The ‘high-paying light job’ scam shows signs of resurfacing
The Department of Information Security said that fraudulent activities in the form of luring people to work as online collaborators for “light, high-paying jobs” are starting to ramp up again. Recently, many social network users shared stories of being scammed or went to groups to ask for verification of invitations to become order payment collaborators for e-commerce platforms.
Emphasizing that this is a form of fraud that has been continuously warned by the authorities, experts from the Information Security Department recommend that people need to increase their vigilance and at the same time propagate to relatives and friends. Friends about this common scam, avoid falling into the traps of bad actors.
When intending to become collaborators for companies, businesses or goods suppliers, people need to clearly check the accuracy of information about goods and suppliers, using many different sources. . In particular, people absolutely do not provide personal information such as citizen identification, identity card, OTP code, bank card number… to anyone or on any strange website.
Impersonating the police, calling and defrauding to appropriate more than 1.4 billion VND
A woman living in Tay Ho district (Hanoi) was recently scammed out of 1.4 billion VND by a group of subjects who used the trick of calling to impersonate a police officer to announce that this person was involved in a case. property fraud case. To increase the level of trust, the scammer also wears a police uniform when making video calls with the victim.
To prevent the above situation from recurring, the Department of Information Security advises people to increase vigilance and equip themselves with knowledge to protect themselves on social networks. In addition to not providing personal information to avoid information leaks, people also need to be careful not to make money transfer transactions at the request of subjects calling using strange phone numbers or contacting through groups. provide services on social networks.
In addition, because scammers often target the elderly, relatives need to propagate so that the elderly in the family can recognize and be aware of and prevent fraud. When detecting signs of fraud, people need to report to the police and should not look to social networking sites that suggest they can get their money back so they don’t get scammed again.
Appropriated hundreds of millions of dong with online investment scams
Scams calling for financial investment through applications are not a new form, but up to now, many people are still ‘trapped’ by the increasingly methodical and sophisticated tricks of the subjects. The trick used by the target is to impersonate foreign investment platforms or fake companies to create fraudulent investment websites and applications. The domain names used by these exchanges usually only exist for a short period of time. After deceiving a certain number of people, the organizations switch to another domain name and automatically destroy the old exchange to prevent investigation and tracing activities. of authorities.
Fraudulent organizations often lure players by creating high profits at first. Subjects also create associations and groups to share investment experiences on social networks and invite members to the group, with sharers claiming to be experts and business representatives with many years of experience.
The Information Security Department recommends that people only trust and use reputable platforms and exchanges that have been authenticated and licensed by the State; Be careful with offers or introductions of investment activities, especially investment offers with unusually high interest rates and unclear fees. People also need to learn carefully about the owner and management company of the floor before investing; Enhance knowledge about finance and investment.
