Seongju Kim, “I was voice phished by someone impersonating my son in New York”

Kim Seong-joo attracted attention by confessing the story of how she almost suffered voice phishing by her son's impersonator.

The unreleased video of tvN STORY's 'Back Smashing with a Passport' (hereinafter 'Back Smashing'), which was first broadcast on the 28th, stimulated the interest of netizens.

Kim Seong-ju shared a surprising fact, saying, “There are now more than 2.5 million foreigners living in Korea.” He raised expectations by saying, "Parents living abroad are curious about how their children are doing, so they come to check on us unexpectedly. We will capture that."

DinDin recalled his embarrassing past, saying, “My mother sometimes comes home unexpectedly. My first visit was when I was 23. My mother came suddenly without saying anything.” Jo Hye-ryeon showed that she could not sympathize with DinDin's embarrassment, saying, "Because it is my son's house."

DinDin laughed and said, “When I had a girlfriend, I even took out the door lock battery.” Jo Hye-ryeon said, “Why not meet your girlfriend outside?” DinDin burst out laughing, saying, “It’s my house. Is there a need to do that?”

Kim Seong-ju said, "My eldest son, Min-guk, went abroad to study. When I texted him, he didn't read it for several days. So, when I sent him one more time asking why he didn't read it, there was no response even to that." He then confessed that he had been subjected to voice phishing.

He said, "One day, I got a call from Minguk. He said there was a robber in the dormitory. It was Minguk who was crying. I continued the call and asked the dormitory to call my wife at the same time to check. As a result, Minguk was sleeping. “It turned out that the voice was AI,” he said, causing shock.

Seongju Kim said, “I once appeared on a national broadcast,” and said that it was a situation where voice data could be extracted. It was a creepy situation where I almost got tricked. He said, “I had a million different thoughts at the time,” and expressed the fact that parents’ worries double as their children live further away. Seongju Kim said loudly, “I am so immersed. I want to help as much as possible.”

Ten Asia Reporter Lee So-jeong forusojung@tenasia.co.kr