30 Hanwha players get together. impersonating the first team manager, voice phishing that almost blew 10 million won
May 24, 2025
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Restaurant owners in cities with national ballparks may have to watch out. This is because there is a new voice phishing scam that can impersonate a baseball team and extort millions of won and more than 10 million won beyond the no-show.
Baseball players eat after the game late at night. If you sometimes have a company dinner with a baseball team or meat menu, you might think 'I can do that'.
Recently, a 'no-show' incident occurred in Daejeon, the home of Hanwha Eagles. Hanwha's first-team manager called and the team was scheduled to have a dinner after the game but made a reservation outside of business hours. Media reports said that they prepared a lot of meat and the clerks bought uniforms to greet the team, but lost contact when they asked for some reservation fee due to something strange.
Why did he commit this 'no-show'. What they wanted was money. A terrible thing almost happened in Ulsan. It was also a case of impersonating Hanwha.
Hanwha played three consecutive games against the NC Dinos in Ulsan last week. Lee Dong-il after the last game on Thursday, the 22nd. A phone call was made to a restaurant in Ulsan that day. He was the manager of Hanwha's first team and asked to prepare a meal for about 30 people because he had to eat before the team moved to Daejeon after the game. The restaurant owner reliably communicated by text message and delivered his business card. If a person who is not familiar with baseball sees it, the club logo and others are inserted.
They set up seats and were also grilling meat to feed the players smoothly. But then the manager contacted me again. The question was whether it would be possible to pay for alcohol in advance because the coaching staff and other personnel needed alcohol, but the system had to pay at the end at the same time along with the price of food. He ordered to buy three to four bottles of alcohol in advance, saying that he only drinks high-end alcohol. If you contact a specific distributor, you will be informed that they will give you alcohol. They're in the same boat, too. If you make a deposit, you will bring alcohol, and if you make a deposit, all contact is lost at that time. Simply 'no show' doesn't give them anything. This is the real purpose of 'No Show'.
This restaurant barely escaped the fire. The store owner, who was in a good mood for the group reservation, boasted to an acquaintance who came to eat "The Hanwha players are coming." However, it was Koo Bon-geun, secretary-general of Ulsan Hyundai Mobis, who was with the acquaintance. Although the events are different, it was very strange for baseball players to have a company dinner and order expensive drinks on the same professional world. Secretary-General Koo immediately contacted an acquaintance of the baseball team to confirm that the Hanwha team did not have a company dinner, and immediately informed the store owner of the fact. The store owner was able to avoid major damage at the former secretary general's base.
An official from Hanwha said "In fact, other than this incident, we recognized that there were similar cases of benefit from about two weeks ago. Players rarely make reservations for group dinners or order alcohol during the season. I hope the restaurant owners don't suffer" delivered the message. Due to the nature of voice phishing, there is a possibility that similar things may happen by impersonating not only Hanwha but also other team players, so caution is needed.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
