12th=Can you earn 1.7 billion won? 'Stock secret project' turns out to be... [Real Story Investigation]

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The the 25th broadcast of MBC's "Real Story Investigation" will explore the resurging stock fever.

On the 18th, the KOSPI broke through 9,000 points, ushering in the "dream 9,000" era for South Korea's stock market. From those who earned millions of won in a single day to those who risked their final bet for retirement, South Korea is currently more enthusiastic than ever about "stories of making money." However, not everyone is smiling. Some have lost their life savings due to a momentary greed, while others have even had their families turn their backs on them.

◆ Can you earn 1.7 billion won in 12 days? A secret project that even family couldn't stop

The mother of Kim Da-young (pseudonym), who lived as an ordinary full-time housewife. She started stock investing at the age of 65 a few months ago and reportedly found it a small source of fun. One day, she told her family she had joined a "20-day secret project" with famous stock expert Yeom Seung-hwan. The target return rate was a staggering 500 percent. She firmly believed in the project, even claiming to have spoken with Mr. Yeom on the phone, and began gathering various loans to increase her investment funds. Thus, the mother of Kim Da-young (pseudonym) invested a total of about 300 million won. Not long after starting the project, the number displayed on her stock account reached a staggering 1.7 billion won. Is it true that all of this is real?

◆ People hiding behind the names of famous experts

As the number of middle-aged and older adults jumping into stock investing with thoughts like "You can earn as much as your monthly salary just by studying" or "If I don't do it, I'll be left behind" increases, investment scams targeting them are also rising. In particular, new scam methods that utilize the faces and names of famous experts, as well as AI-generated voices, are pushing middle-aged and older victims even deeper into traps, requiring caution. Actual victims report not only losses of hundreds of millions of won but also the collapse of their daily lives. What dangers are hidden behind the investment fever that has swept across South Korea?

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