Is the phone number starting with 008210 a scam?

This is a Korean phone number. If there are no friends there, it may be a scam call.

Telephone fraud, that is, using the phone to commit fraud, has spread across the country, and there are 20 common fraud methods. The public is reminded to guard against fraud and be careful of phone scams. When encountering this kind of situation, think twice before acting. Don’t trust the other party easily. Remember to stay calm and check the phone number carefully. If the number is suspicious, it must be a phone threat scam. If you find it is suspected of fraud, , should call the police immediately.

Criminals generally commit crimes in different places, commit fraud in different places, and withdraw money from different banks in different places. If you want to defraud citizens, you usually make calls from out of town, or use a mobile phone from out of town to make calls locally. Criminals mostly come from the same area and have a strong sense of "protecting" each other.

Since the reform and opening up, China's telecommunications industry has developed very rapidly. There are nearly 500 million mobile phone users and 350 million fixed-line users. China has become the communications country with the largest number of users in the world. However, while the telecommunications industry is developing rapidly, various criminal activities that take advantage of the convenience of modern communication technology and settlement methods are also becoming increasingly rampant.

Since 2007, more than 2,500 cases of fraud using communication tools have occurred in Beijing alone, with a total value of more than 49 million yuan involved. The main types of fraud crimes involving the use of communication tools in Beijing in 2007 include making phone calls, sending text messages, collecting phone bills, and changing phone numbers.