As South Korea steps up efforts to protect its citizens from online fraud celebrities in the country are warning against increasingly sophisticated phishing and phone scams by relating their personal encounters with such cases. “About 15 years ago, someone impersonating [South Korean comedian] Kim Gu-ra sent me a text saying: ‘Bro, it’s me, Gu-ra. Please send me 2 million won.’ I almost fell for it,” he said, as quoted by The Chosun Daily newspaper. That was the early days of voice phishing.”AdvertisementJi appeared on the episode along with actors from Wavve Dramax’s latest crime drama Punishment, which explores voice phishing and deepfakes. Punishment actor Ji Seung-hyun noted that voice phishing damages in South Korea totalled around 800 billion Korean won from January to July.