[Editor's Pick] "I Never Thought It Would Happen to Me"... A Nightmare That Began with a Single Phone Call

○ [News Story] "I'll Harm Your Child's Body": The Son Who Was Crying on the Phone... It Turned Out to Be (June 6, 2026)

Noh Sang-min (pseudonym), a self-employed business owner who has been running a plant studio in Mungyeong, North Gyeongsang Province, for five years, recently received a phone call from an administrative office manager at a nearby high school. The caller said they wanted to purchase plants within a 7 million won budget allocated for environmental beautification. The caller also requested that Noh purchase other necessary supplies for the school on their behalf. Hoping to secure a new client, Noh even borrowed money from his family and sent 22 million won, but the contact was cut off afterward, and he realized only then that he had been scammed.

Reported by Lee Jong-hoon | Written by Kim Da-yeon | Planned by Jung Hyung-taek | Video PD: Ahn Min-shin | Edited by Son Jong-seok | Produced by SBS Digital News

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