job platform JobKorea to run a two-week O/X quiz event aimed at preventing job scams, from the 26th through November 8. About 400 winners will be chosen by lottery from among those who answer correctly, with prizes worth a total of 3 million won (about $2,100) up for grabs. The event comes amid cases in which voice phishing rings posed as ordinary part-time job offers to use young people as couriers for criminal proceeds and induce them to hand over their bank accounts. Posters promoting the campaign will also go up at 124 bank branches on university campuses, 122 Job Plus Centers, and 49 bank branches specializing in services for foreign customers.
The Financial Supervisory Service announced on the 26th that it will conduct such promotion.
Another reason behind the campaign is cases in which foreign residents in Korea have become entangled in money laundering through the buying and selling of bank accounts and private foreign-currency transactions. Participants can take part through the main page of the JobKorea website or the "Voice Phishing Guardian" section of the Financial Supervisory Service website.
The prizes will be awarded on Nov. 3 to about 400 winners drawn from among those who answered correctly, including two first-place, five second-place and 20 third-place winners. First prize is a Shinsegae Gift Card worth 100,000 won (about $72), second prize is a Shinsegae Gift Card worth 50,000 won (about $36) and third prize is a chicken voucher. Fourth- and fifth-place prizes are CU mobile gift cards worth 10,000 won (about $7) and 5,000 won (about $4), respectively.
Posters, leaflets and X-banners will be put up at 124 bank branches on university campuses nationwide and 122 Job Plus Centers, places frequented by young jobseekers. The Job Plus Centers, run by the Ministry of Employment and Labor, provide job-support services at universities such as career exploration, job matching and information on youth employment policy. The promotional materials will outline common scam methods — such as collecting and delivering criminal proceeds and transferring bank accounts under the guise of job offers — along with how to respond.
At 49 bank branches that specialize in serving foreign customers in areas with a high proportion of foreign clients, English-language posters will be displayed to warn of the dangers of buying and selling bank accounts. Foreign customers will also receive multilingual notification messages, in English, Chinese and other languages, and be informed through posts on bank apps.
The transfer and rental of bank accounts and check cards are prohibited under the Electronic Financial Transactions Act, and anyone who has already transferred or rented them must report to the police and financial institutions. The campaign also includes advice to use licensed foreign exchange dealers to prevent involvement in financial fraud.
The Financial Supervisory Service plans to expand customized outreach tailored to each target group. The aim is to raise awareness that "anyone can become unknowingly entangled in voice phishing crime in everyday life" and to help people learn how to respond. Major scam methods and response tips will also be made into card-news content and distributed through the social media channels of the Financial Supervisory Service and financial companies.
Earlier, from September 7 to 13, the Financial Supervisory Service ran the first "Beomgeumyunggwon Boiseupising Yebang Jugan (WEEK)" involving 10 financial associations, including the Korea Federation of Banks, the Korea Financial Investment Association, and the Savings Bank Central Association. The slogan was "Suspect, cut off, and verify!".
The campaign website featured major scam methods and response tips, including the recruitment of cash couriers under the guise of high-paying part-time jobs. It also offered interactive content such as an O/X quiz from Meritz Securities Co., Ltd. and "Voice Phishing Hole," which used recordings of real voice phishing scammers' voices provided by the Financial Supervisory Service. Prizes were given to 50 people who correctly answered the prevention-tips quiz and 90 people who took part by sharing the campaign on social media.
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