[Reporting Y] Used transactions. Fraud damage.Let's get the money. Out of contact.

The condition of being loaded on a farm crane...'Trading reminder'
Deposit the purchase price after receiving the ID card and crane operator's business card
Crane driver's business card was also identified as 'fake'
There were eight victims nationwide, and the amount reached 16 million won.

[Anchor]
YTN has been reported to have been scammed for trying to buy a farmhouse cheaply on a used trading platform.

Nearly 10 victims have been known so far by deceiving them as if they could send them right away and then cutting off contact as soon as they receive the money.

Reporter Kim Ki-soo covered the viewer report.

[Reporter]
Mr. A expressed his intention to purchase the farm after seeing an article saying that the farm was sold at a low price on a used trading platform.

Mr. A was told that the seller needed to trade quickly, saying that the landowner suddenly canceled the lease and the farmhouse was loaded on a crane.

When the seller sent the ID card and even the crane operator's business card, Mr. A was relieved and deposited the purchase price immediately.

However, since then, they have lost contact with the seller as well as the crane driver, and they have claimed that they have not received the parman.

[Farm fraud victim: I made an appointment after I deposited the money and called you, but I haven't been able to contact you since then. I couldn't contact the crane operator, and I couldn't contact the person who sold the farm.]

The crane operator's business card sent to reassure buyers was also found to be a fake that stole the name of another crane company.

The crane company, whose name was stolen, also complained that it was suffering from damage such as image damage, saying that other victims kept contacting him.

[Crain company CEO: My company name itself is under the name, so I made the image and logo myself, but I use it in a bad place....]

Eight victims were identified across the country, including Cheongju, Daejeon, and Gwangju, North Chungcheong Province, and the amount amounted to KRW 16 million.

It was found that they were all damaged by the same method of losing contact for money.

The Korea Consumer Agency advises that caution is needed when requesting a down payment or a first-in-first-out payment in a transaction between individuals.

[Lee Ho-jung / Head of the online transaction survey team of the Korea Consumer Agency: It often induces down payment or first-in-first-out payment while selling at a lower price than the market price. In this case, it's better to keep in mind the possibility of fraud....]

The reporters tried to reach the seller to hear his position, but they couldn't reach him.

The victims eventually filed a complaint with the police against the seller, claiming that they had been scammed.

Police have launched a full-fledged investigation, including tracking the seller's mobile phone and account.

I'm Kim Ki-soo of YTN.

Photographer
: Won Si-sik