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[dairyairy]

I went shopping in Itaewon this morning with a couple of friends, and as we were walking past that IBK on the big corner to go to Taco Bell two well-dressed ajumma asked us if we could wire money for them and they'd give us 30,000 won each. This was right out in the open. They were asking every foreigner that was in the area. I'm going make a reasonable guess that it's not legal and that something shady is going on? A dude in Taco Bell said that they were approaching everyone about wiring money for them. So, what scam are they trying to pull? Are they the same ones that were asking foreigners to carry bags for them?

[Weigookin74]

Listen to your instinct on this one son. You don't want to end up in Korean jail on a steady diet of Kimchi and Rice for the next number of months or years....

[toby99]

Sounds like a scam to me. Too bad, really; one of the nice things about Seoul is that it's not Shanghai or Beijing or Bangkok with people out to scam you left and right. Really hope this doesn't become a trend.

[dairyairy]

Someone brought up the possibility that they may be after account numbers. Has anyone else seem them?

[Trip]

Step 1: Take their money
Step 2: Enter bank, ask a lot of questions, and read a lot of material
Step 3: Leave bank saying "money is transferred!"
Step 4: Profit
Step 5: Soft taco supreme

[young_clinton]

[PRagic]

It's money laundering pure and simple. Koreans can only send a certain amount overseas each year (10K?). These ajumas might be trying to move funds for another Korean so that they can get their coin out of K-Land, or they might just want their own money sent off. Either way, you'd be setting yourself up for the ass end of an easy investigation by dealing with them.

Avoid.