Installing a fake app of the General Department of Taxation, a woman lost 240 million VND

On the afternoon of August 12, Hanoi City Police said that in Hoai Duc district (Hanoi), a woman lost 240 million VND after falling into the trap of a person impersonating a tax officer.

Accordingly, on June 30, Ms. B (born in 1992; permanent residence: Hoai Duc, Hanoi) received a call from a person pretending to be a tax officer. During the conversation, this person sent Ms. B a link and instructed her on how to access and install the "General Department of Taxation" software to pay taxes and reduce VAT from 10% to 8%. After installing the software, Ms. B discovered that more than 240 million VND was missing from her bank account, so she went to the police to report it.

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Hanoi City Police recommends that people do not download or install tax agency applications through unofficial links or instructions, not provided by the General Department of Taxation. If users install fake software, they risk having their entire phone taken over. Messages and calls to the victim's phone will be controlled by the application, secretly transferred to a server managed by the subject, and will not be displayed on the victim's phone.

More dangerously, the subjects remotely take control of mobile phones to perform the following tasks: compose and send SMS messages; unlock mobile devices; turn on and off the Internet, access wifi; read and write contacts; read and write call history, make calls, perform account password recovery, register for Internet Banking and Smart Banking services, change account transaction limits, then access the victim's account and transfer money. In case of receiving messages and calls with signs of fraud, people need to promptly report to the police to prevent and handle according to the provisions of law.

Source: https://cand.com.vn/tai-chinh-40/cai-dat-app-gia-mao-tong-cuc-thue-nguoi-phu-nu-bi-mat-240-trieu-dong-i703552/