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[Voice Phishing] What happens if I become the registered holder of a "dummy account" used in a scam?

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[Voice Phishing]  What happens if I become the registered holder of a "dummy account" used in a scam?

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Transferring or lending your own bank account, debit card, password, or one-time password (OTP) device — collectively "access media" under Korean law — to someone else is a violation of Article 6(3) of Korea's Electronic Financial Transactions Act, pun

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