This is a mobile app of 'The Cheat', a platform service to prevent damage from financial fraud in Korea (spam/phishing/smishing/investment fraud/body cam/romance scam).
The Cheat is a social financial fraud prevention service that quickly prevents secondary damage through the collective intelligence of victims. It received a certificate of appreciation from the Commissioner of Police in 2011, and is used by more than 2,600 police officers in investigations.
1. Based on Korea's largest financial fraud database, we provide real-time caution information on financial fraud (spam/phishing/smishing/investment fraud/body cam/romance scam) contact information.
2. When receiving SMS and calls, you can use financial fraud (spam/phishing/smishing/investment fraud/body cam/romance scam) detection for caller number, account number, and URL as a core function.
3. Spam information can be registered through a survey when receiving calls or SMS, and spam SMS is automatically classified for convenience.
4. You can prevent damage from financial fraud (spam/phishing/smishing/investment fraud/body cam/romance scam) by searching contact information, account information, ID, etc.
5. You can receive guidance on how to respond to fraud damage, news of arrests, and damage relief methods.
6. Through premium search, you can check whether the prepaid phone station number is available and transaction stability (contact/account number reliability information).
7. Supports search for damage cases of cryptocurrency impersonating Upbit, Coinone, and Bithumb, such as Bitcoin and Ethereum.
8. The Cheat app provides financial fraud spam/phishing detection as a core function, such as prevention of loan spam, smishing, Naver Pay fake safe transaction, and Lightning Market safe transaction impersonation.
9. Provides guidance on false security transaction URLs and phishing fraud account numbers occurring through Kakao Talk, Kakao Pay, Facebook Messenger, and Instagram DM.
The Cheat Financial Fraud Fraud History (Spam/Phishing/Smishing) Database is the largest Internet fraud database in Korea.
You can search for damage information registered in one or more cases in the last six months.
The Cheat Spam/Phishing/Smishing/Investment Fraud/Body Cam/Romance Scam database provides analysis results of over 2 million calls, SMS, and URLs.
The cheat includes internet fraud, voice phishing, smishing, messenger phishing, momcam phishing, internet gambling, prostitution, employment fraud, lease fraud, quasi-receipt, illegal loan business, pyramid scheme, insurance fraud, courier fraud, cryptocurrency fraud, investment fraud, etc. It is the largest service in Korea to prevent damage from financial fraud.
Detects financial fraud (spam/phishing/smishing/investment fraud/body cam/romance scam) SMS and calls in real time to quickly prevent secondary damage. More than 10,000 pieces of fraud (spam/phishing/smishing) information are being detected per day.
Please be sure to use it when transacting secondhand goods directly between individuals, such as Carrot Market, Lightning Marketplace, and Jungjongnara to help prevent damage from internet fraud.
When trading cryptocurrency such as Bitcoin or Ethereum, you can check the damage history using your wallet address.
※ Trend information 2023.03.25.
Recently, investment fraud crimes impersonating securities companies such as Shinyoung Securities are increasing.
If a remittance is induced under the pretense of investment, please check whether damage has been registered on the other party's account.
--- Service usage information ---
1. You can use it by linking your KakaoTalk and Google accounts.
2. Most functions are provided for free, but some functions can be used with points and advertising rewards earned through community activities.
3. Various benefits are provided to victims when registering a victim case.
[Required access permission details]
- SMS: Required to use the fraud/phishing/spam detection function of incoming text messages.
- Phone: Required to use the fraud/phishing/spam detection function for incoming calls.
- Call log: Required to use the fraud/phishing/spam detection function for incoming calls.
[Selected access permission details]
- Microphone: You can use the victim mobile verification function.
-Storage space: You can use the features to set a profile photo, attach a photo to a post, and set a good seller photo.
- Address Book: You can use the 'Scam/phishing/spam search only for numbers not in the address book' function and the address book bulk search function.
- Notification: Required to use the fraud/phishing/spam detection function of received notifications.
[Information Collection Guide]
- The user's mobile phone number is used to log permission permissions.
※ Due to Android policy changes, required permissions are required to identify fraud/phishing/spam. If you do not agree, you cannot use The Cheat app. The Cheat uses the minimum authority required to provide services.