The Information Security Department is regularly updating information on information security, especially online fraud, to help people improve their ability to recognize fraud. Below are 6 fraud methods used by many subjects in week 30 of 2024, from July 22 to July 28:

Fraudulent impersonation of TV program to appropriate property

Understanding the psychology of parents who want their children to participate in the program "Trang Nguyen Tieng Viet" organized by VTV, scammers have created a "support group" via Facebook Messenger, including accounts impersonating VTV coordinators and the "disbursement support department" of the National Credit Information Center of Vietnam - CIC.

When someone registers, the scammer asks for payment of fees such as program participation fees, system fees and other expenses. However, after receiving the money, the scammer informs that because the parent entered the wrong 'command code', the money is stuck in the system. Many parents have continued to transfer money many times in the hope of getting back the money they lost before. According to records, some parents have been scammed, in some cases, billions of dong have been appropriated.

Being scammed out of 5.6 billion VND because of greed for profit from playing games

A woman in Thanh Hoa was recently lured by scammers on social networks to play a game with prizes. Specifically, the person she met online introduced himself as an IT employee in Hanoi who knew about the game system's errors. Therefore, if players deposit money into the system during the two time frames of 3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. every day, they would win big. Despite her doubts, the victim still created a trial account. After earning nearly 53 million VND the first time she participated, the victim continued to deposit money and was scammed by the scammer, losing a total of 5.6 billion VND.

Impersonating Vietnam Social Security to trick people into installing fake VssID app

Vietnam Social Security (VSS) recently warned about the situation of forging documents, impersonating this agency to request a new update to the VssID 4.0 application to steal information and personal accounts, causing financial losses to people, and affecting the reputation of the social security industry.

Specifically, the scammer forged documents, impersonating Vietnam Social Security to request provincial Social Security to urgently deploy the new update of the VssID 4.0 application, but in fact tricked people into installing the fake VssID app, then stole personal information, took control of the phone to thereby appropriate people's property.

Warning about fake Tax Department website for fraud

According to the Department of Information Security, according to information from the Phu Yen Provincial Tax Department, a fake website has just appeared in cyberspace impersonating the electronic information page of the General Department of Taxation. With the domain name 'tracuutthvt.com', this fake website also uses the interface, logo of the General Department of Taxation and the image of the network trust label of the National Cyber ​​Security Monitoring Center - NCSC, causing confusion for many taxpayers.

Beware of scams related to the Paris 2024 Olympics

Many bad guys are taking advantage of the ongoing 2024 Paris Olympics to create promotional videos, emails, and messages with false content to approach and entice people with the purpose of defrauding and appropriating property.

Among them, the most common form of fraud is fraud through fake ticket selling websites. The subjects approach people with advertisements, text messages or emails inviting them to buy tickets with fake websites attached.

Send a request to pay a penalty fee to trick people into stealing personal information

Recently, some Chicago residents (USA) reported receiving text messages asking them to pay parking fees. These messages often include links to fake websites, asking visitors to provide personal information such as name, address, ZIP code, year of birth and credit card information. This is important data for the subjects to continue to carry out sophisticated fraud.