On December 10, the Cyber Security and High-Tech Crime Prevention and Control Department of Da Nang Police (Cyber Security Department for short) said that it is receiving reports from many victims who were defrauded of money. big when participating in voting on porn websites.
Lieutenant Colonel Le Cao Tam, Head of the Cyber Security Department of Da Nang Police, said that recently, in cyberspace, many Facebook social network accounts have appeared impersonating restaurants, hotels, bars, and nightclubs. Famous in Da Nang advertising bogus promotions or online dating services, prostitution…
When the victim was interested in texting, the subjects lured the victim to join Telegram groups and instructed them to access fake websites to register accounts and use pornographic services such as watching pornographic videos. Real people are unlimited. Next, the victims are lured into doing tasks to receive benefits such as service discounts, commissions…
Messages luring victims of scammers.
One of the victims who was defrauded of a large amount of money is Mr. NM (resident of Quang Ninh province). At the end of November 2023, a Telegram account named “CSKH – Tran Phuong Uyen” sent a message, introducing himself as the manager of a famous bar and karaoke service business in Da Nang. The subject invited Mr. M to join the membership system to enjoy prostitution incentives such as “Unlimited viewing of large quantities of real-life videos”, “30% discount for the first time” “Chat xxx with children, video call agreement”…
The subject also committed that if he is a VIP member, when going to this business’s facilities in Da Nang, he will receive a 50% discount on the bill. When Mr. M agreed, he was instructed by the subject to access a porn website to register an account with a joining fee of 123,000 VND. After successful registration, Mr. M continued to be invited to the Telegram group reserved for “VIP” to do tasks and “receive commissions”.
First, the subjects continued to instruct Mr. M to deposit an additional 1 million VND to participate in the “one-night stand mission package”. After Mr. M completed the operations as instructed, the subject immediately transferred back 1.3 million VND (including principal and “commission” of 30%) and added the victim to a closed group on Telegram with many accounts. other “decoy” accounts. “Decoy” accounts post sexy pictures and boast of “owning” beautiful girls.
After enticing and seeing that Mr. M “took the bait”, the subject continued to offer to perform the next tasks with increasingly larger amounts of money to deposit. However, the subjects continuously used the excuse that Mr. M did the wrong task, so the money was suspended in the system. If they wanted to get the money back and the commission, they had to continue to add more money. Only when he paid the last coins did Mr. M realize that he had been deceived. The total amount of money Mr. M was defrauded was more than 3 billion VND.
The website instructs victims to complete the “One Night Stand Task Package”.
Also with the method of impersonating the manager of a famous bar and karaoke system in Da Nang, the subjects defrauded many other people, including Mr. VN (resident of Ha Hoi) with an amount of 1 billion VND.
Mr. N said, the scammers are methodical and professional, from setting up websites and social networking pages with images taken from the “official” fanpage to the method of “release shrimp to catch shrimp”. ”. After implementing the “One Night Stand Mission Package” and receiving a “reward” of 300,000 VND, the partners continuously enticed Mr. N to participate in other missions. As the amount of money Mr. M deposited became larger and larger, the subject continuously used the victim as an excuse for incorrect operation and requested to deposit more money so that his account would not be blocked and he could withdraw the money. When the victims cannot deposit more money, they are deleted from the Telegram group.
Notably, after obtaining personal information and appropriating a large amount of money from the victims, the fraudster also called and impersonated the Police Department, a prosecutor’s office suspecting and investigating the victim. about gambling or money laundering with the purpose of further fraud and property appropriation. Many victims are embarrassed and afraid of their families and relatives knowing, so they don’t dare report to the police…
To proactively prevent this type of crime, the Cyber Security Department of Da Nang Police recommends that people be vigilant when participating in online applications, avoiding being taken advantage of and scammed by bad guys. When encountering the above cases, people must immediately report to the nearest police agency for remedial measures according to the provisions of the Law.