The popular YouTuber Mal-Wang (real name Yoo Tae-yang·37), who has 1.65 million subscribers, revealed that he was a victim of 'cam show phishing' in the past.
Mal-Wang shared on his personal broadcast on the 7th that he was a victim of cam show phishing eight years ago. At that time, he was active on an online broadcasting platform and received a request to model lingerie, then had a video call with a woman presumed to be the agent.
During the currency, the woman reportedly asked Mal-Wang to undress, saying, 'I want to see your body,' and praised him with comments like 'You look good' and 'You are robust.' Excited, he ended up stripping completely and got swept up into indecent acts, according to Mal-Wang's explanation.
However, it turned out that the person he thought was a woman was actually a man pretending to be one, and Mal-Wang stated that he was threatened with a video of his indecent acts. He later revealed that the cam show video had been circulated.
Recently, Mal-Wang noted that someone has been spreading cam show phishing photos online, which led him to reveal this fact. He has reported the disseminators to the cyber investigation team, but said he does not think the initial perpetrator of the cam show phishing will be caught.
During the broadcast, Mal-Wang called his mother and said, 'I publicly revealed that I was a victim of cam show phishing bravely.' He added, 'This has been happening for several years, but I kept it hidden. I didn't suffer emotionally. I am disclosing this so that it doesn’t affect others.'
In response, Mal-Wang's mother encouraged him, saying, 'Good job. In any case, I think it turned out well that you bravely revealed the fact of the cam show phishing. This ends the controversy.'
Meanwhile, according to the Korean National Police Agency, the number of cam show phishing incidents has exceeded 2,000 cases annually since 2019. The public data portal reported that the incidents rose from 1,824 in 2019 to 2,583 in 2020. Since then, the number of cases has gradually increased to 3,026 in 2021, 4,313 in 2022, and 3,545 in 2023.
In contrast, the number of arrests for cam show phishing was only 478 in 2019, 519 in 2020, 718 in 2021, 470 in 2022, and 305 in 2023.