Smishing texts impersonating TMON and WeMakePrice refunds and deliveries spread
Smishing text messages impersonating TMON and WeMakePrice refunds and product deliveries were detected. The messages linked to pages impersonating the Korea Consumer Agency and Naver, luring recipients into installing malicious apps or entering account credentials. The actual extent of financial losses has not been confirmed.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Phishing & smishing
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Not confirmed
- Cause / method
- Luring victims into installing malicious apps and entering account credentials via fake refund and delivery texts and forged pages
- Location
- South Korea
If your data was exposed
- Don’t tap links in texts, calls or emails that mention this incident and offer compensation, refunds or breach checks. Check directly on the organisation’s official website or app.
- If you’ve suffered harm, report it. Call 118 (no area code) for privacy violations, contact the police for financial losses, and apply for dispute mediation to seek compensation.Personal Information Infringement Report Centre ↗Korean National Police Agency cybercrime report ↗Personal Information Dispute Mediation Committee ↗
Timeline
- The spread of smishing texts impersonating TMON and WeMakePrice refunds and product deliveries, luring recipients into installing malicious apps or entering account credentials, came to light.
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