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Scams targeting foreigners rise nearly 4-fold over 2 years: lawmaker
Fraud reports from foreign nationals nearly quadrupled to 19,907 in 2025, with many scams tied to K-pop merchandise and concert tickets, police said.
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Scams targeting foreigners rise nearly 4-fold over 2 years: lawmaker
The number of foreigners who fell victim to fraud in South Korea has nearly quadrupled in just two years, a lawmaker said Sunday, citing data from the National Police Agency. The number of foreign victims who were scammed rose from 5,307 in 2023 to 8,671 in 2024, before surging to 19,907 last year, according to Rep. Kim Joon-hwan of the ruling Democratic Party. Many of the cases reportedly involved overseas fans of Korean pop culture, known as "…
·Seoul, Korea (the Republic of)
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